We are living more and more in a fascist society, if we keep giving up our rights and freedoms without a fight then we don't deserve any.
And the car searches were done without any warrants?
I agree with what you're saying here, and that is what I think is BS, the presumption of guilt, being ticketed for street racing when parked, etc. Ive been to car shows and cruise ins and most every car at these events are modified, so in California you cant modify a car anymore because some s#!theads don't know how to behave in public? Also if permission is given by the owner a search warrant isn't needed to search a car.
True they did leave this out" On Friday, cars ranging from broken-down Hondas to shiny, new Ford Mustangs and BMWs lined up for the police inspection. Some car owners were ticketed for replacing a small exhaust pipe with a larger one that makes the car run louder." And this " It's devastating," said Calderon, who spent $20,000 on car improvements. "That's my soul right there. This is the worst night of[ my life." Although I can think of worse tragedies in life, it isn't right to take some ones car because you think it has stolen parts on it. I don't keep receipts when I go to swap meets, so they could take my car too?
Im willing to bet these concerned buisness owners made a lot of $$ during these events, in Orlando a few years ago there was a burnout contest right in the Hooters parking lot, to kick off the Fun Ford Weekend.
True they did leave this out" On Friday, cars ranging from broken-down Hondas to shiny, new Ford Mustangs and BMWs lined up for the police inspection. Some car owners were ticketed for replacing a small exhaust pipe with a larger one that makes the car run louder." And this " It's devastating," said Calderon, who spent $20,000 on car improvements. "That's my soul right there. This is the worst night of[ my life." Although I can think of worse tragedies in life, it isn't right to take some ones car because you think it has stolen parts on it. I don't keep receipts when I go to swap meets, so they could take my car too?
.........this is why I don't live in California. The mods I've done to my car have supported the local and state economy in a very positive way! I plan on supporting my local economy even further in the upcoming years too.
I just get more then a little mad when the authorities take things to the extreme. I can understand there are people out there doing stupid and sometimes deadly things on the street and heck yeah they should send them to jail, revoke their licenses and impound their cars, but they shouldn't assume everybody's breaking the law. Sometimes rouge police harass innocent people because they can and they don't give a crap, Im surprised nobody was tasedGood point. I see what the police were saying they trying to do, but they went about it completely wrong.
To put my point another way.....
LOL.they dont need a warrant to search basically anything that the driver can reach from the drivers seat. the slang for it is the "lunge rule". its for the safety of the officers. and also, they dont need a warrant if the owner of the vehicle gives permission to search, which usually happens because people are intimidated/confident that they dont have anything to worry about and dont want to piss the cops off. not that i agree with what happened as it sounds shiesty but most of the arguments prolly wont hold up in court. Search and seizure is different for a vehicle than a house or person (although rules do change state to state so i could be completely wrong seeing as how im not from nor have i ever been to cali...but i can only imagine that their laws are twice as ghey!)Police issued a total of forty-eight tickets for "engine modifications".. I guess the folks who were issued tickets have to prove to the courts that all the mods are "50 state legal" And the car searches were done without any warrants?
