Police who smell weed can’t search your car anymore. Here’s why.

[@DedmanReactin]

They admitted that 90% of the "smell" searches turned up 0 marijuana!!

[@EloyG-h3y]

It's already been smoked 😂

[@henryjackman3160]

I can't tell you how many videos I have seen where police lie about smelling marijuana so they can search a vehicle. It was egregiously abused.

[@DedmanReactin]

@@Constantly1Shot the stats are derived from the stats that EVERY police department sends in to the justice department.. the data is all there. So no, in Iowa, the stats are just as bad as everywhere.. the only people that even question the data are the blind that back the blue with out questions.. anyone else doesn't even need to visit the department of social stats to get basic info.. it's apparent. But to those that are constantly "blind" to the abuses of law enforcement.. "nothing to see here"

[@Jamie-h8f6o]

Bullshit

[@DedmanReactin]

@@Jamie-h8f6o the police admitted it!

[@michaelbradley7529]

This "I smell something" loophole needs to be closed nationwide.

[@mr.duanesharpe]

It will. Soon enough. Why? It’s subjective and does not state probable cause. So. Being subjective.

[@bernitapennick5930]

I smell something else

[@chrisjustus9202]

Agree 100%

[@mervunit]

They'll just come up with another reason. The problem is qualified immunity. If you're not held accountable for your bad actions, you're going to continue doing it.

[@michaelbradley7529]

@@mervunit Absolutely agree.

[@cholli4141]

It’s not tricky…. Stop violating people’s rights

[@stephenharvey5932]

You don't think the officer would LIE????

[@StephenGangi]

🤣🤣🤣

[@terrymorrison7263]

NEVER. LMAO

[@debrabrower3864]

No they don't lie, they are just wrong alot

[@StephenGangi]

@@debrabrower3864 LOL

[@jimmybutler1379]

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING US ALL AS THEY COVER THEIR BACK SIDE !...

[@Ben-eh2bq]

Police fishing expeditions during traffic stops should be outlawed

[@36GodMob]

They should fuk off if they don’t witness an actual crime…..as i asked an officer what “smell” evidence do you use as evidence in actual. court witcha bogus ass

[@Pestilencemage]

Stop answering questions.

[@marklane870]

Road pirates

[@havable]

Supposedly the 4th Amendment protects from that but cops ignore the constitution.

[@dubya724]

@@Ben-eh2bqthey are pretty much agreeing with you 😂😂

[@mikhaelis]

"For years cops have lied and said they smelled marijuana as a way to violate your civil rights". There, fixed that for you.

[@StankyPack]

Thank you 🙏🏽 I didn’t understand what they were saying. But you put it in simple terms for us all lol I’m glad they’re putting an end to that stupid shit

[@KevinPerry-wi5dw]

Well driving under the influence violates other peoples rights

[@treyrinn6233]

@@KevinPerry-wi5dw Apparently

[@feistylilmama2248]

And the police use the smell of marijuana even when there's no smell of marijuana to plant drugs in people's cars😮😮😮

[@4pokketwalkerhomebaby153]

Facts 🤣 🤣 might as well give it to em 🤷 hell I can go an get some moe😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@User_yhvz]

Does anyone know if it’s the smell of weed the dog picks up on. Or the THC in the weed? That part has never made sense

[@davidr1676]

The courts ruled against this police activity several years ago now. Maybe the cop should've had to "smell" the meth, and discover it was fentanyl. World's smallest violin on tyrants

[@StephenGangi]

Sometimes their own video busts them. That is why they HATE recording of any kind.

[@snicole042]

Can you count how many times this has happened? Where did this happen? Chicago? There’s literal criminals running that city.

[@houseofbryks_]

Poor cops just wanted to unconstitutionally search people. 😢

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

Cop - I smell pot. Me- I smell bacon.

[@Alonzosdad]

😂

[@TammyLawrence-ib4su]

😂😂😂😂

[@markray6113]

Sir I need you to step out of the vehicle

[@NoName-jy8oc]

😂❤

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

@@markray6113 Sir I need some eggs with that bacon.

[@nicksmith7719]

This needs to go Nationwide

[@obtv660]

Right, they need to legalize it in Texas‼️

[@wespoke202]

Missouri too that crazy

[@blackcherry6877]

No it does not. Smoke your gross,poison at HOME. Not in the car.

[@2adave]

Wow being in CA I didn’t even realize that this is still a thing. They stopped caring about the smell of weed for idk maybe 10 years now at least.

[@Minute-v1m]

@user-rr7bv6my4e😆😆😆

[@pilotnamealreadytaken6035]

When an officer is 100% allowed and encouraged to lie to the public, they will lie about anything they can to put you in the clink.

[@Jedi-Nite]

That's how they get promoted, get bonuses, and raises

[@CCmagee3]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@DarthVil]

Don't be a criminal, and you have nothing to fear.

[@onetruetroy]

Sadly, cops have the tendency to lie about most things when they’re out of uniform, too.

[@hollywoodswagga478]

@@DarthVilI guess driving while black is a crime

[@brandenforrer2603]

If you want to change police accountability get rid of qualified immunity

[@cobramcjingleballs]

I don't think they should get rid of it altogether, but get rid of police investigating themselves would be better solution.

[@rickyfrazier3327]

I agree 💯

[@rickyfrazier3327]

@wearehiddenservices5573 I feel you. They are talking about the (il)legal system, which they use to cover up their BS.

[@Andy-te1mw]

But if they did that, then they would have to take accountability for their actions!

[@sleezye100]

And police have never lied on affidavit. They’ve never lied to the public. I love how I was pulled over and almost charged with DUI because the officer said he smelled alcohol. I told him if you smell alcohol. It’s coming out of your own breath because I haven’t had a drink in over 30 years.

[@Messiah38]

Nice

[@Messiah38]

They should’ve never be allow to search without a warrant

[@reidellis1988]

I live in Utah, and I have had a K9 unit called on me three times over smell accusations. They found nothing in my car. They did scare the shit out of my kids.

[@tk00903]

If they " smell " and search and don't find anything, it's a false accusation and should be prosecuted as such.

[@stephenharvey5932]

They can signal the dog to "trigger" on the police command. Another possibility of lies that you are jailed with.

[@redbarchetta8782]

@@tk00903 Yes, but good luck trying to bring charges in most states.

[@patrickmichael9950]

My reply to "I smell _____.", would be "I smell bullshit."

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Isn't Utah a policing-for-profit and civil-asset-forfeiture state? They're probably trying to find "reasons" to seize and take your property.

[@0_k_1_]

Like the government cares about doing things legally 😂 they'll investigate themselves and found no wrong doing

[@pharoahzeus]

Comment of the age 😌

[@brendahobbs4486]

Lawfully legal is there game

[@redbarchetta8782]

NEWSFLASH: This isn't the 'government' you're trying to disrespect, that would happen to be your local REPUBLICAN government you should be condemning.

[@0_k_1_]

@@redbarchetta8782 you're really good at talking in circles and disproving yourself

[@bradcrosier1332]

@@redbarchetta8782 - If you think that only one side of the aisle is the problem, then you are genuinely dumber than dirt.

[@ChuckWood]

Next time a cop pulls you over and says he smells marijuana, reply "i smelled it too, as soon as you walked up"

[@msvmac9361]

🤭😂😂😂😂

[@lukeslambo3285]

That's a good one!

[@SirSleepyBear]

I say that at work 😂

[@cherylalt101]

Even if the police smell weed, what about people who have medical marijuana cards? Or are legally smoking before they are in their vehicle or have a passenger who carries a scent? This has always been a lame excuse for police to harass citizens without just cause.

[@Justshutup098]

You cannot drive intoxicated. If you smoke, stay home.

[@withcheeseproductions]

Then they are driving under the influence even if you take antidepressants it can impair your driving and can be charged for driving under the influence

[@patrickromano4582]

Well, your not under the influence if you've smoked Hemp cigarettes.

[@Constantly1Shot]

Still can't drive if you just smoked weed. It is illegal to drive under the influence, even if weed is legal in the state. Plus even in state's where it's legal, you need to provide your medical card and the Marijuana is supposed to be unopened in the dispensery container, having it in a zip lock isn't legal.

[@midnightfenrir]

​​@@Constantly1Shotthis is just moving the goal post. When you get pulled over for DUI they don't search your car, you take a test to prove impairment. They don't say "sir I smell alcohol I'm gonna need to search your car for open containers." Whether or not you are "impaired" isn't the issue, it's that they use the presence of a substance as justification to search your vehicle. For reference Police are trained NOT to use the smell of alcohol as an indicator of intoxication. They have to use other indicators and their bs circus tests at a minimum. Even then they do a blood draw at the station to prove intoxication.

[@vikingsreach]

A cop tried that crap on me, he said " i smell weed" i told him he needed to stop smoking it than, that made him upset a little.

[@eric4467]

Hahaha now that’s funny!!!

[@slyFoxx365]

😂

[@oldtc3615]

I would tell them "You must be hallucinating. I am concerned for you. Somebody should investigate why you are hallucinating. Have you used any controlled substances today? How much did you drink tonight? I am only trying to help you."

[@DunitTV]

It was also a tactic that violated thousands of law abiding citizen's rights.

[@michaelbrown252]

Anyone who would give up a little bit of freedom for security, deserves neither. -Ben Franklin

[@beckiwildeman600]

Right on.

[@CCmagee3]

💯

[@richardellis8076]

And of course, Franklin had enslaved persons.

[@CCmagee3]

@@richardellis8076 Most of the world at that time did. There are still slaves in 2024. Africa is full of them. Can't blame the wht man for that one, now can ya?

[@michaelWRLD24]

"Those who kept enslaved persons deserve zero freedoms" ~MichaelB

[@DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

As a former federal agent, I’ll tell you that this makes sense. You can’t “I smelled it” because you don’t have training for smells, can’t prove it if asked, and smells are subjective. This sounds silly but you want this 4th Amendment protection.

[@rebeccarittenhouse2203]

Yeah well our lovely justice system let them do it for what 20 years?

[@bobhope4949]

Yeah…. If ya got latex gloves on and smell skunky……. I don’t know, I use to sell pot when it was illegal and grow as a hobby, cops never fucked with me cuz I wasn’t an idiot, I do feel they should have the right to do their jobs when idiots cross lines but at the same time don’t go looking for trouble that ain’t there ya know?

[@DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

@@bobhope4949 sure. You can set those up as articulable facts, but a smell can’t be the only fact.

[@bobhope4949]

@@DoggosAndJiuJitsu bud….. I can smell the difference between pot that has been cured and dried and pot that is growing in the ground, whether it is in a jar or had just been smoked, lol I could sniff your ass and tell if you were the one smoking it!

[@fordhouse8b]

Also marijuana can have such a strong lingering smell that it can easily be present in a car long after a passenger who smoked it (outside of the car) has been long gone. The smell of marijuana is in a car is in no way reasonable suspicion that marijuana has been smoked illegally IN the car, or that any other crime has been committed. I used to steam crab legs for an all-you-can-eat buffet, and after leaving work I could smell a strong odor of crabs on myself. Other people who had not been working in that smell for hours probably noticed the odor even more than me. If steaming crabs in your car had been illegal, this stench that saturated my clothing would in no way have been any strong indication that I had done so, and thus would not fall under reasonable suspicion. Just because a crime is always associated with an odor does not mean that the odor is always associated with a crime.

