Reply #10: Undue harassment. NJ? No such thing.

[Glassunion]

Once on a traffic stop a cop used the "Hey, there is a paper bag in the back seat. Must be drugs, so I have probable cause to search the vehicle." bullshit on me.

So I was handcuffed, placed in the back of their patrol car while they tossed my stuff onto the lawn. The dumped the entire car onto the side of the road. They went through my briefcase, taking time to read some of the paperwork that was in it. But overall, I think they were getting some sick pleasure out of it. They were laughing the entire time while they trashed my shit.

You should have seen their faces when they dumped the paper bag. Pez dispensers. 10 of them. Exactly what I told them that was in there. When they did not find anything, and they could not hold me any longer I had to clean up my stuff from the side of the road. Humiliating. One of the cops just sat there leaning against his hood watching me while I cleaned up my stuff.

I would have filed a complaint, but the only way to do it and not get arrested was to have a lawer do it. See they play this little game at the station when you come in for a complaint form. They will not give it to you unless you tell them everything, if you refuse and just state that you want the form over and over either you will not get the form or you will be arrested. Could not afford the lawer, so I could not complain. In the 6 years it's been since that happened, the chief and about 20 of the 35 officers the town had were fired for one reason or another. I cannot imagine what?