Thank you, Idaho Nazis!!

**skibuminwyo** · 12-06-2007, 12:41 AM

..... or should I say State Troopers. Here's the lowdown. I was about 10 miles north of Idaho Falls. i think everyone knows that i moved out of my house, everything i own is in the back of my truck, and that i am a dirty ski bum on a ski bumming road trip for the moment. well, i came up over one of the hills north of IF, and see a trooper in the median. i wasn't speeding, was perfectly fine, and drove past him. i got about a quarter mile down the road, and saw him pull out. now there were two vehicles behind me at this point, so i figured he must have pinged one of them. WRONGO! he comes right up on my ass, and matches speed. and i think, great, he is gunning for me. came up beside me, looked into the car, and then got back on my ass. at this point i know i'm getting pulled over, so i have slowed to about 65. the lights go on, i pull over. he gets out of his car, hand on his sidearm, and starts walking up to my vehicle. i can see him reading all my stickers as he is walking up, and he suddenly changes his mind and comes up on my passenger side. i rolled down my window and greeted him with a pretty kind hello officer. the first words out of his mouth were, i smell pot. and i said, excuse me? he then began to question me for about 15 minutes about my history with the ganja. i was perfectly honest, and told him, yes i went to college, yes i smoked, no there is no druggage in my vehicle, no paraphenelia, (sp?) no nothing. FIFTEEN minutes go by, and he finally asked me to remove my sunglasses again. i did, and looked him directly in the eye. he said, well, they look clear enough. then he asks for license, and registration. i gave it to him, and this begins another five minutes or so of asking why my father's name is on the registration instead of mine, where i bought the car, if it was used when i got it, a total random line of questioning. he finally states about now that the reason he initiated contact was because of the tinting on my windows. i said, ok, well, it is a factory tinting, do you mean the stickers? is that why you pulled me over. he said no. by now i am getting pretty pissed off, so i ask again. are you SURE you didn't pull me over because of my stickers? No. He has been throwing attitude at me since he pulled me over, so i throw it back. he then says, well, i need to measure your tinting. so he goes back to his car, and brings back some sort of magnetic device that goes on the window. he then states, well, your windows are at 17% and idaho law only allows 20% and i said 20% of what? he never answered my question. then he sticks his head in the vehicle, and looks at my far back passenger window. and i ask if he needs to measure that one too. he says, well it would be nice. now there is twenty tons of crap blocking access to it, so i said well i will unload some gear and let you read it, but you won't be able to search my bags or my equipment without a warrant. he again says it would be nice to look at that window. and i say again, you do not have permission to search my vehicle. you need a warrant. suddenly he starts backtracking, and says, well they must be the same, since it came from the dealer this way. he realizes at this point he isn't gonna get me, so he throws my paperwork back in the car and says, drive safe. i threw quite a bit of attitude and said, thank you OFFICER, you too.

Long and short, this guy thought he was going to get a pot bust based on my political stickers, and the fact that i am a dirty looking hippy. when he realized wasn't dealing with someone who would give up their rights and who wouldn't be bullied, he backed off. i didn't get a ticket, i didn't get any kind of paperwork saying that he had contact with me, he didn't even run my driver's license. As i was driving off, he followed me, and about four or five miles later, i passed a F250 trooper vehicle, with a k-9 unit sticker on the side. he eye raped me, but didn't do anything. the other officer turned around at county line, and let me get to montana without further incident. so, idaho state troopers, with all due respect, SUCK MY DICK!

**ill-advised strategy** · 12-06-2007, 12:50 AM

re: k-9 unit...

did you dodge a bullet or not really?
just curious

BLOOD SWEAT STEEL · 12-06-2007, 12:59 AM

The moral of the story - don't use your car as a delivery vehicle for wacky political messages. Especially in Idaho.

**rideit** · 12-06-2007, 12:59 AM

He dodged a bonghit.

**Tourette Dude** · 12-06-2007, 01:03 AM

I just talked to Astropax and Meatpuppet and they are willing to argue endlessly that you deserve to be TAZED muthfucka!!!!

**splat** · 12-06-2007, 01:08 AM

The forceful impact of the initial few moments of contact is used as a measuring stick by which the next few moves will be executed.
Basic Guantanamo tactics.
Get used to it.
You cannot have their spuds.

**Garrett** · 12-06-2007, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by BLOOD SWEAT STEEL

The moral of the story - don't use your car as a delivery vehicle for wacky political messages. Especially in Idaho.

This. I like to pretend like I'm one of their good potato eating foot tapping wide stance types, then I spend the money I would have spent on the bumperstickers funding groups that make their lives miserable.

The only place I've ever gotten that treatment is in the South (also known as The Worthless Part Of The Country) where I'm pretty sure the New York plates alone are enough to get you harassed.

**crstlextrm** · 12-06-2007, 02:39 AM

Why the hell would you tell the officer that you smoked pot in college? What do you have to gain from that honesty? You are damned lucky the k9 unit didnt stop you also. I would NEVER volunteer any info that wasnt on my record, EVER EVER EVER NEVER.

