That defense didn't work in Nuremberg and it will not work here. Right and wrong. My kids know what is right and what is not, these officers have sworn an oath to the Bill of Rights.
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The police just do what they're told to do. This is probably a political issue rather than a police abuses issue. I'm not too concerned about those individuals who are smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars in circulated greenbacks across the Mexican border. IIRC, that violates some statute or another under US Customs law, and it is suspicious as hell. My biggest problem is with warrantless, intrusive, full vehicle searches without any justification other than a hunch. In some states police will attempt a vehicle search of anyone they pull over for any reason -- perhaps because it is after 10 PM on the weekend -- and that is for everyone, not just folks with out of state plates. They pull you over because they claim you did not come to a complete stop at a stop sign, or failed to signal a lane change, and the next thing you know they want to open the suitcase in your trunk without any reason to suspect any crime has been committed. Try and tell them "no" and see what happens. That is why some states will try to throw you in prison for recording police stops. Again, it is the political climate in certain states that encourages and permits police to do this sort of thing. It is not tolerated in most places. I haven't seen it in Colorado. Happens all the time in NY. Some liberal politicians probably want it to happen everywhere.