4th of July DUI Checkpoint - Drug Dogs, Searched without Consent, while Innocent

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A driver films a police DUI checkpoint on the 4th of July where a drug dog alerts on his car and he is searched without consent, though he broke no laws. He is released without charges after officers learn he was recording.

HN commenters cite it as an example of police cueing drug dogs to justify searches.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@nickpsecurity2016-01 · in “Federal cops gets pulled over by TN cops, car illegally searched”

There's a lot of speculation in articles and comments despite video evidence available for this sort of thing. Here's a step-by-step video of what they do for anyone interested that also shows them cue the dog: ▶ this video

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@radiorental2015-08 · in “Court rules drug dog barely more accurate than a coin flip is good enough”

You can watch this 6 minute video of a stop, I've linked to where the officer was caught triggering the search ▶ this video It happens.

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@jonathanp122014-12 · in “The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule”

I don't like the idea of animals being able to determine whether a person gets their 4th amendment right or not. Also getting "caught" with $350,000 is irksome but theres probably been enough comments on here about civil forfeiture lately. EDIT: reason for my opinion: ▶ this video

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