Inept Smuggler Hides Cocaine in Xbox 360
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I am glad he is caught, but I quite doubt he was inept. You see, if the cop had never found it, you would never know. If he had opened it and found nothing, you would never know. IF the dogs were brought in and had not found drugs, you would not have heard about it. But the officer got lucky, he opened it, and found drugs. I am sure the cop just felt like searching the bag. The owner said no, the cops brought the dogs and he was caught. I don't believe this officer found him doing anything at all suspicious. And, take into the account a good portion of Americans do not trust cops, then it is no small wonder that the man was acting "suspicious".
All of my distaste aside, I am still glad they were fortunate to have caught the man. I am for the legalization of a great many drugs, but Cocaine is not among them.
Also, it says they were "very popular at parties", making me believe he was not in fact that new at it.
All of my distaste aside, I am still glad they were fortunate to have caught the man. I am for the legalization of a great many drugs, but Cocaine is not among them.
A cop will always report these things about someone they later find has drugs on them. If you jump back from a bush because you see there is a snake in it, your brain has lied to you. You jumped back before you consciously knew there was a snake. It's possibly the same situation here. It is more likely the cop wanted to search the bag, the man said no (as is his right not having committed any crime thus far) and the cop then brings in dogs to find something. Once again, if all of this had happened, and nothing had been there, you would not have heard about it. Which is not an uncommon outcome for these things.EHKOS said:
Also, it says they were "very popular at parties", making me believe he was not in fact that new at it.
In all fairness, he could be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years, meaning more like 5-7 with good behavior. But, I agree. American justice is shot. You are never forgiven for a crime or past mistake in America. If he gets out after 5 years, he spends the next 10 on probation, when he is 60, has not committed any crimes since he was incarcerated, every cop that pulls him over will want to search his car and give him a hard time. That is, if he does not commit any crimes after his release.Blablahb said:
Way to go America, indeed.
"This just in, a study shows a %700 percent increase in the number of Microsoft Xbox 360 being used to smuggle illegal drugs and contraband over the past few months. If you or anyone you know has an Xbox 360, keep a mindful eye on it, because someone could be using it to smuggle drugs in the notoriously easy to access CD drive or plastic enclosure."Elgnirp100 said:
I think we should legalize all drugs and tax them. There are ways of controlling drug addicts if drugs were legal. Also legalizing it would fix an insane amount of problems in America. People in charge are just too shortsighted to see that.
How else are they going to write them a ticket? I suppose the police could just take the number plate and look on the database on where to mail it to them but there are two problems with this that come from how rigorous the US Legal process is.Fasckira said:
They must be "served" their notice, they could simply throw their ticket in the bin when it arrives and claim it never got there. In the UK if it is delivered by the ROYAL mail then they are sacrosanct and cannot be challenged in court. But if the cops pulls them over and gives the summons directly to the driver then he can't really claim he never got it as even if the cop could be lying, he has a microphone and dashboard camera recording it all.
Second part is to claim "I wasn't driving at the time". You can't claim that when the cop pulled you over and looked directly in your face where you have to hand over licence and registration identifying yourself. It's 5 minutes of a cop's time that save SO MUCH time in court where it costs a LOT more money to argue this out. Number plate may be recorded incorrectly but not ALSO the licence AND Registration. This all makes it harder the squirm out of a ticket in court, it stops vital time and money being wasted in the legal process.
Also, the police have a certain responsibility to ascertain why the driving infraction was made. Are they intoxicated? Do they even have a driving licence? Is it actually a child behind the wheel who has stolen this car. Or was it just a simple mistake. Either way, it's reasonable for the cops to stop and ask. They have Probable Cause to stop them and ask some reasonable questions, a driving infraction alone isn't even enough to ask them to get out the car, the cop has literally has to stand practically in the middle of the road as trucks pass inches away from them.
Uhhh that was a joke. And ya, I'd question the legality of the arrest. Texas is rather notorious for pulling people over for almost any reason they could think of. Cop's ass itches? Wind blows in an east-westerly direction? That's intuition! Pull over the next car I see! Glad I don't live there.Baresark said:
America, where we put people in prison longer for trafficking drugs than for child abuse or rape.
