True story...
Got pulled over in Milwaukee once by locals. The punk bands I was hanging out with back then just hit town for a show. The moment the rented, out-of-state van full of black leather, spikes, mohawks and skinheads changed lanes without signalling, they got lit up. We were following them, they had the map, so we all pull over.
The cops search the van, found a pipe or two and a corner baggy of weed here and there. They wrote a couple tickets, then looked at our car and decided to search it. Which was unfortunate, 'cause that's where the bulk of the illegal shit was, including a gun that I didn't know about. The driver says he didn't know it was there either, who knows.
So they haul me and the driver in, and keep him without bail on a felony. They bailed me and I showed up the following Monday to see the magistrate.
No probable cause to search, kicked us both.
We also got strip-searched going into Canada once, but that's another story.
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