Know Your Rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwq6JCtWJI - Just stop anyone

Down here this would have gone in a different direction - you don't get stopped if you don't commit a traffic violation - if you do it is unlawful stop - we are instructed to use the 5th amendment and don't say anything - and we always have the right to sue the cop if he violates our rights - these stops are getting like the Nazis stopping you to check your papers - next is -"ve got vays of making people tock"
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JoePa, heading north is no better

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Ya, not cool.... pulling over someone for no reason and then demanding a test and ID.... doesn't sound like the Canada I want it to be.

Do you have R.I.D.E. type stops down there Joe ?

R.I.D.E. stands for “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere.” It is an Ontario sobriety program that was established in 1977 with the purpose of reducing the number of tragic accidents and injuries resulting from impaired driving. ... as a justification for stopping and checking drivers.

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Originally Posted by JoePa

Down here this would have gone in a different direction - you don't get stopped if you don't commit a traffic violation - if you do it is unlawful stop - we are instructed to use the 5th amendment and don't say anything - and we always have the right to sue the cop if he violates our rights - these stops are getting like the Nazis stopping you to check your papers - next is -"ve got vays of making people tock"
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Ha ha ha ha, sorry Joe, you are claiming that people are not stopped in the states if they do not commit a traffic violation? People are killed by cops daily in the US for doing less than what this guy did.

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Originally Posted by MikePal

Do you have R.I.D.E. type stops down there Joe ?

R.I.D.E. stands for “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere.” It is an Ontario sobriety program that was established in 1977 with the purpose of reducing the number of tragic accidents and injuries resulting from impaired driving. ... as a justification for stopping and checking drivers.

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Buddy would have been in the back seat a lot quicker, had it been me !!

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Originally Posted by fratri

Ya, not cool.... pulling over someone for no reason and then demanding a test and ID.... doesn't sound like the Canada I want it to be.

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Well, it’s the law ! Don’t like it, work at having it changed !

What you were watching happened in Canada not in the States - down here a cop can't lawfully stop you unless you commit a traffic violation - if he does you can file a complaint and if you think it is worth it sue the cop - the one thing I notice that is different in Canada is up there a cop will arrest you even if he is not sure if you committed a crime - he lets the judge determine what the outcome is - down here a cop needs to be certain what law was broken before he arrests you otherwise it is a false arrest and that could have consequences for the cop - there are places where the cops set up check points where a driver can be stopped and asked if he was drinking or if the cop smells booze on the driver - these are not random stops because everyone is checked as they pass through the check point -

We have to 5th amendment that allows us to keep quiet and answer no questions - we have the 4th amendment that protects us from unlawful search and seizure and the 1st amendment to be able to express our opinion and take pictures of the cops - cops often try to work around these rights but lately a lot of them are getting in trouble

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Originally Posted by MikePal

Do you have R.I.D.E. type stops down there Joe ?

R.I.D.E. stands for “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere.” It is an Ontario sobriety program that was established in 1977 with the purpose of reducing the number of tragic accidents and injuries resulting from impaired driving. ... as a justification for stopping and checking drivers.

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RIDE programs are widely understood as being nothing more than a giant PR awareness exercise used specifically at holiday times throughout the country. The fact is that officers on general patrol arrest more impaired drivers than the RIDE programs.