Daily Camera, 16 Jun 2012 – The day after the checkpoint on U.S. 36, my daughter was driving alone through Idaho and was stopped by a state trooper who claimed he thought her tinted windows might not conform to Idaho’s requirements. Is this a "lawful traffic contact for some identified violation?" Doesn’t sound like it to me. Sounds like fishing. The windows passed muster. He then stated that her eyes looked very red and asked her about alcohol or marijuana use. Presumably his personal opinion of her eyes is the "additional probable cause" indicating narcotics in the vehicle? More fishing. She sent me a picture of her eyes by phone. They weren’t red.
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