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I call them "fishing expeditions". You don't have to be driving either. I've been out running in bad neighborhoods and found my run interrupted and threatened by police in three different squad cars. I've been walking downtown, accused of stalking a minor and threatened with arrest after a 50k race where I was hot, sweaty, and grimy looking. Admittedly, this was when I was younger[in my 30s] but it was also when we as citizens had more rights.

BTW, I got very hostile to the unscheduled post race activity and made several complaints to the DA that were totally ignored. It seems that such heavy handed behaviors are not only tolerated, but encouraged. Yeah, I didn't even get a written apology until I complained to the race director. For reasons possibly unrelated to this incident the "tough guy" police person who harassed me wasn't working there any more when I next raced in that town - nor was his immediate supervisor or the DA.

There is new legislation about allowing "coerced evidence" overseas against "hostile terrorists". It's the ONLY way we can fight over there. If they get that through, I'm sure that we can justify this type of legislation against "drug lords" here.