[@nhansen197]

The "smell of weed" is often used to search vehicles with no actual evidence or probable cause.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

I would say more often than not.

[@EricFarmer01]

Thanks Captain Obvious.

[@johnq.public7019]

cops even have the ability to smell marijuana through a rolled up car window....amazing the super human powers cops have

[@wpeale71341]

Yeah and when the cop told me he smelled marijuana in my vehicle I asked him so what's next? You gonna run around my car and piss on my tires too?

[@necrobabe6190]

Idk about all that but I can smell weed coming off a car 2 or 3 car lengths ahead of me with all my windows rolled up. That shit is pretty strong. It's illegal to drive and while smoking weed.

[@lorehammer40k4]

Cops are so good that when one pulled over my Grandma last year, he could smell the last marihuanna cigarette she smoked all the way back in 1953. Or at least, he must have, since he tore her car apart for three hours and didn't find anything, and he wouldn't lie about it or anything, that'd be completely ridiculous, right? At least when she got upset that they were trying to test Grandpa's ashes to see if they were drugs and raised her voice a little bit, they only dislocated one of her shoulders, so at the end of the day it was a good traffic stop. Maybe the next time he would have actually caught her in the act, since clearly she must have found some way to hide it, and exposed her for the unrepentant drug addict that she was apparently, based on what that cop said. Apparently her addiction had gotten so bad that the whole 4 days she was in jail for resisting arrest and assaulting the poor innocent officer by making him sprain his back when he had to hip toss her for getting loud and not listening, that she would not stop asking everyone for her "medication" that she thought she needed to "live", thank god the jailhouse staff ignored her and didn't feed her addiction, even whens he started acting up and stopped responding to them. It's just such a shame that she coincidentally happened to die of stroke while she was there, the stress of having her double life of crimes exposed must have been too much. Back the Blue 💙👮💙 Make All Grandmas Accountable

[@RichGANG-l9b]

when people smoking and driving in front of me its loud af even with the windows up i can smell it through my ac lol people are slow these days riding around in a hot car

[@imabosssorta1923]

You're right! I've even seen one cop who pulled a man over and said it was because he could smell weed. The guy's windows were up and he somehow smelled it. No weed was found. Only saw dust. also tried to get him on window tint because the weed accusation didn't hold up.

[@inmygunitrust8593]

Now the police will say " i smell coke in the vehicle" 😂

[@WillardLongshot-ks8yg]

"I didn't use the cocaine to get high, I just like the way it smells." -Ray Wylie Hubbard. One of the best lines ever written.

[@inmygunitrust8593]

@@WillardLongshot-ks8yg 🤣🤣🤣CLASSIC!

[@BlackedOutExcalibur]

“I smell gunpowder”

[@Rich_iam]

Theyll just say they saw something in plain view. And they definitely will still say they smell weed. They dont care lol.

[@mr.duanesharpe]

@@BlackedOutExcaliburalso I smell traces of C4

[@AwokenEntertainment]

other states need to follow this example!

[@JamesWhite-jd7lx]

Every state

[@Fun.Guy.Forager]

You can drive by any farm field and smell weed, some smells can be interpreted by a police officer as weed. Really any search should be illegal and considered harassment.

[@kaseyboles30]

Once worked at a restaurant (a franchise Wendy's back in the 90's, long since gone, last I heard that building was a small branch of some bank) that had a small oven for baking potatoes. That thing always smelled of weed. Lots of things smell similar to weed.

[@davidoshea1837]

cold Heineken, skunks

[@JugglesGrenades]

EXACTLY

[@Sauvenil]

@@kaseyboles30 Actually, the cooks just smoked weed next to the oven, because that's where they were standing at the time. LOL

[@SuspiciousGanymede]

I was kayak fishing in a local park once and smelled that something got skunked. A game warden came by and asked for all my licenses which i gave him. Then he said 'I smell marijuana" and proceeded to search all my stuff, dumbfounded at how strong the smell was but nothing to be found.

[@michaelgillett5744]

They need to remove qualified immunity so corrupt cops can be held accountable.

[@bryanmeier272xp8]

100 percent agree and need to get rid if terry vs ohio you know some how they will come up with suspicion some how

[@RedBud315]

As bad as California is they got rid of QI in 2022 I believe. It still has some limitations but, better than nothing.

[@horizonhopeharlow]

@@bryanmeier272xp8 wouldn't Terry Vs Ohio override this specific law about smelling cannabis odors? So basically instead of cannabis being the cause they can just make up reasonable suspicion. Smh

[@snicole042]

Doesn’t have anything to do with police officers. They get the blame.

[@hearsemanjeff1477]

All states need to follow Colorado's law.

[@bunnyluver2176]

I had a cop tell me he smelled weed, i dont smoke and told him, "no you f*cking dont." He stopped claiming that bs.

[@adrielburned6924]

I got pulled over for throwing a cigarette out the truck window. I told him I don't smoke, no lighter, no matches, no vehicle lighter, no cigarettes. So he wrote me a warning. Lol. I took it to the station and demanded the supervisor look in my truck. He did, and the officer was put on report.

[@KristinHall0918]

Same here! Told him no to searching my car. He pulled me out and did it anyway. Didnt find anything. He was mad! Oh well.

[@TroyJScott]

This is GREAT NEWS!! This should be the law nationwide

[@Kosher_Slider]

Unfortunately trump wants to grant the police more immunity. I am a former republican, moved to the libertarian party. I voted for trump in 2016 and 20, not this time.

[@TroyJScott]

@@Kosher_Slider As long as you don’t vote for Biden we are good!!

[@Kosher_Slider]

@@TroyJScott no chance of that happening here.

[@juliana.x0x0]

⁠​⁠@@Kosher_Sliderlibertarianism is the way to go! My grandfather used to hold weekly libertarian party meetings in his basement ballroom. I remember things such as his copy of "separation of church and state" that he ALWAYS had close by, and the way he would complain about public schools and how drugs should be decriminalized. I must have absorbed a lot of his ideas more than I realized as a kid, I hadn't really gotten into politics much until the past couple years, but as an adult I fall squarely into the same category, based on my understanding and experience with those things (political influence by religious groups, the war against drugs [people], and the slow and steady suffocation of our constitutional rights to be free to make choices, even bad ones, for the sake of "public safety" or whatever sorry excuse they come up with every time). I think there's a lot of issues that might come up along the way, but that's to be expected when you roll out any societal reform or new way of doing things on a large scale. So far, we can see that voting republican or democrat are just two wings of the same bird, the bird that serves and protects the "system" and the people working in it above all else, rather than the people. I reject any system that gives any kind of immunity and special protections to anyone who is given authority and is expected to be held to a higher standard of performance in their duties, and to protect the public. Plus the Supreme Court has made some horrendous decisions, allowing the constitution to be "interpreted" and distorted to best serve their interests. America is becoming what our founding fathers fought to escape from, because too many people "go along to get along" and wholeheartedly believe the people that govern them are trustworthy and have their best interests at heart, abandoning the system of checks and balances that needs to be vigilantly enforced, and we can see where it has led us.

[@red9man2130]

It IS! Unfortunately the US Constitution seems to be ignored.

[@crinklecut3790]

It’s not tricky for law enforcement. They just need to stop lying. Problem solved.

[@DaveBigDawg]

We know that won't happen Because SCOTUS has said that they are allowed to lie

[@derek4101]

Good luck with that

[@78tag]

... and I have a bridge for sale !!

[@derricklowe2823]

​@@derek4101😂 💯 EXACTLY.

[@RemainWoke]

Facts

[@Thadopeera]

Let’s push this Nationwide.

[@sbss924]

And, one could have the smell of marijuana on your clothes. I smell weed on folks all the time- I am so glad this is no longer allowed. This video is so informative. Thank you.

[@beckiwildeman600]

Thats what I was wondering you could have been at home smoking it and the smell lingers on the clothes and it would smell within your car, that was a strange law to allow to happen considering it would be like hearsay.

[@alli6791]

Yep, that smell gets in everything and lasts for a long time. Especially if you had a pair of pants that smell like weed and you leave it in a hot car, it make the whole car reek

[@Constantly1Shot]

Keep in mind this is only Minnesota. It is still illegal to possess Marijuana in most states. The court only ruled in this favor because possession is legal in those states. In states where its illegal its still probable cause for a search.

[@billymcgee7639]

The smell of marijuana is cop code for "I pulled you over because I was discriminating against you and found no wrong doing. Now I really need to find something before I get in trouble."

[@rodderick1983]

Although that might be the case, it also happens to other let's say lighter skinned people.

[@BobbiBlack]

The inside of a car is private property not public. So why is that any different than your home ?

[@claybornlewis276]

Why is there any difference on a boat

[@godless-greg]

Not all "criminals" are marijuana users, and not all marijuana users are "criminals."

[@Control-Alt-Delete619]

Yet all criminals have smoked marijuana. 🤦👎

[@nenola504]

That’s a lie 😂

[@siriusgd4753]

@@Control-Alt-Delete619 trump never has and he's the biggest criminal in the U.S.

[@jonathanstevens8753]

That's a lie. I've never been in trouble with the law and have smoked weed for over 12 years​@Control-Alt-Delete619

[@spile225]

@@Control-Alt-Delete619 go back to bed boomer

[@patcline6972]

Now what tactics are these corrupt cops gonna use asking for a friend 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JCAdolphson]

Move to the South. They’ll be at least 50 years behind making any regulations against corruption.

[@peggycamp9503]

Yes, I would like a heads up also….😜

[@onfrobation]

Smell paired with any other “clues”; the way you look, speak, any driving infractions etc.. they’re gonna get their search if they want it

[@damham5689]

Im sure they have plenty of tricks still

[@aimeehemingway9271]

My friend was wondering the same thing😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeffouellette9946]

20 years ago the state of Ohio passed a law where the smell of marijuana is not probable cause. I used to deliver inserts to newspapers back then and I was at a newspaper one day when I witnessed it said it on the front page.

[@ianbattles7290]

The problem is that smell cannot be proven or verified in a courtroom...and it looks really bad for the cops when they claim to "smell weed" *and then DON'T find any weed...*

[@googlegmail9888]

But they don’t get in any trouble

[@rfarevalo]

People who smoke weed regularly often stick to high heaven like disgusting cigarette smokers. Smoke sticks to their clothes, car, home furnishings, even their children.

[@AudricisJay]

Lie.

[@SLYSHY58]

Bull crap about them having a job to do. They are trained to generate money by any means necessary. Smoking weed isn't against the law.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Still illegal in Texas. But, I do agree police have too many powers, and have been given too much discretion to sidestep the Bill Of Rights. That said, if you do smoke weed, do it at home. Liquor is legal, but drinking and driving is not. I can't imagine toking and driving is either. Not smart to be behind the wheel with a blunt in your mouth.

[@allenk946]

@@MisterMikeTexasthe problem with it is it’s legal to smoke at home the smell lingers on clothing so your passenger smoked it but you didn’t the smell alone should not be grounds for search. If done in a state that it’s legalized in. I understand Texas it’s not legal but this case is in a state that is

[@BlackRoyalty_]

It’s still federally illegal so technically the federal government can still arrest people for having weed. It sucks but that’s federal law

[@SLYSHY58]

@@BlackRoyalty_ distribution for profit I is against the law for the people. The federal government made it legal in certain places. I wonder why? 🙄 Is it to keep certain people oppressed for enjoying recreational weed smoking.

