It wasn’t settled law.  It was interpretations of previous SCOTUS rulings.  Interpretations that SCOTUS has now said are incorrect.  Still not a dangerous precedent.  If there is no cause for entry (non-violent misdemeanor with no exigent circumstances), then there is also no cause to use the pit maneuver.

In what world is “loud music” a reason to believe someone is driving drunk?

Somewhere along the way the term ‘luxury’ got confused with ‘expensive’.

Does a Model 3 count as a “luxury car”?

I cannot agree with such a broad statement. I’ve borrowed at least some money for every vehicle purchase over $10K in my life, because I have good credit and liquidating investments to sink cash into vehicles is generally poor financial decision making.

The suspect has not left the Suez Canal for three weeks.

I imagine the first cop was like, “OK, I’ll just stroll by, slap this fucker on, and move along without her noticing.” But eventually word got around the precinct and everybody decided they wanted to play The Wire, too...

Tape it to a drone and spell ACAB in the sky.

“Three in the morning? In...

Nope, you put it on the local ‘grandma car’ that only goes to Walmart and church, preferably a car that is parked where yours is where you live.

Dude. He wasn’t being literal. “Falling off a truck” has long been a way of protecting a source or covering up for theft.

I’ve been pulled over 5 times in my life (mid 40s now). Three of them, the officer implied I could get out of the ticket if I was willing to “help him out” - while gesturing broadly to his genitals. During one of those stops, the officer had another officer with him.

I have gotten pulled over three times in my life, and I discreetly audio recorded the last two because of what happened in the first one. The first one I got pulled over for a minor moving violation (think: rolling through a stop sign rather than a full stop). I was about 18 at the time, and I’d never been pulled over…

Did it take the fire department four hours to put out the fire from that crash?  Was there nobody in the driver’s seat?  Can you see how the two are different?

I repeat. ACAB.

pretext stops fishing for an opportunity to <arrest/beat/shoot> a black guy.

“Elon, take the wheel.”

Tesla advertising their system as autonomous driving was surely a co-star.

it is a bullshit law used as a pretext for harassing black people and teenagers fishing for the classic “I smell pot”

ACAB. 

Nothing to do with these murders by police - but stop with the air fresheners. If you car needs one, you need to do a better job keeping your car clean. And things hanging from the rear-view is tacky. Get your shit together.

Now cops pulling you over for that - total BS. Murdering you is obviously much worse.

I will…