Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Political Discussion
Reply to "White cops harass and pepper spray Black Army Lieutenant in Windsor, VA"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was coming on here to say that since these pretextual stops profiling black drivers seem to be a permanent facet of policing, laws need to be changed to discourage traffic stops for minor offenses. That may prevent some civil rights abuses or unnecessary deaths of drivers. I did a little digging and, amazingly, such a law actually did pass in the state of Virginia where I live. I had not heard about that law until now. Basically, as of the beginning of March 2021, the police cannot stop drivers for such minor offenses as a loud exhaust, tinted windows, or things dangling from your mirror. Here is a summary: "no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle. No evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful stop shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill also provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop, search, or seize any person, place, or thing solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana, and no evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful search or seizure shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5029 Apparently Northam passed a number of other policing reform laws in the wake of the G. Floyd incident and other similar incidents, including a ban against no-knock warrants: https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/all-releases/2020/october/headline-861097-en.html [/quote] Wouldn't apply to this stop because stop was for no license plate and tinting.[/quote] Actually, tinting is included (see V) but, you're right, the tag/plate issue is not. But I wasn't saying it was or that it would have made a difference in this situation. I was saying that we need to change the laws surrounding traffic stops...and apparently VA, for one, has. [/quote] Unfortunately the police can always make up a reason. See this case where they stopped him for not having a license when he in fact had a license plate.[/quote] This was a bad stop so I am not trying to justify it. But he did not have the tag where it was supposed to be. Car dealers have special paper that these are printed on and they are made to go right where the plate it and be exposed to the elements. They are not on copy paper. Nothing wrong with pulling him over. It is what happened next that is the problem.[/quote] That’s BS. I had my temp tag on the window. That’s where the dealer put it. I never got pulled over. I see them on windows all the time. Maybe it’s not correct but it’s incredibly common. The difference is I’m a middle aged white guy who the cops would never think stole a car.[/quote] Maybe the temp tag wasn't visible to the officer at night. Didn't he also have tinted windows? Yeah, cops are always picking on black guys and always let the white people do whatever they want :roll: [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics