I have respect for a most of law enforcement, until you get shafted. I used to bring a couple of brothers from Baton Rouge hunting ducks in Cameron. One was a lawyer who was a defense lawyer. He was always telling me stories about how he gets people off of search charges done on the highway. He has his business cards all over SE La. payphones in jailhouses. He told me to never consent to a search on the road.
Got a new truck and a new girlfriend. On the way to Jazz Fest in NOLA, got stopped just outside Gonzales, La. Everything was going well, until trooper asked to search my truck. I thought about what the lawyer said and told the trooper no. Truck got towed, me and my new girlfriend got sent to questioning about what we were hiding. I called the lawyer and jumped his ***. He came over and got me out, for free, cause it was his fault. I didn't have anything at all to hide in the truck, just wanted to be a smartass cause I thought I could get away with it.
The girl never went out with me again, never went to Jazz Fest again, never refused any policeman consent to search again and never will.
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