So I cannot fall asleep because of an incident that happened earlier tonight that will not leave my mind at peace. Earlier this evening the DH and I decided to take the dogs for a walk in the park. We put them in his truck and rode over to the park for the walk. Everything went well and the dogs were quite happy. When we came back home we entered the alley behind our house because it is easier to get the dogs in the yard through the back gate than the front gate. The DH also dropped me off at the back gate to go inside the house. Well I went in the house and waited for him to pull his truck around to the street and park. It usually takes a little while in the evenings because it can be difficult to find parking. So as usual I thought his tardiness was due to lack of available parking. Not so!
He came in the house and said he was stopped by the undercover/detective police at the end of the alley. They made him get out of the truck while they searched it and barraged him with questions from "why do you have Indiana license plates?" to "Who is that in the car behind you?" and "Why were you driving through the alley so many times?" Of course my DH did not want to make waves so he innocently answered the questions and let them search his truck.
So why am I thoroughly disturbed? Because I feel my DH's rights were violated. He did nothing wrong and these officers had no reasonable cause to search him or his truck. But this is what happens to so many innocent people around here and throughout our country. They feel they can't say, "no".
