Lets kick the true crime stories up a notch.....
I was 20 years old just left work at a small Italian restaurant around 11pm. Me of course being a twit, fire up a bowl in my 1991 Honda civic in my work parking lot. After smoking Im on my way to meet up with an old stage actor friend of mine to go to cast party. It was for Richard II play that my friend got rave reviews for, I was excited. We decided we would meet at a Borders book store parking lot and then ride down to the city together. I pull up to Borders next to my friend Troy's car and out of no where detectives roll up, lights blaring, guns draw cussing us both out to get out of the vehicles. Next thing I know Im handcuffed and sitting on the curb, whilst a cop is explaining to me that friend matches the description of a tattooed red headed man with a red beard that just robbed a TCBY yogurt stand. I explain that Troy isnt some confection stealing rogue, he's an Shakespearian actor for Christs sake! Troy even rolls up his sleeves displaying that he has no tattoos only a red beard. The detectives at this point know they screwed up and start grasping. They ask to search Troy's car. Troy says get a warrant. The cop then flashed is light on Troy's car seat and exclaims "Theres a marijuanna seed on your seat. We dont need a warrant." They then proceed to search and find a dime bag of kush (collar of the century) and arrest him. Then they turn to me, questioning if I was some kind of car change off man and if they could search my car. At this point I decided it was time to roll the dice. I calmly state they have my full permission to search my vehicle. My strategy was I could disarm their suspicions and they would do a half ass search. Well they did and only found my just used bowl not bothering to look further for my green. I explained that I had just moved back from college, I did have a bunch of boxes in my car, and that I forgot that was there. The cop threatened "I can scrap this bowl for resin and take you in for possesion." But his partner was itching to leave the scene to find the real criminal so he just made me shatter my beautiful glass piece. Iconoclast jerk that he was. A few months later I testified for Troy in court and the case got thrown out of court. The judge was livid and the two detectives. Called it a unconstitutional search. I guess that day we fought the law and the law lost.