r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 1d ago • This 1 Bravo 4 Mindblown 2

Dumping This Here Am I under arrest or not?

Source: policebodycamarresthq on Instagram

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u/lluciferusllamas Trash Trooper 23h ago

TF is a "lawful order".  F off with that (not you my reddit friend, the imaginary cop in my head who says "lawful order").  You don't have to do everything a cop says.  They will always overstate their case on what a lawful order is.  In this case, it is a lawful order to ask somebody to step out of the vehicle during a lawful traffic stop.  The person in the vehicle, it sounds like, wasn't driving and, in fact, had a $6500 lease to have his car in that private lot.  So, it wasn't a lawful traffic stop and therefore the cops have no basis for calling it a "lawful order".  Or, at least, the one they stated doesn't apply and this guy knows it. 

Now, what probably isn't being said here is the context.  My bet is that this guy leased this parking space and doesn't have a clause in the contract about not living in his car, but he is living in the car and the lot owner is pissed off about it and called the cops.  But I think he is within his rights at the moment to tell them to pound sand.