We’ve seen a number of police officers and state troopers perform some questionable or even downright illegal drug checks on drivers and car passengers, but it’s not always like that. Take this incident for instance, which was filmed on a mobile device when a cop approached a car with a young man, his wife or girlfriend and their toddler, parked at an Autozone lot in Illinois.
The police officer said he smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the the car and asked the driver to come out so he can check the vehicle. The man objected and said the cop was violating his rights. The situation quickly escalates with the officer placing his hand inside the passenger window to open the car in a mild manner, causing the man to freak out and scream “help, help, help, I do not consent, help, help, help I do not consent“.
We then have the opportunity to hear some rather….memorable quotes from the man like, “I’m going to calm down and we will handle this like men, because we are men” and “Help, help call the police!” – no need to explain why we found it humorous.
On a more serious note, though, you have to feel for the young mother and her child who were subjected to a very stressful situation. In the video, the woman asks the cop, “Officer, how about a warning and a ticket for no seatbelts?” to which he replies, “We’ll get to that”.
The mother then says, “Just please…you don’t understand. Some people have issues and you’re giving him post-traumatic stress so if you can just give us a warning for my sake.”
Obviously, since the cop stated that he smelled marijuana (we don’t know if they did find it in the car), he couldn’t back down and had to go ahead with the search. Unfortunately, we don’t know how this story ended, but if you do and have additional information, please do tell us below.
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