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To: bitt

But why are plainclothes cops in unmarked cars doing traffic stops for unworn seatbelts when minor offenses are being ignored during de-policing?

I figure the seatbelt was a pretext and not the real reason.


5 posted on 04/11/2024 5:23:42 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood
That was my question too. Plainclothes should not be doing traffic stops. If two unknown out of uniform guys tried to pull me over and make me get out of the car I'd be hesitant too. It was a planned set up. And it went off exactly as planned.

10 posted on 04/11/2024 5:30:24 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: heartwood

My thought, too.


11 posted on 04/11/2024 5:31:03 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: heartwood

REPTILE


15 posted on 04/11/2024 5:47:40 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: heartwood

yep, no way that multiple cars of police pulled this guy over for a seatbelt. There is more to the story. And I am not blaming the cops at all in saying that.


24 posted on 04/11/2024 6:06:01 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: heartwood

It’s NEVER about the seatbelt. They use that to stop you, and once you’re stopped they look in your car (and smell you and your car) to see if they can find anything else. The traffic stop is the gateway. (They admit as much).

(Full Disclosure, I watch a lot of Cops, and I’m not anti-cop).


31 posted on 04/11/2024 6:43:52 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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