WT901
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I am in an absolutely ridiculous situation. A police officer recently mindfucked me.
I was pulling out of starbucks after a LONG day around midnight and started driving home. After about 100 feet lights were behind me. (I had barely accelerated so I wasn't sure what I did wrong.) It turns out I got pulled for having my lights off (I live in a bright area, I didn't notice) and there was some sort of weird glint in my back tail light, although it works fine. The next thing I know, he tells me to get in the front seat of his car and starts testing me for marijuana use. I passed all the verbal tests. I had not used anything in the past 48 hours so I wasn't worried, but he was absolutely certain I was a pothead. My eyes were (allegedly) bloodshot, puffy, and when I closed my eyes my eyelids were "fluttering". (I took a picture of my eyes while in a cell at the magistrate's office, they were clear and white.)
I was put under arrest, administered a blood test, and taken to the magistrate where he gave me a court date and I walked. I'm being charged with consumption and then driving while being under 21 years old.
The only controlled substance I had taken in the past week was prescribed adderall, but I'm still freaking out. I've never been arrested. What is the best way to handle this? I have a friend who suggested when the drug test comes back negative, I go to the D.A. and explain what happened and try to get the charges dropped.
If anyone with knowledge of how to handle this (or a lawyer) could give me some advice, I'd definitely appreciate it.
I was pulling out of starbucks after a LONG day around midnight and started driving home. After about 100 feet lights were behind me. (I had barely accelerated so I wasn't sure what I did wrong.) It turns out I got pulled for having my lights off (I live in a bright area, I didn't notice) and there was some sort of weird glint in my back tail light, although it works fine. The next thing I know, he tells me to get in the front seat of his car and starts testing me for marijuana use. I passed all the verbal tests. I had not used anything in the past 48 hours so I wasn't worried, but he was absolutely certain I was a pothead. My eyes were (allegedly) bloodshot, puffy, and when I closed my eyes my eyelids were "fluttering". (I took a picture of my eyes while in a cell at the magistrate's office, they were clear and white.)
I was put under arrest, administered a blood test, and taken to the magistrate where he gave me a court date and I walked. I'm being charged with consumption and then driving while being under 21 years old.
The only controlled substance I had taken in the past week was prescribed adderall, but I'm still freaking out. I've never been arrested. What is the best way to handle this? I have a friend who suggested when the drug test comes back negative, I go to the D.A. and explain what happened and try to get the charges dropped.
If anyone with knowledge of how to handle this (or a lawyer) could give me some advice, I'd definitely appreciate it.