No way that Caledonia cop would have thrown away an empty baggie (corner tear).
The most common way police charge drug crimes is through DRUG RESIDUE.
They will find an empty crack pipe or stem and charge people with crack possession even tho they didn't use it for a year.
The most common way police charge drug crimes is through DRUG RESIDUE.
They will find an empty crack pipe or stem and charge people with crack possession even tho they didn't use it for a year.
That's perfectly legal.
They can't tell if if an item has drug residue in it at the scene, they need to test it.
So someone could be arrested for an "empty" corner tear. They then can be held in jail or have bail set and wait until the drug test results come back.
They can't tell if if an item has drug residue in it at the scene, they need to test it.
So someone could be arrested for an "empty" corner tear. They then can be held in jail or have bail set and wait until the drug test results come back.
The cop could also have thrown the corner tear in the car purely to give him a pretext to search the car - rather than to arrest the person in it - which he doesn't have on the basis of this stop.
That's just as illegal.
That's just as illegal.
Another part of the PD statement that is weird is where it says that the driver and two rear seat passengers "came to be removed from the vehicle" but doesn't say for what.
And we know they were searched - because that's how they say they found the corner tear.
And we know they were searched - because that's how they say they found the corner tear.
The nature of the stop here doesn't give them the authority to remove the people from the car or search them.
This explanation is full of holes.
This explanation is full of holes.
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