**Tourette Dude** · 12-06-2007, 02:42 AM

I think it should be mandatory for people to either have a red or blue bumpersticker.

It all boils down to efficiency in the end.

**philippeR** · 12-06-2007, 02:47 AM

I must have missed the part of the story where they deport you in an extermination camp and slaugther all your relatives.
How did you manage to escape the gestapo ?

**Tourette Dude** · 12-06-2007, 02:50 AM

Give it a few more years

**Core Shot** · 12-06-2007, 07:13 AM

Serves you right, you dirty hippy.

Someday you will learn that free speech is not free.

This would never happen to Egyptian, Jer or Blurred.

[insert winky face here]

**Theodore** · 12-06-2007, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Tourette Dude

I think it should be mandatory for people to either have a red or blue bumpersticker.

It all boils down to efficiency in the end.

What if your in the middle? I'm not sure a purple bumper sticker would go over very well....

**MassLiberal** · 12-06-2007, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by Theodore

What if your in the middle? I'm not sure a purple bumper sticker would go over very well....

So long as it isn't pink, you should be alright

**TBS** · 12-06-2007, 09:22 AM

Maybe the cops were scouting new dating opportunities for Larry Craig?

**Nobody Famous** · 12-06-2007, 09:23 AM

When I read the headline, I thought of this scene in the Blues Brothers. Where Jake says "I hate Illiniois Nazis" just before Elwood guns the car motor and runs up the bridge into the Nazis.

**Tye 1on** · 12-06-2007, 09:25 AM

Isn't the speed limit 65 north of IF? Got my last ticket from the lovely IF pd. For not putting on my fking blinker! Talk about a fishing expedition. "So are you carrying any drugs, weapons or large sums of money?" "No sir, officer". "Didn't think so, mind if I take a quick look?" "Yes sir, I do". "You what, mind?" "Yes sir, I do mind". "Oh, ok then, have a nice day".

Passenger side approach is standard these days. Much less chance of them getting hit by a passing car, they can see a lot more, and it tends to still surprise folks, especially at night. You'll also often notice them touch the trunk or back of your car as they approach. Old practice, leaving their fingerprint on your car as conclusive evidence that it is the vehicle involved in the stop if they get shot and it drives away, etc...

**Dantheman** · 12-06-2007, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by skibuminwyo

Long and short, this guy thought he was going to get a pot bust based on my political stickers, and the fact that i am a dirty looking hippy.

Well, yeah. Check out the teaser clips from that Never Get Busted guy. He says straight up that he (and fellow officers) would pull over people for no reason other than lefty political stickers, college stickers, long hair, driving old VWs, etc.

**hialtitude** · 12-06-2007, 10:19 AM

Anybody spending time in ID or MT should have one of these on their car. It will help you blend in as a local in rual traveling or drinking environments.

I had a similar experience once at the Canadian border when I was in college. The K-9 unit was called, full car search, naked person search in a white room with aggro border patrol, and four hours later I was in Canada feeling very taken advantage of.

**philippeR** · 12-06-2007, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by hialtitude

Anybody spending time in ID or MT should have one of these on their car. It will help you blend in as a local in rual traveling or drinking environments.

I had a similar experience once at the Canadian border when I was in college. The K-9 unit was called, full car search, naked person search in a white room with aggro border patrol, and four hours later I was in Canada feeling very taken advantage of.

Well, I've been given the full service (minus the anal probe

) by swiss custom officers in my younger days. (I had it all : Long hairs, trashed car and tons of luggages). They completely teared my car apart.
Nazis are everywhere, trust me.

**Blizzard7763** · 12-06-2007, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by hialtitude

I had a similar experience once at the Canadian border when I was in college. The K-9 unit was called, full car search, naked person search in a white room with aggro border patrol, and four hours later I was in Canada feeling very taken advantage of.

Keep in mind though, customs is a different game. You don't have the right to not be searched. And yeah, that can be an intimidating experience for no reason at all. I've never gotten the rubber glove treatment, but everything up to that point.

**LAUP** · 12-06-2007, 10:39 AM

Got pulled over out side of Bozman, the tropper asked me if i did drugs...I said "Sure what ya got"?
Then I showed him my spiffy new Colt Python(357) coffee was drank doughnuts were consumed all in all a fun time was had by all.

**schwerty** · 12-06-2007, 10:52 AM

Sorry to hear about your run in SBWYO. Eastern ID cops SUCK! I've had my share of encounters too.

**ptavv** · 12-06-2007, 12:32 PM

Throwing attitude back at cops is never a wise move.

Just be humble.

**skibuminwyo** · 12-06-2007, 09:29 PM

well, since inquiring minds want to know, i had nothing in the car. absolutely nothing. whatsoever. all he would have gained from searching or even running the drug dog by was a little less time out of his life. and mine. i am laughing about it now. i think. im still pretty damn irritated by it, but now the absurdedy of it all is setting in pretty well.