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What do you do if a cop approaches you and starts questioning you while you're sitting in your car in a public parking lot? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Unfortunately, I drive a ghetto minivan which causes the police to profile me and has caused people in small towns to call the police on me if I am in a public park or in their neighborhood. I even had someone call the police on me at campground that I had pre-paid for and the police were not sympathetic at all to my right to just exist.

I am aware of stop and identify laws and know that a cop needs reasonable suspicion to demand to see your ID. However, can't the cop just make up some lies about reasonable suspicion?

If a cop approaches me can I immediately start with: "Officer, do you have reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred, is in the process of occurring, or is about to occur?" It seems like that will immediately escalate things even if technically the law is on my side.

I just want a damn right to exist law and to not be a target for an overactive imagination by the police which treats me like a criminal until they can check me for warrants.

Honestly, I want to tell them to fuck off right away but I also don't have money for a lawyer.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Keep Pokemon Go on your phone, when they approach, open the app and then nerd the fuck out on them about whatever Pokemon are nearby and try to recruit them, they'll leave you alone real quick.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Sir, do i detect an herb smell?"

"Yeah I think there's an oddish around here somewhere. Want to help me look?"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That must be the incense I used to attract more Pokemon!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's attracting me, am I Pokémon

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let's find out!

[Yeets a PokeBall at the cop]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

All right! You caught a Highmon