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It’s Like “Nazi Germany” — Federal Police Officer Furious After Cops Attempt to Rob Him & His Wife
Posted by Matt Agorist
Nashville, TN — In May of 2014, Ronnie and Lisa Hankins were driving back from his grandfather’s funeral in Virginia when they were targeted by a gang of police officers in search of cash.
As Lisa drove the couple westbound down I-40, they saw an officer, who happened to be with the 23rd Judicial District Drug Task Force, and Hankins correctly predicted that they were about to be pulled over.
“I told her we are going to get pulled over,” Ronnie said to NewsChannel 5.
“What made you think he was going to stop you?” NewsChannel 5 Investigates asked.
“Because we had out-of-state license plates and my wife is Hispanic,” he explained.
The couple was then pulled over, and the officer quickly separated them before beginning his harassment of Lisa. In the video, the officer is heard badgering Lisa in an attempt to get her to consent to a search.
“You say there’s not anything illegal in it. Do you mind if I search it today to make sure?” the officer asked.
Lisa responded, “I’d have to talk to my husband.”
The cop continued to intimidate and harass her, “I am asking you for permission to search your vehicle today — and you are well within your rights to say ‘no,’ and you can say ‘yes.’ It’s totally up to you as to whether you want to show cooperation or not.”
Knowing that they had done nothing wrong and the officer had no reason to search them, Lisa continued to assert her rights and refused the search.
“You have to either give me a yes or no,” the cop continued. “I do need an answer so I can figure out whether I need a dog to go around it or not.”
After going back and forth and realizing that this couple was not going to give consent, a second officer brings out a drug dog. As the Free Thought Project previously reported, data shows that police K-9s will alert almost every single time they are called out, regardless of the presence of drugs.
The Hankins’ case, on the side of I-40, was no different.
“We’ve ran a dog, and the dog’s alerted on the vehicle. So we are going to be searching it, OK? And whatever is in there we are going to find in just a second,” said the officer to the couple.
“There’s never been any drugs in the vehicle and never will be,” Ronnie declared.
Ronnie became furious as he knew that the dog did not alert on his vehicle; he knows this because he is also a cop. He’s a federal police officer at the Marine Corps Air Station-Miramar in San Diego.
“You are lying about the dog hitting on the car. The dog didn’t hit on the car either. You guys are drug task force. You are out here harassing me and my wife when I am just coming back from a funeral,” he said.
The agent, knowing full well that Ronnie was a cop, responded sarcastically, “That is exactly how I would expect most police officers to act.”
“Just like a child, you can make a child say anything you want. You can make a dog do whatever you want to if you train them the right way,” Ronnie explained to NewsChannel 5 Investigates.
For nearly an hour, cops held the innocent couple on the side of the interstate while they tore Lisa’s new car apart. They even went so far as to rip the dashboard out. They found no drugs.
But after finding no drugs, the truth came out — these cops weren’t looking for drugs at all — they wanted cash.
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originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Anyway, in Australia the police can only pull you over for 20 minutes without evidence of illegal activity, after 20 minutes you can just tell them to get stuffed and drive off.
originally posted by: hellobruce
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Anyway, in Australia the police can only pull you over for 20 minutes without evidence of illegal activity, after 20 minutes you can just tell them to get stuffed and drive off.
Care to show us exactly where that is stated?
originally posted by: Informer1958
Some cops are criminals, that is why they become cops.
I believe that most cops are good police officers and would not resort to breaking the laws.
However just like any organization, there will always be someone that will not follow the rules.
Because of the forfeitures laws, some of these corrupt police officers can't wait to abuse the law for their own personal gain.
Looks to me this cop was profiling drivers on I 40, to make some fast cash for himself. :
originally posted by: hellobruce
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Anyway, in Australia the police can only pull you over for 20 minutes without evidence of illegal activity, after 20 minutes you can just tell them to get stuffed and drive off.
Care to show us exactly where that is stated?
Even if I had the time, Australian (Victorian specifically) law isn't exactly readily available from a google search.
I think you are mistaken if you think this was 2 rogue cops trying to make some fast cash.
This is systemic. The same way cities fund their budgets through traffic tickets and keeping their local jails filled to capacity on possession charges, drug task forces pad their budgets through asset forfeiture. Everything they take is "guilty" until you go to court and prove it is "innocent". This makes out of state drivers easy targets.
originally posted by: Informer1958
Some cops are criminals, that is why they become cops.
I believe that most cops are good police officers and would not resort to breaking the laws.
However just like any organization, there will always be someone that will not follow the rules.