29.09.2014 - 15:38 [ Techdirt ]

Cops Seize Car When Told To Get A Warrant, Tell Owner That‘s What He Gets For ‚Exercising His Rights‘

Yeah, so you‘ve read the headline. No criminal activity. No charges brought. And a cheap shot fired across the bow of the Fourth Amendment, not to mention Vermont‘s own Constitution.

But let‘s travel back further to set this up. Twenty-one-year-old Gregory Zullo was supposedly pulled over for having his license plate registration sticker (incidentally) covered by a small amount of snow.