re: Civil rights attorneys call for criminal investigation into Colorado Springs officers

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Has nothing to do with having him step out.

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Civil rights attorneys call for criminal investigation into Colorado Springs officers

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Well, of course civil rights are calling for an investigation…that’s how they make their living!

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Smell of marijuana isn't enough to conduct a search in CO.

Know your rights when dealing with da blue.

mobile LINK

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Drug-sniffing police dogs in Colorado may need new training if they can detect marijuana, after a ruling last week by the Colorado Court of Appeals that sets a new precedent for drug cases.

A three-judge panel agreed that if a drug-sniffing dog is trained to alert officers to marijuana and other drugs, cops need more cause to search a vehicle without permission.

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Key part with linked article is that dogs trained to point out smelling multiple different drugs that also included marijuana in said training no longer shows enough cause to search vehicle. I am guessing training points out any of the drugs trained on without any distinction and possible to pick up something now no longer illegal. If dogs’ training excludes marijuana the searches for hidden illegal drugs pointed out by dog are back on.

Also if other factors involved search also back on.

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The smell of marijuana in a Colorado search is still sufficient if there are other factors that raise an officer’s suspicion.

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Not sure with OP on how marijuana was picked up or if a search was requested before confrontation versus just asking to get out of vehicle, but it came across more as cops after pulling a car over for not having a license plate smelled scent of smoked weed on driver and also saw a knife in vehicle. They then asked driver to get out of vehicle which was refused resulting in the confrontation. If those are enough to ask someone to get out of car this is just someone playing victim.

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I respect the blue as long as they respect me and my rights.

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They don’t

Come to the school where I work and you can witness countless examples of similar defiance on a daily basis.

Funny thing is, an identifiable subgroup comprising 32% of the student population accounts for approximately 82% of the disciplinary infractions - but we're not allowed to mention that, right?

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but it came across more as cops after pulling a car over for not having a license plate smelled scent of smoked weed on driver and also saw a knife in vehicle. They then asked driver to get out of vehicle which was refused resulting in the confrontation. If those are enough to ask someone to get out of car this is just someone playing victim.

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My comment was strictly about a search, not so much on this specific stop.

The police had a reason to conduct a stop. I watch a lot of videos about police interactions on YouTube that the cop can ask him to step out due to his personal safety. Of course officers abuse that a lot and just want to order you around but he was justified in asking here. Acting like he did to begin with never helps you when dealing with the police.

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Also if other factors involved search also back on.




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The smell of marijuana in a Colorado search is still sufficient if there are other factors that raise an officer’s suspicion.

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no disagreement there

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Your buddy sounds like an arrogant prick.

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He was tired of dealing with troopers who pulled him over for a bullshite reason and then delayed him over an hour.

He had been nothing but polite and cooperative until the sgt trooper started threatening to take him to jail for carrying money.

So a lawyer is doing what he was hired to do? What's the story?