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.
Let's do a slightly deeper dive here, shall we?
1) Were these local cops, or ICE?
2) You live in the bluest part of Florida. Did your local politicians finally realize the futility of resisting Tom Homan?
3) Was the truck actually registered to your amigo? Was he carrying his visa?
4) I'm curious to hear the reaction of the police chief you called. Did he righteously promise you the heads of the officers involved? I'd love to be in the court room for their unlawful termination lawsuit!
5) If you actually spoke with the officer, as you claim, and he provided you with any information at all, it was out of courtesy because it's none of your business. And if he let him go, it's probably because his visa was in order.
I guess my final point would be, you're more full of crap than a Christmas goose. And your imaginary friend in this fantasy had to have a driver's license and insurance, to get a DL, he would have to have a social security number and a valid work visa. The reason for all this documentation is the same reason any natural born citizen has to have them (with the exception of a work visa). Have you ever heard of an A.L.P.R.? Look it up.
On the off chance that your imaginary friend is real, tell him that if he is abiding by all the laws and requirements of residing in this country, I commend him, wish him well, and hope that he pursues full legal citizenship.
