Also, don't have acne. It makes you a suspected methamphetamine addict.
A federal appeals court just ruled that the police have a legal right to stop, search and arrest you for innocent behavior including driving with your hands at the ten-and-two position on the steering wheel at 7:45 p.m., taking a scenic route and having acne.
To the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, these factors added up to fit the profile of a person smuggling undocumented immigrants and drugs. The court said, "Although the factors, in isolation, may be consistent with innocent travel ... taken together they may amount to reasonable suspicion."
In other words, the police can now stop you for no reason at all. Law enforcement just needs to add a sinister context to your behavior, and off you go to jail. The court endorsed this expansion of aggressive police behavior in USA v. Cindy Lee Westhoven, No. 13-2065.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-bod ... 23918.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The officer said he spotted the car because "her arms were 'straight and locked out' at a 'ten-and-two position on the steering wheel,' -- as everyone is taught in driver's ed in high school. He was also suspicious because the road was used primarily by locals in New Mexico, and Westhoven had Arizona plates. She had acne scarring, "indicating to him she might be a methamphetamine user." He also thought the shopping was better in Tucson than Douglas, so this was also "suspicious."
