re: SCOTUS says its ok for cops to be ignorant of the law in their duties

Yea, but what people are pissed about is that he was pulled over when he shouldn't have been. This ruling is nothing new like another poster said.

The hipocracy that the government can claim ignorance but the public can't is what is frustrating.

The consent to search was valid and did not violate the Fourth amendment. It was his dumbass fault for consenting.