SCOTUS rules that cop's ignorance of law is a valid excuse for traffic stops and searches

[devil21]

So now a 'reasonable suspicion' of breaking a law doesn't even require a cop to know the law he's 'suspicious' about a person breaking. The whole legal basis of traffic stops just went out the window thanks to SCOTUS. 4th is on its last legs.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/16/supreme-court-traffic-stop-search-ok-despite-mistake-law/

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police officers may use evidence seized during a traffic stop even if the reason the officers pulled the car over was based on a misunderstanding of the state's law. In the 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a North Carolina police officer who had stopped a car with a broken brake light – and then found cocaine in the car- even though driving with a faulty brake light isn’t against the law in the state.
.........
Roberts said the officer's decision to stop the car in the first place was reasonable given the confusing way in which the law was worded.

 

[phill4paul]

So now a 'reasonable suspicion' of breaking a law doesn't even require a cop to know the law he's 'suspicious' about a person breaking. The whole legal basis of traffic stops just went out the window thanks to SCOTUS. 4th is on its last legs.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/16/supreme-court-traffic-stop-search-ok-despite-mistake-law/

You're late to the party http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...Arising-from-Officer%92s-%91Mistake-of-Law%92

Glad the story is making the rounds though.

 

[devil21]

You're late to the party http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...Arising-from-Officer%92s-%91Mistake-of-Law%92

Glad the story is making the rounds though.

subforum hell

 

[PaleoPaul]

Always reminds me of this joke...

Cop: "Ma'am, do you realize why I've pulled you over?"
Woman: "Because you were a D student in high school?"