Man mistakenly caught in drug sting in Houston

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 01/17/2014 at 08:59 • Filed to: None

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . A Houston man, Greg Snider, was detained by police for over an hour and had his car damaged by a police search. While in a parking lot making a phone call he was approached by a homeless man. The man asked for money so Mr. Snider gave him 75 cents. After pulling back on to the road police followed and then pulled him over after he got onto I-10. The police accused him of giving drugs to the homeless man. Mr. Snider consented to having his vehicle searched, and in the process of doing so the police damaged his vehicle. There is no detail regarding how badly damaged the car is, but Mr. Snider did file a complaint with the police Internal Affairs Department regarding the incident.

"They're like, 'We saw you downtown. We saw what you did,'" said Snider. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me? I gave a homeless man 75 cents.'"

Snider said the officer accused him of giving the man drugs. The officer asked to search Snider's car and Snider said he agreed.

The officer brought in drug sniffing dogs. Snider said he sat handcuffed for an hour until an officer told him their search turned up no drugs.

"He said everything was a misunderstanding and that I was free to go," said Snider.

This is why you never talk to the police or voluntarily let them search your vehicle. If they cannot articulate probable cause, they have no right to search your vehicle. For a legal discussion of this watch the video below. It is well worth 45 minutes of your time to watch it. The presentation is given by a law professor and a police officer.

The Transporter > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/17/2014 at 09:06

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Mr. Snider consented to having his vehicle searched

And that's where he fucked up.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > The Transporter 01/17/2014 at 09:10

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I agree with that. Which is why I posted the video and why I will never consent to a search. Did that once when I was young & dumb, it was a no harm no foul kind of thing so I got lucky. Granted the van was empty since I was picking it up from a dealer to drive it cross country back to my sister. But it was used, so after I said OK there was a moment of "oh shit, hope nobody left anything in there".

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/17/2014 at 09:23

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It's Texas, why didn't he just shoot the cops? I thought that was legal there

The Transporter > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/17/2014 at 09:29

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The worst part about it is that because he consented, there's probably not a whole hell of a lot he can do about it.

The Transporter > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 01/17/2014 at 09:31

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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > The Transporter 01/17/2014 at 09:32

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Yeah, he's screwed and not getting anything out of it. As soon as he consented, he assumed all liability for any damage incurred to his vehicle.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 01/17/2014 at 09:33

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Because in Soviet Texas, cop shoot you?

desertdog5051 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/17/2014 at 12:39

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Indeed. And you only have to watch the first few minutes. If you don't get it by then, you won't.

desertdog5051 > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 01/17/2014 at 12:40

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Next to California cops, Texas cops are trigger happy more so than most places.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > The Transporter 01/17/2014 at 13:45

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That doge killed me lol