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Prosecuting the pointless

I was interested to read this discussion string from the state prosecutors' association regarding bicycle traffic stops. The original poster wanted to know if results from searches at those stops might be suppressed and was told the evidence should get in. More interesting to me, though, were subsequent discussions of penny-ante criminal cases prosecutors are handling that make you scratch your head.A cop in Marble Falls chimed in, "I routinely stop bicyclists at night for operating without a headlight, I actually had my first one a few weeks ago that DIDN'T have a warrant "A prosecutor from Fort Bend County added these examples:We handle a lot of these in narcotics too, as you can already see the trend. There are some areas of town where bicycles (not cyclists) are the primary mode of transportation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).