I do have an odor of marijuana. Okay, that's just from my training experience. That's what I'm smelling. Um, I've smelled marijuana before. It smells just like this, okay? So, I'm going to ask you to step out so we can get the search and then um, we'll get we'll go from there, okay? I do not consent to searches. Okay, that's that's fine. I'm not asking for consent. I I have probable cause at this point. I don't believe you do, sir. Okay, well, I do. So, I'm going to ask you to step out of the car. Okay, which way would you like me to exit this vehicle? >> Just step out and just come out here and stand in front of the hood for me, okay? >> Officers pulled over a man without giving any clear reason, then immediately pressured him into a vehicle search using the vague excuse of smelling marijuana. When the man calmly refused consent, cited his rights, and repeatedly asked for the officers' names and badge numbers, the situation escalated even further. Instead of respecting the law, the officers continued the search while refusing to identify themselves. And after finding nothing significant, they desperately clung to a tiny leftover trace just to justify their actions before handing over a questionable citation and driving away. Was this law enforcement or intimidation? So, speeding is not probable cause, but once I get up to the window and get the odor of marijuana, that is probable cause, okay? How is there an odor of marijuana when there's no marijuana in the car? That's what I'm saying. So, if there's none, I search the car and we get you on your I don't want you to search the car. That's the problem. I'd like to be on my way. I'm allowed to be traveled unmolested in this country. >> You are, but you're not free to leave at this time, okay? >> I understand that I'm being detained. I mean, obviously there is a traffic infraction here as far as the speeding and I and I understand that. Other than the fact that you're saying that you smell. Now, that's subjective. Okay. >> Okay, there there there is no probable cause. There's no PC. >> If I get a K9 here to sniff the car and he alerts, would you let me search the car freely? Why not just allow me write me my ticket and allow me to be on my way? >> I'm going to further investigate this, okay? I do have an odor of marijuana. Okay, that's just from my training experience. That's what I'm smelling. Um, I've smelled marijuana before. It smells just like this, okay? So, I'm going to ask you to step out so we can get the search and then um, we'll get we'll go from there, okay? I I do not consent to searches. Okay, that's that's fine. I'm not asking for consent. I I have probable cause at this point. >> I don't believe you do, sir. >> Okay, well, I do. So, I'm going to ask you to step out of the car. Okay, which way would you like me to exit this vehicle? >> So, just step out and just come out here and stand in front of the hood for me, okay? >> Okay, would you like me to turn the vehicle off? That is up to you. If you If you're concerned about fuel or anything like that, that's your that's your call. You want to go around that side. You got no weapons or anything else on you like that? No, sir. Just a handgun in the front seat. That's it. >> Okay, can I go ahead and pat you down? No, I do not. >> Okay, I'm going to have you stand in front of the vehicle while I search it. Or I can have you sit in the back of one of the patrol cars. It's up to you. I do not give consent to any searches. He can't come up to the car and just automatically say he smells weed. Well, he can't say that he can smell it, which I can do. Can I get your name and badge number, sir? Nope. Why not? That's the only thing that I'm smelling of marijuana that I found. I can't even see what's in your hand. I'm going to touch it with that hand. It looks like a joint, smells like marijuana, but Okay. It's pretty much out of the way if you use marijuana recently at all. No. Not even the possibility? Nope. Can I have you take your glasses off for a second, please? Just for Thank you. Um you want to have a seat in the vehicle? Uh I'm just going to work on a citation and I'll get you out of here, okay? Okay. Any questions or anything about the search, besides the ones I've already gone over? No, other than I don't think it was lawful. Okay, well, I said that at this point this point that's your opinion, I understand. And I would like um his name and badge number, please, um on a business card when you um when you do leave. >> I don't I don't have his business card. I don't I can tell you it's it's Moore, it's his last name. 497. Moore, 497. Why doesn't he want to be cordial? Here's the thing, I do suspect this to be marijuana, okay? I'm just going to get rid of it, okay? Just don't put it on the ground. Do what you want. It would be a citation. Just to be clear, it's not a violation of the law. I'll get back to you, but I will get to you if you get back in the car. Does that suit? Yeah, I'm going to get back in the car. Okay, so we No, we have no attitude here. We're good. I I did I just I have an attitude only because you didn't want to identify. And And it. Like I was telling him, there's a real big disconnect between police department and and citizens today. You guys are not in a very good position being out here. Citizens uh don't really care for you guys a lot. I mean, you know, and it'd just be nice to be cordial. I I asked nicely what your name and badge number was. You told me no, thanks. That you gave me attitude, so then I gave you attitude back, and that's all it was. I I I get I give what I get. Can I turn the vehicle back on when I get in? I'm still leaving this. Obviously. Obviously. Okay. You can cut me any break for um being sitting out here in the sun hassling for uh you know, I mean, I would appreciate it. I know that's your discretion, but Thank you. I I understand your training, but with you being able to say with your discretion that you smell or want it, it gives you the opportunity to search any vehicle that you want, and that's that's not right. There has to be more probable cause than just I think I smell something. That's not enough, and that's what the Supreme Court has ruled on. There are plenty of flowers, there are plenty of other substances that have that smell, and it's not warrant to give up your Fifth Amendment right or your Fourth Amendment right to of searches and seizures off of a smell. So, I mean, I I would I'm sorry. Sure. Well, I'm not I'm not saying I'm not saying that it's not Well, I mean, obviously, if if I was carrying freaking five bales of marijuana in the backseat, I wouldn't be doing 100 mile an hour for one. But I guess some people are stupid. I I understand, but um I've been told it's the best of the there's a lot of training that you guys do that it that um a lot of training that you guys are given that goes against our constitutional rights. There really is. I mean, ID laws are are one of them that are are are very misused by police officers. >> Absolutely. You cannot ID somebody unless they've already broken a law. Unless it's consensual. You cannot demand identification. >> suspicion to ID anybody. Absolutely, but I see officers on a daily basis demanding ID and and and and issues [clears throat] where they're not allowed to turn the cameras off up. Well, that's the legal way to do it, okay? So, I understand Well, it's legal for you. I do not believe it's still legal. Okay. And I will check into it and and if I find out it was illegal, unfortunately, I will file complaints against against you. That's your right, but >> But and it has nothing to do with your demeanor. You've been very cordial and I appreciate that and and and all that stuff. I mean, you cut me a break. I appreciate that. Anything else, sir? Nope. Okay. You have a good rest of your day, okay? Be safe. >> Thank you. You, too.