• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    K9 units are a dog and pony show. Various studies have shown the dogs key on the handler way more often than they scent anything. They’re just there to create probable cause.

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      1 year ago

      Coincidentally, I went to high school in central Florida at that time. They had dogs show up to sniff students’ cars while we were in class. A couple of kids got in trouble. Mostly black kids at my predominantly white school.

      Funny thing, I had weed in my car. Hell, I was smoking on my way to school. I smoked cigarettes in the parking lot when I was leaving every day. It’s not like I was being subtle about anything.

      I didn’t get in any trouble. It’s all horseshit. Back then I thought they were suckers for getting caught. These days I think the reason why they got caught and I didn’t is far more grim.