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Have you ever been subjected to a search (both digital and physical spaces) by law enforcement? When, where, and what was searched? Did you consent or no? Was it lawfully conducted? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Just want to hear stories so I can mentally prepare myself for such... hostile... interactions... (Hopefully this never happens to me)

P.S: And before anyone start spamming "Don't Consent to searches", remember that that's a very democracy-centric viewpoint. In some countries you could be jailed for refusing.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

super bright lights were switched on and I saw 6-8 heavily armed border officers with bulletproof vests on either side of the car.

Damn, this sounds like they fucked up and thought you were someone else. (Or maybe they were just being dicks, who knows)

One of them instructed me to get out of the car and give him my keys.

What did you mean "instructed"? Like did they yell or just normal voice?

If a cop yelled at me like that' I'm probabaly gonna think I'm about to get shot at and piss/shit my pants.

[–] unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Haha, they just told me in a normal voice, but obviously I had to play along if I wanted to get back into the country. The experience was a bit dramatic, like something from TV, but it wasn't actually scary because I had nothing to hide. They also asked if I had anything in my car they should know about, so I said I had a stash of liquor and explained that I was moving and wanted to bring my booze -- but they didn't care and didn't touch my alcohol.