"Alabama practice report: Geno Smith, Trey DePriest with team as Tide returns from 2-day break"

[Chechem]

The first time I got to sit in the back of a police car was something similar.  The officer pulled me over and informed me that based on my ethnicity and my income/car, I could only be in that neighborhood late at night for drugs or hookers.  He made up some traffic violation that I did not commit as an excuse.  I assured him I was not looking for drugs or hookers but was taking a short cut through a bad area to get across town.  I agreed to let him search my car while I sat in the back of his.  Afterwards he told me he planned to follow me out of the neighborhood because he was worried about my safety.

Bless him.   

[Marshal Dillon]

I wonder how they catch someone underage at .02.  What is the probable cause to pull him over?  Either he was speeding or broke some other traffic law, which is not part of the charges, or he was caught in a trap.  

The some of most common ways to use probable cause and pull someone over is expired tag, no tag light (at night), only one working headlight, driving with no headlights on, driving with bright lights to oncoming traffic, etc. These are especially useful if trying to catch drunk drivers at night. They are not weaving, but you check drivers out, especially very late at night.

All true.  You didn't mention profiling.    
During my sheriffing days, never marshaling, all of the above.

Profiling is an excellent tool for catching criminals. Like if you see a white guy at 2 am driving around a place like Ensley (poor, rundown, dangerous area of Birmingham) you pull him over, for say no tag light, and surprise, he has drugs in his vehicle.

The first time I got to sit in the back of a police car was something similar.  The officer pulled me over and informed me that based on my ethnicity and my income/car, I could only be in that neighborhood late at night for drugs or hookers.  He made up some traffic violation that I did not commit as an excuse.  I assured him I was not looking for drugs or hookers but was taking a short cut through a bad area to get across town.  I agreed to let him search my car while I sat in the back of his.  Afterwards he told me he planned to follow me out of the neighborhood because he was worried about my safety.

You have to admit that was kinda dumb. I hope you were old enough to carry a gun in case you broke down in the area.

 

[Chechem]

Since we've completely gone off topic, I'll add this.

I drove a truck with a shotgun rack (complete with Rem 870) in the window.  Never a problem.   

[Catch Prothro]

The first time I got to sit in the back of a police car was something similar.  The officer pulled me over and informed me that based on my ethnicity and my income/car, I could only be in that neighborhood late at night for drugs or hookers.  He made up some traffic violation that I did not commit as an excuse.  I assured him I was not looking for drugs or hookers but was taking a short cut through a bad area to get across town.  I agreed to let him search my car while I sat in the back of his.  Afterwards he told me he planned to follow me out of the neighborhood because he was worried about my safety.

Bless him.   

When I lived in Chicago, I would sometimes take a short-cut through Cabrini Green, a notorious, gang-controlled huge housing project with multiple high rises.  The short-cut probably saved me 15-20 minutes of traffic -- there was never any in the projects, and there were no traffic lights.  But I only did it during the day.

The Tuscaloosa police target underage drinking every year when school is about to start.  Geno was in the wrong place at the wrong time.   (There, did I bring it back on topic?)

[2Stater]

The first time I got to sit in the back of a police car was something similar.  The officer pulled me over and informed me that based on my ethnicity and my income/car, I could only be in that neighborhood late at night for drugs or hookers.  He made up some traffic violation that I did not commit as an excuse.  I assured him I was not looking for drugs or hookers but was taking a short cut through a bad area to get across town.  I agreed to let him search my car while I sat in the back of his.  Afterwards he told me he planned to follow me out of the neighborhood because he was worried about my safety.

Bless him.   

When I lived in Chicago, I would sometimes take a short-cut through Cabrini Green, a notorious, gang-controlled huge housing project with multiple high rises.  The short-cut probably saved me 15-20 minutes of traffic -- there was never any in the projects, and there were no traffic lights.  But I only did it during the day.

The Tuscaloosa police target underage drinking every year when school is about to start.  Geno was in the wrong place at the wrong time.   (There, did I bring it back on topic?)

You didn't take that same short-cut to do it, but yeah, you did. 

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