Should I be worried?

semtex

I stopped off at a local bagel place to grab some breakfast this morning on my way home from the gym, and there were these two cops in there eating their breakfast. They kept eyeing me suspiciously the entire time I was there. The more I think about it, the more it bothers me because I can't figure out why. I wasn't packing so it's not like my weapon was printing through my t-shirt. I was carrying my Infidel but that thing was so well concealed there's no way they'd have seen it without x-ray vision. Thing is, from where they were sitting they would have had a clear view of the car I pulled up in. So now I'm wondering if they have a bulletin to be on the lookout for a blue 370Z. Have the cops seen my videos? Have they been receiving complaints about a blue Z blasting around the area at ungodly speeds?

Am I just being paranoid here? Or is it reasonable for me to be worried about this? I'm wigging out here.

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Bobba Booey

Be careful. Big brother is watching. I have to go I'm being followed right now.

nogoodname

why are u carry a weapon in the 1st place....lol

maybe a blue nissan has been stolen recently and so on or maybe they think u'r a punk with a sports car.... who knows

510z

id say maybe its time to lay off the weed

SoCal 370Z

Bingo my friend. The locals have called you in.

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chubbs

I'd peek out the window from behind the curtains right now if I were you - can't be too careful.

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M.Bonanni

Maybe they were gay.

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import111

Might have just been admiring your car. I been getting that a lot since I got the Z.

SoCal 370Z

There is no doubt in my mind that there are police officers here that have a lot to offer us, but I posted a thread formerly where they were lambasted so I do not know that they will chime in on this thread. Most of officers that I know are enthusiasts like the rest of us here and can really add insightful information.

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Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches
1 hr 23 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police need a warrant to search the vehicle of someone they have arrested if the person is locked up in a patrol cruiser and poses no safety threat to officers.

The court's 5-4 decision puts new limits on the ability of police to search a vehicle immediately after the arrest of a suspect.

Justice John Paul Stevens said in the majority opinion that warrantless searches still may be conducted if a car's passenger compartment is within reach of a suspect who has been removed from the vehicle or there is reason to believe evidence of a crime will be found.

"When these justifications are absent, a search of an arrestee's vehicle will be unreasonable unless police obtain a warrant," Stevens said.

Justice Samuel Alito, in dissent, complained that the decision upsets police practice that has developed since the court first authorized warrantless searches immediately following an arrest.

"There are cases in which it is unclear whether an arrestee could retrieve a weapon or evidence," Alito said.

Even more confusing, he said, is asking police to determine whether the vehicle contains evidence of a crime. "What this rule permits in a variety of situations is entirely unclear," Alito said.

The decision backs an Arizona high court ruling in favor of Rodney Joseph Gant, who was handcuffed, seated in the back of a patrol car and under police supervision when Tucson, Ariz., police officers searched his car. They found cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

The trial court said the evidence could be used against Gant, but Arizona appeals courts overturned the convictions because the officers already had secured the scene and thus faced no threat to their safety or concern about evidence being preserved.

The state and the Bush administration complained that ruling would impose a "dangerous and unworkable test" that would complicate the daily lives of law enforcement officers.

The justices divided in an unusual fashion. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, David Souter and Clarence Thomas joined the majority opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer and Anthony Kennedy were in dissent along with Alito.


READ below...stopped by police
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nogoodname

they were looking for trouble

semtex

You know what? That actually makes a lot of sense. It's not like they were giving me the evil eye or anything, so maybe when I thought they were looking at me suspiciously I was just projecting my own paranoia, given some of the vid clips that I've been making lately. Yeah for all I know, they may have just been wondering what I did for a living or something like that. Nonetheless, I think I'll try to keep a low profile when driving for the next little while, just as a precaution.

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batman_4

^ +1 on admiring the car. another thing that would help on your vids it not putting semtex on there.

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arcticreaver

this is what i got when i talked with my law professor, police can't search your car for no reason, when they ask you to open the trunk or back seat, you can actually say 'no, i do not wish to open it.' he tells me cops will usually say that they have the right to search your car for xxx reason(s), which is BS unless they have probable cause, meaning if they saw some very suspicious from the outside looking in. at this point, if they keep asking you to open the trunk, or back seat, you must reply with "no, i do not have you consent to search my car." and don't keep talking to the cops, they are good with words and don't lie to them at all, they'll find out if you lied.

you can then ask to speak to his watch commander and if the cop says some BS like getting a warrant right now, respond with "i'll wait" since it takes days to actually get a judge to sign a warranty.

for the watch commander part, he is the person who's *** is on the line if the police officiers on his watch is being a douche. professor told me that when you file a formal complaint, it's actually the watch commander's *** on line for those complaint(s). so to speak to the watch commander and complain, most likely, if you know the law and you haven't broken it, let can let the watch commander know that you are going to file a formal complaint regarding this incident and that you'll need to have his ID (also make sure to get the police officer's ID as well). you'll most likely walk away after this.