The problem with this beyond the obvious is what if this cops would have planted drugs or guns in this man’s car?
How would he have fought the case? Especially when we know how cops will lie to protect their own, that is the problem with the system. There are good cops out there, but far too many crooked and shady cops like these.
The Passaic County Sheriff’s Office is under fire after video of a questionable vehicle search went viral on social media on Friday morning. The video shows an unidentified man confronting a plainclothes law enforcement officer. The man accuses the officer of conducting a warrantless search of his van’s trunk.
The video suggests the officer did not have a warrant. He also did not secure consent from the owner.
“This is incredibly troubling and disturbing,” said Ed Barocas, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey, after reviewing the video footage. “You have an individual who appears to be a law enforcement officer entering someone’s vehicle without permission and seemingly without any lawful authority. Not only is it improper, it’s a crime.”
“How often are they doing this? Who gave him the authority to do it? What is the Passaic County Sheriff Department searching people’s cars at will? Was he looking for something or putting something there?” remarked Paterson activist Ernest Rucker.
Of course the cops is being protected and the name of the individual who did the illegal search is being withheld.
Big surprise there.
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