Now this is very fucked up! – http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/30/driver-arrested-for-having-empty-compartment-that-could-store-drugs/
Civil libertarians are criticizing Ohio police for arresting a driver because his car contained a compartment that could theoretically store illegal drugs, though no drugs were found at that time.
The driver, 30-year-old Norman Gurley of Michigan, was pulled over for speeding. A highway patrolman noticed wires running to a secret compartment in the car and arrested Gurley, even though there were no drugs in the compartment. The officer also claimed he smelled marijuana in the compartment — giving him probable cause to search it — though none was ultimately discovered.
It makes no difference whether police find drugs or not, according to a new Ohio law that prohibits secret compartments.
“No person shall knowingly operate, possess, or use a vehicle with a hidden compartment with knowledge that the hidden compartment is used or intended to be used to facilitate the unlawful concealment or transportation of a controlled substance,†the law states.
Gurley is actually the first person to be arrested under the law. A police spokesperson praised the arrest, noting that even one fewer drug “trap†car on the streets was a positive thing and downplaying the fact that Gurley didn’t have any drugs.
“We apparently caught them between runs, so to speak, so this takes away one tool they have in their illegal trade,†said Lt. Michael Combs in a statement to local news. “The law does help us and is on our side.â€
It’s a justification that rings hollow to John Whitehead, president of civil liberties group the Rutherford Institute.
“Although Norman Gurley had no drugs on his person, nor in his car, nor could it be proven that he intended to conceal drugs, he was still arrested for the ‘crime’ of having a hidden compartment in the trunk of his car,†he wrote. “This is what a world without the Fourth Amendment looks like.â€
Ohio State Highway Patrol did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Glad I don’t live in Ohio… :butwiggle:
Some secret compartment with obvious wires going to it(wtf bumb ass amateurs lol). Better off hiding it right out in the open.
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Part of my job sometimes requires pulling off car door panels/ trunk panels & every car has plenty of concealed hiding
spaces in it. When your only tool is a hammer, all the world looks like a nail… Based on this logic, every man, woman
& child are also carrying (most) likely empty, concealed hiding places right inside their own bodies so WTF?
why the wires going to it?
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why the wires going to it?
makes no sense unless it was to pop a hidden latch. probably not power wires.
It feels good to be running from the devil
Another breath and I'm up another level
It feels good to be up above the clouds
It feels good for the first time in a long time now
This whole thing sounds stupid. They can’t prove this guy built the compartment, or even knew about it. The powers that be are totally screwing up our country with their BS
What happened to the US being the freest country in the world?
This really sucks. This guy is going to have to hire a lawyer for no reason at all. Who’s to say if he didn’t even know the hidden compartment was even there? The US is going to shit. Who’s moving to Canada with me?
This really sucks. This guy is going to have to hire a lawyer for no reason at all. Who’s to say if he didn’t even know the hidden compartment was even there? The US is going to shit. Who’s moving to Canada with me?
Mebbe after global warming gets kicked off, right now it’s too cold there
God damn this is some seriously fucked up shit.
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Damn, and here I drove around every day not knowing the danger I was in!
I have a very special secret compartment in the rear of my car…it has wires leading into and out of it…
It has a very special security system, only the person with the key can get into it….
…sometimes I put my groceries there…
I’ve always just called it "the trunk", little did I know I was equipped for smuggling! ::)
I do live in Ohio and I’ve never even heard of that law. Good thing I’m not a drug smuggler (like that even mattersanymore) fuckers…
Abduction means the end for me, a million years of misery…
I do live in Ohio and I’ve never even heard of that law. Good thing I’m not a drug smuggler (like that even mattersanymore) fuckers…
Ought to vote whoever approved this law out of office