Comments on: Supreme Court Rules In Escambia Case: Car’s Color Not Enough For Traffic Stop

By: JOEL MILLER

JOEL MILLER — Sun, 17 May 2015 16:40:14 +0000

This if just. we are fast on our way to a police state the police are determined to have complete control of society. if you had a cop for every citizen you would have crime. it is proven the police commit many crimes, such as collusion when filling out police reports. police reports are supposed to be written separately but if you watch them you will see them collude. and they commit. rico violations of law are not uncommon with police. these and many other violations of law are a constant and ongoing

By: ray

ray — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:57:50 +0000

If you reread the story again you will see, he was pulled over because the color of the car didn’t match the DMV records. But here is an idea just remove the color from DMV database like most states do

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:32:07 +0000

Mike,

I work in corrections and we have tons of blond haired, blue-eyed guys in here for drugs. Don’t make general statements like that. As I said before, he was pulled over for tag switching and got caught in criminal activity because he’s a criminal! Not a very smart one either, since he got caught for such a stupid error.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:03:30 +0000

What no one is talking about and what this case really is about is profiling. The cop looked over and saw a black man and pulled him over and like they usually do scrambled to think of (reverse engineer) a legitimate reason why they should have stopped him.

I’ve been stopped before on some bogus DMV excuse because the age on the registration they had on file didn’t match the age the officer thought I was when he looked over at me . . . really?!? This is the reason the war on drugs has never worked, people not fitting their profile with blond hair and blue eyes are driving semi truck loads of drugs passed them while they’re worried about ages and car colors.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:31:22 +0000

So, how does one go about changing their records with the DMV? Is it a requirement that I inform the government of a color change? Should I have asked permission first?

I have a repainted vehicle, and I don’t want to get pulled over and cavity-searched.

By: Dennis HE Wiggins

Dennis HE Wiggins — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:12:13 +0000

Well, here’s my two cents . . . .

What was the probable cause for running the tag to find out it was on the wrong color vehicle? It is a waste of time – and therefore money – to randomly run tags for the sake of curiosity. I mean, until he ran the tag, he had no idea it was on the “wrong” vehicle. There must have been SOMETHING that made the deputy run the tag. Was it simply racial profiling? That, too, is wrong and unethical. Granted, this fella is guilty of far greater things than altering the appearance of the vehicle (if he actually did) but we don’t live in a police state where we can be stopped and questioned just to satisfy the officers’ curiosity.

I think Teamer deserves punishment for the drugs, but I’m gonna side with the Court’s majority on this one. . . .

I value my right to privacy too much not to.

By: MIIXSTER

MIIXSTER — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:42:14 +0000

MY CONCERN IS IT TOOK OVER FOUR YEARS FOR THIS TO GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE ARE IN NEED OF SOME GREASE.

By: MikeH

MikeH — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:21:24 +0000

If it was me an I ran the tag and found the color different. I would check to see if the car is the same make and model before I assume that it is a switch. Chances are if the color is the only difference, then it has just been repainted and is fine.

By: billy

billy — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:33:18 +0000

The supreme court loves thugs……get used to it

By: emschick

emschick — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:28:28 +0000

The deputy didnt know the color of the car before he ran the tag to clear up some confusion.. Of course you can have a car painted and not be arrested or even stopped. The problem isn’t that it was painted. It’s that he never had the color updated at thw dmv,which is a reason to stop and check. My advice..if youre gonn do something illegal with your car that has been painted..you might want to update the color at the dmv.