🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
Just had a thought regarding warentless searches of cars...
The automobile search doctrine allows cars to be searched without a warrant so long as there is probable cause and the car is "readily mobile". So if a cop says he is going to search your car, or you think he is about to, and you have something illegal, just slash your tires. Now it is no longer readily mobile and any warentless search would be illegal.
🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
Half a joke. In practice I obviously dont expect anyone to do it. Though technically according to the current writing of the law it should work. So I was thinking more a scenario where you had your car booby trapped and you could flip a switch to disable it. In my head the best way would be to fry some easy to replace computer chip that would prevent the doors from unlocking, you flip a switch and when you open the door to get out the doors lock and the chip frys so when you close the door you cant get back in without noticing clearly it was disabled. Then they wills earch anyway and in court you can argue that since the car wasnt mobile they needed a search warrant and as such the search was illegal.
If your running massive drugs or something it **might** work, though the courts might convict you anyway and just modify the law to say that since it was mobile when pulled over its still valid, even though that isnt what hte law explicitly says.
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@freemo
Good joke. How do you imagine getting a knife out, then get out of car, get far enough to slash your tire when cops are afraid of you to death (usually yours) and ready to shoot you if you blink wrongly?
🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@AncientGood Oh shit I just learned the supreme court (specifically the PA jurisdiction) they can no longer search your car off of just probable cause.. the automobile doctrine was over turned. So now your car has the same protection as your home (almost), in other words they need exigent circumstances to search NOT just probable cause. Otherwise they can get a search warrant.
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@freemo If you're doing something actually harmful to others, like smuggling hard drugs, the Soros prosecutor will let you off anyway.
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