Air fresheners deemed grounds for being pulled over

[CommuterBob]

http://boingboing.net/2015/07/23/federal-court-rules-that-air-f.html

A Federal court just ruled that cops can pull you over for just about anything, including simply having air fresheners and pro-police stickers on your car.

From the court's decision: We do have concerns that classifying pro-law enforcement and anti-drug stickers or certain religious imagery as indicators of criminal activity risks putting drivers in a classic "heads I win, tails you lose" position. But we need not decide whether these items alone, or in combination with one another, amount to reasonable suspicion because we find the more suspicious evidence to be the array of air fresheners and inconsistencies in the driver’s responses to the officer’s basic questions. We have long recognized that the presence of air fresheners, let alone four of them placed throughout an SUV, suggests a desire to mask the odor of contraband.

I'm sure nobody would argue with that logic.

 

[UCFWayne]

85 should be in here soon to defend the police blindly.

 

[anon_x731qvsnsyb8i]

So...no "Bad Cop No Donut" stickers advised? Damn....I always thought those stickers smoothed things over....

 

[Good Knight Sweetheart]

So when the car wash people put those air freshener thingys in my SUV, they're setting me up to be arrested.
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[UCFWayne]

So when the car wash people put those air freshener thingys in my SUV, they're setting me up to be arrested.
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They are just trying to get back at you for all your white privilege.

 

[CommuterBob]

So...no "Bad Cop No Donut" stickers advised? Damn....I always thought those stickers smoothed things over....

Those are fine. It's the pro-police stickers (like PAL or PBA) that are the tip-offs for illicit behavior.

 

[sk8knight]

So when the car wash people put those air freshener thingys in my SUV, they're setting me up to be arrested.
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That depends. Are they the crown air fresheners?

 

[Good Knight Sweetheart]

That depends. Are they the crown air fresheners?

I don't even know what that means. It's those stinky cardboard squares that I relocate to the back because they're too smelly.

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[jetsaholic]

So when the car wash people put those air freshener thingys in my SUV, they're setting me up to be arrested.
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They're backtracking you. Concequences will never be the same.

 

[Happy Hands]

Those are fine. It's the pro-police stickers (like PAL or PBA) that are the tip-offs for illicit behavior.

I had one of those stuck inside my wallet in college (like it was a badge). I got pulled over for going through a red light. The cop saw the sticker and told me to have a good night.

I also had a "I love cops" sticker on my car in high school. I got pulled over and the cop said he liked my sticker.

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

From
"they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me."
To
Anything we're going to bother you

Statist cop defenders gonna defend

DEATAOA

 

[sk8knight]

I don't even know what that means. It's those stinky cardboard squares that I relocate to the back because they're too smelly.

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http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/crown.asp

 

[Happy Hands]

http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/crown.asp

Those air fresheners with a bowling ball paint job and some 17 inch Daytons...