Rant

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Well as my post on FB stated. I was driving home from a friends house in Portsmouth, OH (where u see my car pictured). Up route 23 during the time change. It was 3am, a Ohio Highway Patriolman ended up behind me at a light. He drove behind me for 1.4miles, speed limit is 35, I was going 35 as I knew he was behind me. Over the bridge through 3 more lights... then turns his flashers on and pulls me over in a Pizza Hut parking lot. I have the white Accord u see in my sig.

He comes up and before he even speaks I say "you have absolutely no reason to pull me over, you're either hoping I'm drunk, carrying drugs, or 'could be drinking, so I'll give you a min for you to think of a reason you pulled me over'". He stutters saying "ah.. ah.." so I interrupt and say "yea, just because Scioto county was on A&E and National Geographic for meth and pills, you feel that u can just stop 'me' (as I was upset) all the time". Then I finished and said "I'm sick of being profiled here, it happens everytime I'm in town..."

So he doesnt even look in my car, takes my license and registration to his car, 2mins later comes back and explains he pulled me over because of my vanity plate, the lightly tinted plate cover. (not because I'm missing my front plate, which would of been a reasonable excuse to stop me IMO). He finishes with a "is this your car?? I say "what does the registration say?" He hands my things back and I leave. 3mins total time for the stop, just to check, when nothing was wrong.

So you're driving through a county known for meth and whatever other drugs at 3am and you wonder why you might be pulled over? And how is this related to you being pulled over because your car was profiled? Seems to me you were pulled over in a known drug area during the wee hours of the morning. I don't see profiling at all. Later, QD.

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I may add as well... He and his commanding officer frauded the police report and the cop was a transfer from fulton county because of the same reason... Fraud!!! Like most state city or county cars now days the camera turns on when the lights are flashed therefore he woulda recorded pulling me over but all 9 traffic stops leading to arrests that day the camera didnt record somehow.... Go figure

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So you're driving through a county known for meth and whatever other drugs at 3am and you wonder why you might be pulled over? And how is this related to you being pulled over because your car was profiled? Seems to me you were pulled over in a known drug area during the wee hours of the morning. I don't see profiling at all. Later, QD.

No, I have family I visit every 2 weeks and have friends like everyone else does who are adults without curfews. I was raised there and have been stopped unncessarily far to much. I mention my car because the area is depressed, if someone is driving something "out of character" it warrants a stop. Not because the car is hot, but because the driver doesnt fit the car. I can't put his tense in words because this is text but the sentence "is this your car" is not the same as professionally asking is this your car. As if he just assumed it wasn't mine.

Oh and if I may add, this place wasnt "known" for meth till after the National Geo and A&E broadcasts. Since Floridians like to call Portsmouth home and sell 90 day supplies of Oxycodine and such for $200 and a signature.

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No, I have family I visit every 2 weeks and have friends like everyone else does who are adults without curfews. I was raised there and have been stopped unncessarily far to much. I mention my car because the area is depressed, if someone is driving something "out of character" it warrants a stop. Not because the car is hot, but because the driver doesnt fit the car. I can't put his tense in words because this is text but the sentence "is this your car" is not the same as professionally asking is this your car. As if he just assumed it wasn't mine.

Oh and if I may add, this place wasnt "known" for meth till after the National Geo and A&E broadcasts. Since Floridians like to call Portsmouth home and sell 90 day supplies of Oxycodine and such for $200 and a signature.

First off, Portsmouth is hardly a big city. And whether or not it was "known" by the public (through TV) as a hotbed of meth activity, it was known to local DEA (and other police) of it's illegalities. Also, curfew or not, driving around at any time of of the wee hours (especially in a "drug town") is surely to draw some attention. It may not be warranted, but it could happen. Personally, I would be happy if I was a law-abiding citizen living in such a town and knew that the police were out there looking for folks involved. Lastly, I don't understand the act of being an asshole to cops. Why intentionally make matters worse? If you know you're good, just go through the motions and be on your way. Later, QD.