By that reckoning, the police should be pulling everyone over and demanding that they show papers proving they're legally allowed to drive. After all, how do the police know that any driver has a license and registration?
No. The police officer had no reason to pull the driver over, and no reason to suspect she wasn't driving legally, so he should not have stopped her.
The stop was illegal, no question there. But the post I responded to said this:
> Perpetuating the notion that the victim had legitimate charges dismissed on the technicality of an illegal stop is wrong practically unto libelous. Don't do that.
I did miss that she had the documentation that her license is valid with her. (Though why did she need more time to prove that in court?) But the citation on the registration seems ok, but it should have been thrown out as soon as she provided the paperwork
No. The police officer had no reason to pull the driver over, and no reason to suspect she wasn't driving legally, so he should not have stopped her.