Can a police officer pull you just fro running the plates while parked and the last known driver had suspended license?
I stopped at a gas station wasn’t in there 30 seconds come back out and not 45 seconds later I’ve seen blue lights police officer walked up to the car ask for license I explained to him I do not have them. He told me he pulled me over because he ran the plates while I was in the gas station or when I got out I don’t know and it said the last known driver had just been a license, which was me, however I committed no crimes. I broke no traffic laws. He had no reason to pull me over. He had no reason to even run my license plate. Long story short I got charged with driving on suspended and went to jail just regular driving suspended not DUI is that lawful or that is that reasonable calls or justifiable stop?
Sounds legal to me. You were not pulled over, the cop ran the plate while you were stopped. Police can run plates at any time for any reason or no reason. You were operating the vehicle, so your license was run; you were driving on a suspended license. Generally normally usually, driving on a suspended license will get you a night in jail. This is on you.
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Yes, it is likely constitutional. If the registered owner of the vehicle has a suspended license and you resemble the registered owner, then the stop is lawful. If, on the other hand, the registered owner with the suspended license is a female and you are a male, the stop would be unreasonable. See Kansas v. Glover, 140 S.Ct 1183 (2020)
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