An Hispanic friend of mine, here legally with a work permit, just got pulled over in front of my office.
I spoke with the officer who could not articulate a reason for the stop. They told me he was in a truck, (regular truck, nothing to indicate it is a work truck) and they wanted to see if he had a work permit.
The officers were rude and defensive. I sat and watched, they let him go.
This will not be tolerated, I already called the chief of police and two city counsel members. Pretextual stope are illegal. While I have no evidence, I feel its very likely they pulled him because he has an Hispanic name after they ran his DL. He was about a half a mile from a license plate reader that I know about.
This type of violation of people's Constitutional Rights should not be tolerated in our Country.
I spoke with the officer who could not articulate a reason for the stop. They told me he was in a truck, (regular truck, nothing to indicate it is a work truck) and they wanted to see if he had a work permit.
The officers were rude and defensive. I sat and watched, they let him go.
This will not be tolerated, I already called the chief of police and two city counsel members. Pretextual stope are illegal. While I have no evidence, I feel its very likely they pulled him because he has an Hispanic name after they ran his DL. He was about a half a mile from a license plate reader that I know about.
This type of violation of people's Constitutional Rights should not be tolerated in our Country.