[@danteprice1874]

@@BlackRoyalty_there aint no federal misdemeanor possession tho all federal weed laws deal with weight or distribution.. try looking up fed cases involving possession of less than a quarter pound of weed ill wait

[@garykilgore6718]

I’ve said many times that someone make a car air freshener that smells like pot. If they try the I smelled pot you can point to air freshener and say I like the smell but I would never partake myself.

[@joecox8909]

I used to work with a retired K-9 cop and he told me that they train the dogs to give sign based on their signals NOT the smell of anything. They are loop holes to violate our rights. He laughed out load in joyful memory. And if the dog comes up with nothing. Then oh well. No recourse!

[@3182john]

Simple, don’t do anything to get pulled over.

[@AKidOnARoof314]

@@3182johnboot licker

[@rfarevalo]

Doggable cause. Maybe quit breaking the law by smoking weed in public.

[@bobhope4949]

Not to mentions drug dealers like to keep drugs everywhere so even if ya got a dog, it will go for the bait and lose all credibility, lol they should hire ex druggies to sniff out drugs lol

[@SteinzVsKnives]

@@rfarevalo hows that boot tasting

[@bobknull7502]

We also need to address the problems with drug dogs. There have been dozens of good studies now...one that looked at 94,000 searches,...that show that dogs indicated false positives at about 75% of the time. The best was 56% found drugs and the worst was 7% found drugs after the dogs indicated they were there.

[@CashisKingtrucking]

I questioned the legitimacy of drug dog on the grounds of how do I face my accuser in court.

[@genericamerican7574]

@@CashisKingtrucking they use the handler as the accuser.

[@angiehayes7397]

Great data! Thx

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

⁠@@angiehayes7397 It isn’t great data. The OP is talking bollocks. Don’t get me wrong - K-9 sniffs aren’t reliable, but the data shows that K9 dogs that sniff for drugs in vehicles are only accurate 44% of the time. NPR reported on it. It simply isn’t as extreme as the OP claimed. Lol at 75% and 93% failure rate!

[@weispresidentnow]

"Do thing. Get treat." - Dog being clever You can't know the animals motivations. It could just be trying to appease a handler.

[@tonysnow2224]

Get rid of dog search too, a lot of dogs never find anything either..

[@stevenread5473]

A dog can't speak English or any language so they never can testify in court.

[@philipharrisson6894]

They will just come up with a new reason to illegally search your vehicle

[@BrooklynBalla]

Of course.They can claim any grass or leaves that build up on your floor mat “looks like marijuana”.Powdered donut stains or icing can be drugs.And lastly “furtive movements or gestures”.Google that one for a laugh.

[@richardellis8076]

Don't forget the guy who they pulled over and then said the bird poop on his windshield looked like cocaine. Smdh

[@NostalgiaHDOS]

@@richardellis8076pretty sure there was one with donut glaze or something too

[@SmilingArchaeology-bk2gy]

​@@richardellis8076literally??!! 😂😂😂😂

[@cozmoos]

I smell the odour of guns and warrants in your car!

[@davidyerby7991]

Now they need to get rid of the dog sniffs those are ridiculous also

[@nathanpacker6131]

They did supposedly

[@Carl_McMelvin]

@@nathanpacker6131lol, no. 😂

[@beckiwildeman600]

Well it clear now that will be coming soon with this now enforced.

[@krapeevids6992]

7:20 LISTEN TO THIS PART PLEASE. This make sense to me. What if the police are able to stop a far more serious crime by doing the search? What if they find a small child being hidden who was kidnapped?? We are just making it easier for the criminals

[@kenneth9874]

Anyone that trades liberty for perceived safety will get neither....B. Franklin

[@matthewatwood8641]

It never should have been permissible. *It's profiling.*

[@NeuroDeviant421]

one must have incredible senses to "smell marijuana" when there is no marijuana

[@jonsnow300]

😂😂💯

[@artimustrieste1480]

One EYE OPEN... case by case, every case is unto it's own, right? What about an individual looking for a quick buck (mule), that hasn't a clue. Picks-up a gig to transport & partakes of the hall, then stopped with a shit-ton in the (trunk) LOAD that can be smelled a mile away. The MULE can't, their desensitized? What happens to excuse me, would you please get out? Cuz like we all know, THAT'S NEVER-EVER?! HAPPENED before?

[@BNatoAk]

Ya if smell it there better be something 😏

[@artimustrieste1480]

@@BNatoAk Criminals typically aren't the smartest. The lure of money is a powerful aphrodisiac to boot. Plays games with the smartest on two legs all the time. How to numb the mind & senses, just add one of two things... sex or money, & doubling does better. There aren't only the Best of Us out there, & they wear customs to look just like us too. 😉 😉

[@artimustrieste1480]

As long as we all know, this is far from a Get-Out-of-Jail free card. Laxidasical behavior will only bite yourself in the you know where. Mules, alcoholics that feel the need to top off the ride, etc. are all prime examples of slowed thinking, not as sharp, lazy, messy, disorganized lifes & vehicles. They don't need another reason for them, & why hand it to them by thinking this IS your GET-OUT-OFJAIL-FREE-CARD. The 4th Amendment is there for the best of reasons, so let's not give it up for FAFO.

