I watched a motorcycle sideshow in Haight last weekend and wondered what the police could have done that wouldn't escalate into a high speed chase through the city. Generally, are there safe/effective interventions? Or is surveil, track and prosecute later the best option?
That incident was in Utah, just outside of Salt Lake City. I took him at his word that I’d violated the law, but not that my violation was the more than a pretext (a pretend reason) for a search.
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I’m a white dude. This happens to me once every few years. It’s annoying, but I’m not typically a target. The fact that it happens all the time to people in SF who live in certain neighborhoods or have a certain skin color is wrong and probably a violation and the 4th Amendment.
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Utah vehicle code says you have to signal for 2 seconds. So if it happened the way you say it did then it’s still not a pretext stop. It’s an unlawful stop. Not the same thing.
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