Personal Narrative: The Fourth Amendment

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This makes me mad, because to get an innocent child involved in your criminal activities is a shame. I know that the Fourth Amendment protects all United States citizens against unlawful search and seizure of contraband. In this case, I think that during a traffic stop law enforcement had probable cause she had drugs in her possession and they search her. She had a history of possession and selling drugs. This fits actual possession, constructive possession, and knowing possession. She was driving with drugs in her possession and knowing it was against the law, but when she was pulled over, she hides some of the drugs and money in her daughter’s pockets. I’m not a Judge, but I would throw her up under the jail house. A parent supposed

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