ROADBLOCK IN INDIAN TRAIL N BEAVER RUIN

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Here's an example. I've had a Gwinnett PD pull me over and claim a taillight was out as his cause for stopping me, when we both knew that wasn't true. He then asked could he search my car, and I asked him why. He answered that he just wanted to see if I had anything illegal on me, or any stolen goods in my car. I refused his search, and he started to try to write me a ticket of a taillight out. I turned my lights on, and asked him to show me the taillight that was out - both worked fine. He then tried to claim it was a brakelight. I quickly shoved a wrench on my brake pedal, and asked him to show me which was out. He got flustered, and told me to get in my car and leave. He walked back and left. Tell me that is ok. He was on a fishing expedition from the start. I had nothing to hide, but I knew my legal rights, and I exercised them.
Oh yeah, I was in a stock Ford Probe, not a modified car.
I've also been pulled over a couple of other times in that car, just so that they could check registration, and search the car. I always refuse searches, and I have never had anything to hide.

I have not been pulled over in several years in gwinnett. I was pulled over in my 1967 ford mustang for a tail light being out i was about 20 at the time me and my buddy were going to grab a burger for dinner when i was pulled over. For the same reason a tag light being out, He walks up and hand him my licence and insurance car, he shines his flash light in my back seat as see's my base ball bat.

He asked me whats the base ball bat for some one talking lip? I told him its for baseball. he then asked if i would consent to a search of my vehicle. I told him being pulled over for a tail light does not give you probable cause to search me. Note I have no criminal record besides a few trafic tickets on my record at the time.

He walks back to his cruser and comes back,

Cop= we have a problem Mr XXX

me= And what would that be officer?

Cop= who is the registerd owner of the vehicle

Me= I am the registed owner?

cop= who owned it before you?

Me= It was in my fathers name over 3 years ago?

Cop= Well the tag said this vehicle is registerd to a anna hathaway out of cobb county!

Me Sir There is no way I know my tag has a gwinett county sticker Let me reach in my glove box and hand you the registration with my name and address with the gwinett county address on it.

Cop=Oh No dont worry about that just call the dmv tommorow.

So I call the dmv And yes the car was registerd to me, The cop lied to me to see how i was going to react after i would not allow him to search my vehicle, And no my tail light or break light was not out. He saw a young guy in a nice classic car and might have thought i was a drug dealer or something.