[@Melody-mt5im]

When this doesn’t turn up anything actually criminal, it’s primarily utilized for *civil asset forfeiture*. Even in the 4 states that have civil asset forfeiture protections, there is a massive loophole called *federal equitable sharing* that allows law enforcement to completely bypass state law in the interest of federal law (like with marijuana being legal in many states but not federally). And for anyone who doesn’t know what civil asset forfeiture is, in a nutshell, it means police can take anything they want if they “suspect” it is involved in illicit activity and YOU have to prove to a court that it wasn’t if you want to try to get it back. Police don’t have to prove anything, and this almost always leads to people giving up and police keeping what they took. They can then use/sell all these assets and use it to enrich the police department however they choose. Also thought it was interesting how much these two anchors tiptoed around the possibility of police being wrong or lying. Really is a reminder that local news has a close relationship with law enforcement because that’s where so many of their stories come from. Don’t want to bite the hand that feeds.

[@jcisnerosjr9772]

I personally believe if there is no victim, there should be no crime.

[@OmegaMouse]

So attempted murder suspects should walk free? Driving high impairs your ability to drive and there very well COULD be a victim.

[@cherylharris7003]

⁠​⁠@@OmegaMousethere IS a victim, if you attempt to murder that victim. The victim is just not dead.

[@miguellovos5525]

@@cherylharris7003bro fr commented thinking he had ya 😂

[@kiowa4440]

​@@OmegaMouselmao

[@CPTCHRIS1]

@@OmegaMousethey attempted murder what do you mean

[@MidwestCoupe]

Should be like this nation wide. No i dont do drugs of any kinds, no i dont advocate of drug usage of any kind either. Im just a citizen of this Country tired of watching the Police abuse the system. Theres way to many "BAD APPLES" out there.

[@tk2fly3d]

Best comment ever

[@Charles-d4e3b]

Agreed I don’t want cops policing anything. Ask if the driver says no let them go

[@susie1370]

I was going to say the same! Thank you for posting!

[@beautifuldisaster139]

@@Charles-d4e3b🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@FreeUkraine69]

Police swearing to uphold and protect the constitution is the biggest fraud perpetrated on American soil , they don't even know the 1st amendment and violate rights as an investigative tactic just to run names through NCIC / DAVID / TSDB just for warrants as lazy policing . and police hate civil rights , transparency and accountability.

[@jeanclod8810]

13:38 this woman is concerned that our civil rights might be protected wtf? 🤬 get her out of here

[@Royalltop1]

The police used this line for fishing expeditions in most cases. There never being a smell of any marijuana. And as an individual how can you really fight against a smell of anything?

[@hueysimon2726]

No one should ever be allowed to search your car without a warrant and even then, there should always be a non-biased 3rd party recording everything the cops are doing or searching to assure they don't plant evidence.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

That's not realistic and there's no chance in that ever happening. Best we can hope for is ending this BS with the "I smell, such and such", and to maybe end qualified immunity if we're lucky. Probable cause will always exist and there is such thing as non-biased; not to mention requiring a third party be there would be deemed to burdensome.

[@charlesgould8436]

Couldn't a random citizen be a 3rd party?

[@lifehappens168]

You don’t need a warrant to search a car due to it being a “Readily Mobile Convenience “ You do however need probable cause.

[@dove.9833]

I love to hear it!🎉

[@ethanklein8406]

The fact that law enforcement was even permitted to violate the 4th based on a potential smell that could be fictitious was completely ridiculous. Even here in Georgia its been nothing but a shitshow

[@causticwit2286]

I live in South Georgia. The cops here are constantly pulling people for minor reasons and escalating their fishing expeditions.

[@chhansen9813]

This is a tactic cops have been using FOREVER! They say they smell weed and instant probable cause goes into effect! They will ask you if they can search your car and if you say nom they detain you and bring a dog in. Then they bring in their dogs who are trained to detect drugs, yes, but they are also trained in hand signals to make a signal, like sitting down, which is also the signal they give when they smell drugs. So regardless, the cops are tearing apart your car. If people could get $5,000 if the search ends with no drugs found after their BS, it would make sense and even the playing field, then that lying about smelling weed would stop immediately! Of course they have many different BS tactics to use to search your car!

[@beckiwildeman600]

One could get more than 5,000 if they knew all the things that go along into detaining you and search and seizure. How do you smell something and than show it to be true? How did that stay in the law system for so long?

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Try not to get stopped.

[@chhansen9813]

@@MisterMikeTexas WHOA! That is pure GENIUS! Why didnt I think of that? Thanks for the tip!!!

[@ClarityDetermination]

The police will take any cash.

[@ClarityDetermination]

They take people's cash.

[@b.o.iblitz2819]

I live in Texas and since we are close to Mexico border, we have border patrol checkpoints set up near border towns. K-9’s by the dozen and border patrol agents at your rolled down window. Got through with no issue. 2 hrs down the road, pulled over for speeding. Cop tells me he smells weed in the vehicle I said “sir, there’s no way I just crossed the checkpoint. If the dogs and border patrol agents didn’t smell weed, I know for a fact you don’t” he replied “well can I search the car yes or no” by this time I’m out of the car already patted down for weapons. I was like 20-21 at the time. This was a few years back. Moral of the story they will lie about you smelling like weed to search your car. I’ve experienced it firsthand.

[@JacobSteinberg75]

Cops can't use the smell of weed to search your vehicle anymore Cops: I think I smell meth...

[@mervunit]

"you match the description of a terrorist" and then they can just detain you indefinitely.

[@lydiasinclair1126]

It's not that it's been used to search. It's been abused to search.

[@Uptown3Thuggin]

What if you was smoking 10-20 minutes before you got in your car?

[@ClarenceObert]

I'm a retired Law Enforcement and I really like this decision. Also, when the female reported said what about during a search they find an illegal weapon. To me, that's irrelevant when the search was illegal to start with. We can't have our constitutional rights violated for the "what if's" out there or "it's best for public safety". That leads down the slippery path where not so ethical police officers can use that to violate your rights.

[@AshGreen359]

In california the reports from police always says "freshly burnt Marijuana"

[@howlinwulf]

Trained to say that exact phrase to get warrantless searches. It's a farce and an injustice .

