It was pretty fucked up. That's what I get driving through a small town at 3:00am, I guess. Anyway, I was driving a little truck with no muffler, and a semi blocked license plate. I was always pulled over regularly, so I should've seen it coming. The cop gets behind me, flips on his lights, and I pull into a parking lot. I did this to eliminate 'traffic danger' and make sure they'd come to the driver side window. In my right hand cargo pocket I've got a big ziplock, with a smaller bag inside full of weed. I watch the driver side window as I start trying to pull it out to get it to the passenger to stash in her bra, when I hear a knock on the passenger side so I stop pulling on the bag. I give him my license and registration. As he's walking away, I start going for the bag again. Here comes a knock on the driver side window. A second cop starts looking around and asking me questions about my whereabouts etc. He begins walking away, and I finaly get my fingers on the bag and start to pull it out. The second cop takes one huge step back in front of my window and tells me to step out. Stoned off my ass I don't think to push the bag back down, and the cop spots the top of the baggy poking out......... man.... one fucking oversight out of three years....... aint that a bitch.
Worst part is, he couldn't see weed in the bag, although he said he could. It was a $5 nug left in there. I had the video taped from the car reviewed and it was inconclusive which part of the bag the weed was in. Had we been turned a bit more, it would've been clear that with no pat-down the seizure was a violation of my 4th amendment rights. Bastards got one over on me.
That's what you get for driving a truck with an obscured license plate and no muffler. Especially at 3 AM
No foresight is definitely my forte, but we all have been careless from time to time. The whole night was really fucked up. I allowed myself to be put into a couple situations I really didn't care to be in, and it ended up with driving a truck with an obstructed plate and no muffler through a hick town at 3am. I flat out ignored my better judgement, and I suffered in the end.