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Originally Posted by NightWing
And that is exactly what has been posted previously. Why did you take offense at that? They can but don't.
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How could a US and NH citizen not take offense? A member of the NH Marine Patrol states that he has powers that the NH Supreme Court and the MP's own standard operating procedures clearly say that he doesn't.
From the posted appeal link:
"At trial, Officer Cook testified:
When I - - when I come by and I raise my life jacket, my fluorescent orange PFD, and the person doesn’t either pull one out and do something, that gives me articulable suspicion that he doesn’t have one on board or he can’t find it. So I wait in time, I do not stop - - I do not stop people, I drive by until they show that they don’t have it. Or they can’t find it. That’s when I pull over."
So the officer admits he needs articulable suspicion to make a stop. Now this case was tossed because of his little trick. The state tries to say that the person was free to leave without answering the officers request, but clearly the officer would have used that as a reason to stop and search.
Think about living in a world where refusing to answer questions from the police was enough evidence to allow them to search you and your belongings.