[@JacobC479]

Me and my friend went to the cove in La Jolla in San Diego when I was visiting after graduating in 2015 and we were gonna go down and watch the seals and smoke some weed but it was super windy so he talked me into just smoking in the car. For whatever reason I told him to take the keys out of my the ignition. Of course, halfway into the joint a cop rolled up and came up to the window. My friend couldn’t find the keys so he had to open the door and all that smoke came out on the cop. He took our info and basically said since he didn’t have the keys in the ignition he couldn’t charge him with DWI or anything so he said we could either get an Uber or go to jail. We got an Uber but had to get his car before 5:30 or it would get towed so his cousin was pissed lol. I still remember it like yesterday, we were parked right under Eddie V’s restaurant.

[@OzzyInSpace]

Love this podcast style content from the newsroom.

[@jonathontoney2338]

Here is the major problem. How often do we smell something thats not there like cigarettes. Happens a lot. Now here is the second problem, how do you refute a smell in court. Its 100% hearsay because there is no way to prove it, even if you did find weed how do you prove it was that weed that you smelled/didnt smell.

[@wetspotswimwear1199]

Atleast this is a step in the right direction to stop cops from lying about smelling weed, tearing your car apart, finding nothing then saying "well, you can go" Leaving you on the side of the road with your front seat sitting on the ground next to your car

[@astridgalactic9336]

Meanwhile, that person may have been in a room where others were smoking pot but they themselves did not partake. They'll still have that smell on them if the room wasn't all the ventilated.

[@KrazyTheiA]

Office: What's that I smell? Me: Your upper lip

[@johnnyflannigan136]

GOT EM

[@mygiftmatters]

I’m sorry you feel like a victim. ❤

[@chrisrogers1069]

Thanks for the informative report!

[@jpman9795]

Yea, cause too many of them have been busted using it for a reason to violate ur rights when there was nothing in the car. It's as bad as the tail light excuse.

[@willowbrooks]

I've had the tail light excuse a couple times cops are weird.

[@bunnyluver2176]

Needs to be federal law!!

[@53philp]

The smell of weed sticks on your clothes

[@ShadovvV]

Just like Taco Bell. Oregano kinda smells like dope.. so maybe the person was making spaghetti sauce or something. This crap is so stupid..

[@dabsallday9938]

@@ShadovvVI smoke Marlboro Light Menthols and sometimes it smells like weed.. it’s the weirdest thing..

[@krashkwads4688]

@@ShadovvV this comment is moronic...I know just from my neighborhood the smell of dope is unmistakable. You will NEVER mistake the smell of diesel or kush with oregano

[@USMC-Sniper-0137]

@@krashkwads4688 The smell of dope on someone makes them smell like a walking skunk LOL!!!!!!!🦨🦨

[@howlinwulf]

Your hair shoes and molecules leave and attach to whatever you are around Everyone knows how stupid c0ps are and how they lie. I'd bet half of the reports have lies or great exaggerations in them In other words they won't match the bodycam

[@tomtroy3792]

Now they just say that their dog alerted them that you have drugs in your car and the dog is just sniffing for treats they remember during training

[@kiowa4440]

Grateful Dead stickers used to be probable cause to pull you over.

[@borg386]

Cops don't care what is legal and what is not. They do what they please regardless.

[@josephmiller1518]

More lawsuits on the raise I reckon

[@Junkyard_Dog]

If they say that to me I recommend them to start using a different detergent when washing their uniforms.

[@aimeehemingway9271]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Xproject187]

I agree, that any case that depends on or is founded on a police officer smelling weed, should be thrown out of court because we in court can not smell any degree of weed & really have nothing more than a police officers word & I for one am no longer willing to take any officers word or testimony as solid or "The Truth". What has been shown is that officers have grown less & less believable or trustworthy over the years.

[@greasedmonkey7571]

But the smell of alcohol is ok to search then????

[@ShadovvV]

Yep, especially if it's marijuana flavored alcohol. hahahah I just created another reason.

[@USMC-Sniper-0137]

@@ShadovvV You dah man!

[@PrayingPanda]

No. You need more than the smell. Bloodshot eyes, swerving, slurred speech, stumbling, inability to stay awake, etc.

[@USMC-Sniper-0137]

@@PrayingPanda "Bloodshot eyes" and Inability to stay awake" "Swerving", "Slurred speech", "Stumbling" YOU just named symptoms of a serious medical condition often found on our highways caused by low blood sugar I believe....... Next you'll probably mention 'Constant Farting'.............

[@FreeUkraine69]

If you are found to be sober and the cop lied it is a 4th amendment violation and file a 18 USC 241 1983 , conspiracy to deprive rights under color of law and a 18 USC 242 1983 deprovision of rights under color of law

[@jkeezy93]

I've had my car searched a few times over this. Never found anything

[@my83roadster4me]

I have always wondered why no one ever ask if it's an odor of green weed or burning weed. They are two totally different smells and if the officer answers incorrectly then it would prove he is lying.

[@my83roadster4me]

Please, defense lawyers ask the question.

[@deanbarnette1602]

It's about time the laws are starting to be changed. 💯

[@iMr.Jetpacks]

My brother has been a cop for 8yrs and told me his cop buddies say that all the time even when its a lie. He said he never gave af how much weed a person had, just no drugs or illegal weapons. He's been telling me all their dirty tricks for years

[@uhs2r]

what is an illegal weapon per the second?

[@user-js4iw9rz2w]

Sounds like your brother is a bad cop if he's participating in this or not turning his buddies in.

[@TJUntame]

Your brother is an asshole then

[@kenbob1071]

"This is going to be tricky for law enforcement to move forward and keep these searches legal." Translation: Law enforcement will have to find loopholes so they can continue to violate your rights.

