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THE ISSUE: âLaw enforcement officers across the country have long used administrative or other traffic violations considered to be a low public safety threat as a gateway for searching vehicles and compiling incriminating evidence,â Spotlight PAâs Joseph Darius Jaafari reported recently. But these tactics are under renewed national scrutiny following the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by police at a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on April 11.
We believe that redefining and limiting the criteria under which law enforcement officers can pull over a vehicle â reducing the overall number of traffic stops â would be a significant step toward protecting both citizens and the police.
Joseph Darius Jaafari of Spotlight PA
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HARRISBURG When Brandon Neely was pulled over in August 2020 for crossing into the area between a highway lane and exit ramp after leaving a casino in Dauphin County, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper asked if he could search Neely’s vehicle.
Neely, knowing his rights, said no. But the trooper searched anyway, as Neely streamed video to Facebook Live.
“If an individual who said they had nothing illegal in the vehicle says, ‘No, I don’t want you to search my car,’ it could be an additional indicator [of illegal activity],” the officer, who was not identified, said in the video.