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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I distinctly remember feeling like his tone and demeanor was challenging (as if he wanted us to argue with him or something). We were let go without a ticket or anything in the end, all he said when we asked why we were pulled over is that it’s a routine check.

That's an unlawful detention in the US. You can only be pulled over for either actually violating something or a reasonable suspicion of doing a specific illegal thing. They can always make something up, but that'll limit how long they can investigate you for. Coming out and saying they have no reason should always just be responded with asking to leave.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I know that now but none of us knew how to handle the situation then. I've learned since then to read up on the rights i will have in countries I plan on visiting.

It's a shame that we pay our taxes only to have to invest even more energy into protecting ourselves from the system that's built with our money (I've found this to be true to different degrees in most countries unfortunately).