Attorney Marc Lopez offers some golden rules for avoiding police entrapment.
This is an excellent rundown of many tricks the Police will use to attempt to entrap you at a traffic stop. Simple, innocuous-sounding questions can be used to raise suspicion and allow the cops to start making life even more unpleasant than a simple traffic stop. Never offer a reason they pulled you over, never tell them where you are coming or going, and only respond to direct requests.
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