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In reply to the discussion: the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to, 31 stops [View all]Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)66. expired and suspended are two very different things
The cop did do a good job. You didn't know it was expired, and you got it renewed. If you license was suspended, you likely would have got a ticket.
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the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to, 31 stops [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2016
OP
Question: How would an Officer know he was driving without a license ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2016
#40
Why would the Officer scan the license ... Do you think they scan all licenses or even at random? ..
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2016
#44
In a picture of dystopian equality, some departments have automatic scanners at stoplights
Recursion
Jul 2016
#61
My license was actually *revoked*, but I told him it was "expired", and showed him my passport
Recursion
Jul 2016
#71
But it turns out that his light was not broken and not out. It was just a fake excuse for
tblue37
Jul 2016
#31
fuckin wow, I've never read that... so the fuckin cop... fuckin wow... man died due to a lie
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#45
I live in Minneapolis proper and I have never, NEVER seen anyone pulled over for a broken tail light
geardaddy
Jul 2016
#9
Yes, FH has their own PD. If you read that MPD covered FH, it was crappy reporting.
geardaddy
Jul 2016
#13
My mistake. I went to the st Paul campus and I thought I saw cop cars with Falcon Heights on the sid
geardaddy
Jul 2016
#38
This imo explains why she was so calm and rational - this was repeated abuse by cops.
Rex
Jul 2016
#8
I don't know, that is a good question. Did he get shot once in the arm or four times?
Rex
Jul 2016
#20
She did lose it, and her little girl tried to comfort her. It was heartbreaking.
vanlassie
Jul 2016
#33
I am quite sure that they can discern NO driver information from license plates
etherealtruth
Jul 2016
#72
cops from the northern suburbs bordering the city of Minneapolis are notoriously racist
geek tragedy
Jul 2016
#11
we live in a upper middle class white area...my wife had this old beat up minivan....
dembotoz
Jul 2016
#21
Specious position seeing they don't know its suspended till they pull him over. The REASONS he's...
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#54
I was pulled over 23 times in the KC Metro area, one time the cop said my rims "look nice". It was..
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#46
The Air freshener pull over happened to me, and also to a friend. We are both white.
bigwillq
Jul 2016
#58