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Re:Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life... by tyingq on Monday September 06, 2021 @11:40AM (#28434773)
>They need probable cause to bring in a dog.

Cops have lots of practice with the rights words to say about the person's driving, behavior, appearance, and so on. Or the right things to see. Like a ziploc bag, even if there's sandwich crumbs in it. Or ashes, "residue" (i.e. brown spots on anything), etc. Or constricted pupils, even though it's sunny outside and therefore expected.

My favorite one I saw was Krispy Kreme leftovers being "meth". https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/16/558147669...

Re:Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life... by jasonladuke0311 on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:07PM (#28435097)
Yep. I had a cop tell me he would use anything hanging from a rearview mirror as a pretense for a traffic stop.
Re:Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life... by atatatat on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:22AM (#28444471)
(That is to say: hanging things from the rearview, legally speaking, is against law in many jurisdictions — and distracting, for many humans!)
Re:Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life... by atatatat on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:22AM (#28444463)
Know the law if you want to avoid being harassed by bad factions of it.