[@rickwisnieswki9584]

They got the loophole they've always had they get the legal right to lie

[@ThatOneYank]

If you call robbing, beating and killing people justice. They put "In God We Trust" behind it to try and justify their actions. I ain't buying it.

[@jaytitus902]

Yeah, officer, I noticed that smell too, BUT not until you approached the car. Could we get a supervisor out here, please?

[@TheAngryGeezerYT]

Truth be told there needs to be a complete ruling about searches and what can constitute a search and when a search has been denied verbally by those being asked if it’s OK to search there needs to be a stop put to putting drug dogs out of car once they’ve been denied the ability to search that itself is still a searchinto me is a breach of someone’s right if they said I do not consent to a search

[@phillipmargrave]

MN police are going to have to treat people like people instead of using them as only a conviction bonus. Someone needs to tell that to police around the rest of the country. They’re hated everywhere by everyone that has to deal with them.

[@lm4278]

@phillipmargrave521 And with good reason!

[@Rectitude4U]

They’ll just find some other false pretense. They have to meet their quotas.

[@santoditrapani1578]

My ex sister in law said they don’t have quotas it’s a expectation I said it’s the same tihs

[@ShadovvV]

Such as planting the dope. Hudson, Wisconsin police are notorious for doing that.

[@213kilacali]

When expectation come with unwritten consequences then it is “quota”

[@Rectitude4U]

@@213kilacali and loosely, rewards. As in, “we won’t fire you, but you won’t get promoted.”

[@tsunamiiwinterz-px7oz]

defund em

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

Smell marijuana but couldn't find any marijuana.

[@michaelophus4628]

When I was a teenager my mother said she could smell it on my clothes a couple of hours after I smoked it, And this was from a couple of feet away. She always got it right.

[@fradren]

I had this happen once on a speeding stop coming home from camping. Now, I don't smoke weed, and I didn't at the time, what I did do is burn a smudge fire the whole time I was out there to keep bugs away, and burning pine needles leave a (while not identical) similar smell to pot, I told the cop as much, he wasn't buying it, and since I was in no rush to get home I told him sure, search the car. Now, I'd just been in the woods for a week, with two other people, and I had brought most of the gear, so my tiny Ford contour was absolutely packed with totes and bags, so I watched him waste almost two hours of his time digging through everything with a smile on my face. I especially enjoyed when he shoved his hand in my trash bag to look for stuff. In the end I left with a speeding ticket, he left smelling like smoke and week old garbage, it was hilarious

[@patrickmichael9950]

I travel to Michigan on a semi-regular basis. Driving on the highway, I can smell weed. The smell enters my vehicle through the climate control system even with windows closed. If I were pulled over for a taillight, the cop could very well smell weed, despite the fact that I haven't touch the substance in over (correction) 40 yrs. Why should I have my 4th Ammendment right violated based on a strong odor that travels virtually uninhibited?

[@ContagiousRepublic]

They should bring 4 more cars without smell and have another blindfolded cop make a line-up smell to see if the car is smelling or if the cop is faking.

[@n8dagr828ng]

I can smell marijuana coming off your uniform, officer. Imma need you to get back in your vehicle, sir.

[@JamaicaNajee]

This made me laugh😂😂😂

[@trevorchapman3405]

No more need for k9 units then

[@beckiwildeman600]

Its probably why this is coming forth because there have been implications on the dogs being trained to make gestures with hand signals.

[@Wheeping-Angel]

Its called Cannabis

[@CaseOhfoodeater]

I call it bud

[@matthewatwood8641]

Yes, I think there's actually a different plant that's called marijuana.

[@mygiftmatters]

One time a cop said to me he could smell weed in my car. He was right, because I am a former pot head and although I had no physical weee, I definitely deserved the charges. I am now sober and born again in Christ. ❤

[@club805clothing]

The next thing to understand about Marijuana as a driving under the influence. Marijuana stays in your system stays in your blood for over 3 weeks. If someone gets pulled over for suspicion of alcohol then blows zero a cop can switch to Marijuana charge. One could have smoked last week but when you do a blood test it will show THC in your blood and one will be charged for driving under the influence.

[@jilbertb]

Actually, if you're a heavy, chronic smoker and you quit, you can still test positive up to 6 mos later as the THC stores in the fat in your body.

[@howlinwulf]

Happened to me I quit but guess how long I tested positive. 4 months and a few days

[@beckiwildeman600]

O I see things coming down the turnpike that could put police back into the placement they were originally set to be at over 60 years ago.

[@krazykuz13cmc]

Happen to me after leaving work at 1am. Broken turn signal. Pulled over for that. Said i smell weed. Passed the drunk walk test, no alcohol in my system still got a dui for thc. I have a medicL card. Last time i smoked was my lunch break 5 hours prior to being pulled over.

[@Carl_McMelvin]

Road pirates, enemies of humanity.

[@joshuagarvey9362]

You can’t honestly be happy with the way things are now?Did you vote for defunding the police?

[@Carl_McMelvin]

@@joshuagarvey9362 I sincerely hope you gain control of your own mind someday. Sad what’s been done to you kids. Yikes.

[@juangonzalez-qg6eh]

🙌

[@snicole042]

Police were defunded and demonized, crime is worse than ever.

[@snicole042]

@@Carl_McMelvinDo you have eyes? Do you have a family? The media sure has done a number on you, believing them over your own two eyes. Sad.

[@flutieflambert]

Congress passed a constitutional amendment to make alcohol illegal because they recognized that the congress does not have the authority to prohibit drugs. This is also why congress passed the marijuana tax tamp act rather than prohibit it outright. Further, the declaration of “I smell weed” to circumvent the 4th amendment has always been a constitutional violation and thankfully courts are beginning to uphold what they once did before- that prohibition is unconstitutional.