5.8M views · Jul 5, 2013 · 6:28 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2014–2016
A driver films a police DUI checkpoint on the 4th of July where a drug dog alerts on his car and he is searched without consent, though he broke no laws. He is released without charges after officers learn he was recording.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters cite it as an example of police cueing drug dogs to justify searches.
“Here's a step-by-step video of what they do for anyone interested that also shows them cue the dog”HN comment, 2016
“Here's a step-by-step video of what they do for anyone interested that also shows them cue the dog”
Step-by-step view of a stop showing cueing of the dog
There's a lot of speculation in articles and comments despite video evidence available for this sort of thing. Here's a step-by-step video of what they do for anyone interested that also shows them cue the dog: this video
Evidence for commenter's opposition to dog-based searches
I don't like the idea of animals being able to determine whether a person gets their 4th amendment right or not. Also getting "caught" with $350,000 is irksome but theres probably been enough comments on here about civil forfeiture lately. EDIT: reason for my opinion: this video
“I've linked to where the officer was caught triggering the search”
Shows officer caught cueing the dog to trigger a search
You can watch this 6 minute video of a stop, I've linked to where the officer was caught triggering the search this video It happens.
