I was driving down Bethel School Rd. and noticed a police officer behind. I made sure I was

obey all the street laws. I checked my speed which was under 30 miles per hour and was

slowing down to a complete stop behind the white line while signaling. I was at a standing

still for aleast 5 seconds. I made my right turn while still signaling in to Denton Tap with

the Denton Tap light just turning green and the officer behind me turned on his lights. I

pulled over in to Vanbedder Rd and turned on my car top light so he can see inside the car. He asked to see my hands and I put them outside the window. He

asked why I had opened my car door which was because I am use to opening the car door. He

tells me that my tint was too dark. I told him they were not because another officer had

checked to see the percetage and it was legal during the 4th of July. I gave him my licenses

and car insurance. He was back to his car and I was putting up the insurance papers. He came

back to the car and asked why I was making movements. I told him I was putting up the

insurance. He asked if there was any narcotics or weapons. I told him no and I don't have

anything. I said "You could search my car, but you would only be wasting your time." I said

could because it is "used to express a possibility" and was not granting him consent to. He

was able to, but I did not say he can. He goes back to his car and then back to me and tells

me to get out of the car. He starts to search me which I didn't consent to and then to my

car. He tells me to sit on the ground and I do. It was 74 degrees and I am not wearing a

shirt. I was waiting very long and feeling very cold. Wearing only flip flops and shorts in

74 degree weather gets cold for a little guy like me. I had just came out of bed and leaving

for gas. I told the 2nd officer that I did not consent to the search because there was no

reason to. The first officer said I did. After waiting for the officer to search my whole car for

nothing. He went back to his car and both him and the other officer were talking at his car.

I was still sitting on the ground waiting which felt forever. They tell me I can go back to

my car and they were still talking and I continued waiting for a long while. He comes back

to me and tells me my violation which was failing to stop at a stopping point. I disagree

right away because I made sure I was obeying all the laws. All of this took aleast 30 minutes...


HELP. I know I gave up my rights when I said "could search my car. " What can I do? I end up feeling like a criminal and a "failure to stop at a stopping point" ticket. How can I beat this ticket?