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We are in a thread that began with, "Go south of the border to Mexico and you can experience getting pulled over for no reason by a cop looking for a payout".

Are you saying that the cops in Northern Idaho are out for bribes?






Let's review:

> You can get pulled over for no reason in the US and have drugs planted on you by a cop simply having a bad day.

The next reply in this thread:

> lol you watch too much tv.

No I'm not asserting they are "asking". They won't bother to ask. They'll either plant something and take your stuff that way, or "smell drugs" and seize your assets under "civil forfeiture".


No they won’t. Planting evidence is so uncommon it’s hilarious you even make such an absurd claim.

Of course not. The police would definitely do no such thing: https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/...

And there definitely aren't any departments funding themselves by seizing assets from people never even accused of a crime https://www.nlg-npap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Civil-As...




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