Ways Cops Can Search You Without A Warrant

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How Cops Can Search You Without a Warrant!

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[rinkudamanrd]

Consent is withdrawalable, good job showing that!

[chuckfreakingnorris]

If you consent to a search by an officer, you can revoke your consent at any given time. And if you consent to a search of your property, you can authorize them to search only certain parts of your property.


Edit: Voluntary consent can only not be retracted if the officer finds something that gives them probable cause.


Edit 2: I'm seeing some replies about officers saying they'll search the property anyways because of 'reasonable suspicion'. Probable cause is required to search the property, and I quote "Search Authorization based on probable cause is required to conduct a lawful search." Police can only frisk you with reasonable suspicion. The second they search a pocket, purse, car, or other property based off of reasonable suspicion, becomes a violation of your 4th amendment rights.

If the officer claims that they now have probably cause to search your property, they need to be ready to prove that you did something illegal, or they found something illegal. Warrantless searches based off probable cause could be because of exigent circumstances, plain view, and hot pursuit. There are more, but these are fairly common.

Exigent circumstances - The suspect is trying to get rid of any possible evidence, and the officers need to get in.
Plain view - illegal contraband was in plain sight of where the officer would reasonably be able to see it. (Ex. From a public sidewalk, on a table at a restaurant, in an open field *without no trespassing signs*)
Hot pursuit - a suspect the police were pursuing entered a building.

If you ever get into a court case over an illegal search and you believe anything illegal is planted, you can order that the police turn over any video footage from the search. But you'd need to do it ASAP. If any video footage is destroyed, or the cameras were off, you can just let your lawyer handle the rest.

[jaspercheng]

The fact that garbage one was an actual plot point in Better Call Saul 💀

[Arijeet.-yb]

Sometimes i just think how much effort it needs to even create a single short like this. Dozens of dresses dozens of camera works editing. Hats off to all those hardworking youtubers ngl

[toppogeo]

Does that mean garbage bins can betray you?

[michaelcliffordjr]

In case anyone was wondering, the reason cops can search trash is due to the U.S. Supreme Court case of California v. Greenwood, 485 U.S. 35 (1988), this case was also clarified further in North Carolina v. Hauser, 342 N.C. 382 (1995). The cases were very interesting to learn about

[Dragockon]

I love how you take serious things and make them funny & teachable moments.

[Midastouchvr]

Not the los pollos logo in the trash 💀

[nairbvel]

I live in Montgomery County, Maryland; it is illegal here to go through and/or take other people's garbage and recycling.

[MasonSmith-tr]

You know, I'm starting to think all the officers in Mike's videos are the same guy

[Rphab]

I never knew cops could check garbage are open fields without a warrant.

[AimzOff]

Thank you for spreading the word and keeping the law enforcement honest. I could have sued my local department had I known half of what I do today.

[MosukaDreamer]

Memaw moving her trashcan into the garage makes more sense now. I thought she was afraid someone would steal it. 😂

[DeltaXK]

He’s becoming Saul Goodman but without the crimes.

[nmrmkr]

Dont worry the officer just trying to find a donut in your trash😅😅😅

[christinetlgg]

I’m not American but for some reason I keep watching those videos. the format is so addictive

[merbearlorelei]

Better production values than many primetime tv shows, way to go!

[zv]

"Yurr not allowed to be here get out" gets me 😂

[GW]

I think it varies about state about the trash. For example, I believe it’s illegal in Oregon for cops to search trash without a warrant. There was a court case about it and now trash is considered person/private property or something along those lines.