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He was pulled over for expired tags, not an air freshener. Many laws can be used as a pretext. For example, I pull you over for going 2 MPH over the speed limit. And nobody wants a bunch of speed cameras anyway.[/quote]

Plenty of people want a bunch of speed cameras. They're very effective in getting people to reduce driving speeds and in reducing the number of crashes. If you don't want to get a ticket from a speed camera, all you have to do is not drive 12 mph or more over the speed limit.

Also, pretextual stops should be illegal.[/quote]

There is no way to prove whether a stop is pretextual.[/quote]

Nope. But you can have a departmental policy put in place that says an officer can ONLY issue a citation for whatever the stop was for, and nothing else.

So if I pull you over for a tail light out and see a pound of weed or a dead hooker in your backseat, I can only give you a repair order for the tail light.

Fine with me. [/quote]

No, that's not what that policy means.   That type of policy means the police don't spend more time questioning the driver.

And the dead hooker deserves justice.   You might not value their life, but that hooker has loved ones somewhere.[/quote]

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