PROBABLE CAUSE

[Cutz]

Are they checking citizenship looking for Jews similar to Nazi Germany? No.

And that's where we disagree. I believe that is in fact the underlying reason for what they're doing. Looking for illegal immigrants... or checking for folks with warrants, or seeing if they can detect the odor of marijuana, or anything else they may happen to see in the vehicle to give them probable cause to escalate to a search and seizure.

Muck akin to getting pulled over for a non functioning tail light. Do you really think they do that shit out of concern for public safety on the road?

Sure, they're looking for other illegal activity. Advertising police presence makes folks who aren't drug users / wanted / illegal immigrants feel all safe and gooey inside. However, if you're a wanted, weed smoking, illegal immigrant... you're perfectly free to walk down the sidewalk past the traffic stop. Why would you even be in a car anyway? I don't want all the high, unlicensed criminals driving around my neighborhood. I'm not trying to say "well if you're not doing anything wrong then you shouldn't have anything to hide." It's a burden to everyone passing through that checkpoint and everyone is entitled to privacy, but if you're not licensed to drive you shouldn't be on the road.

My point about Nazi rule was that they'd stop people walking down the street to prove they're not an ethnicity. This is still cops stopping drivers to check if they're licensed to drive.