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Showing Original Post only (View all)If you have a secret compartment in your car -even empty - you could soon do 5 years in PA [View all]
http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140519/cops-can-now-search-your-car-without-a-warrant-in-paCops can now search your car without a warrant in Pa.
"The state Supreme Court ruled last week that police are allowed to search vehicles without a warrant. The state General Assembly, meanwhile, is moving forward with a bill that would give cops the authority to arrest people caught with secret compartments in their vehicles, even if there is nothing illegal in those suspicious containers.
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On the same day the Supreme Court ruling was announced, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved legislation making it a crime to possess a car with secret compartments. If the bill becomes law, anyone caught with such compartments could be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and have their vehicle seized by police even if the compartments hold nothing but air.
A conviction would carry up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
State Rep. Kate Harper, R-Montgomery, the bills sponsor, said law enforcement asked her to introduce the bill. Police are concerned about vehicles that pass through Pennsylvania on a well-known smuggling route between New York and Florida."
Well this should do wonders for tourism in the state. I sometimes drive to NY. I will DRIVE AROUND Pa next time, no matter how long it takes. Who wants to go on a trip knowing you might end up spending 5 years in prison for having air in a secret compartment you maybe didn't even know about?
Are Republicans all going batshhit crazy control freak or what?
FUCK YOU HARPER!
Here's the miserable excuse for a human right here:
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Jayzuss when I think I've heard everything......
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If you have a secret compartment in your car -even empty - you could soon do 5 years in PA [View all]
Tsiyu
May 2014
OP
Isn't this the state that had payoffs to judges to incarcerate kids for nonsense?
Tsiyu
May 2014
#10
Wait a minute! My grandmother's 1999 car which I am driving how has a compartment inside her glove
diabeticman
May 2014
#5
We live in Pennsylvania and unfortunately she passed... don't feel bad--but this really is getting
diabeticman
May 2014
#29
really all cars can fall into this catagory. how many arm rests double as storage? This is just
diabeticman
May 2014
#58
If you use the filter of "yourself" as the basis of how you see the world.
Half-Century Man
May 2014
#20
There are so many spaces on any given car that could be described as "secret compartments"...
MohRokTah
May 2014
#7
BTW, if the court ruled that the cops can search without a warrant in absence of consent,...
MohRokTah
May 2014
#9
This is a bill that won a committee vote, not yet a law. There is time to kill it.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#34
According to the article, police are supposed to have to prove it's for nefarious purposes, but..
X_Digger
May 2014
#50
I am all in favor of breaking up and outlawing ALL law enforcement unions/
Dawson Leery
May 2014
#46
This won't pass Constutional muster at all. Its another waste of time and resources.
cleanhippie
May 2014
#49
The Federal Government needs a "Department of Have You Lost Your God Damned Mind?"
A HERETIC I AM
May 2014
#61
What if you tell the cop about it as soon as he pulls you over? No longer a secret.
yellowcanine
May 2014
#72
Is she at risk of arrest if the cops find the empty secret compartment
Jackpine Radical
May 2014
#79