{"id":1980075,"date":"2023-07-21T22:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T02:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-highway-patrol-waged-war-on-motorists-with-marijuana-vehicle-searches-judge\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T22:13:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T02:13:13","slug":"kansas-highway-patrol-waged-war-on-motorists-with-marijuana-vehicle-searches-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-highway-patrol-waged-war-on-motorists-with-marijuana-vehicle-searches-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge: Kansas Highway Patrol engaged in aggressive marijuana vehicle searches, targeting motorists."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkansas-highway-patrol-waged-war-on-motorists-with-marijuana-vehicle-searches-judge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Victory for\u2062 Constitutional Rights: Federal Judge Deems \u200bKansas &#8220;Two-Step&#8221; Vehicle Search Technique Unconstitutional<\/h2>\n<p>A federal \u200cjudge\u2064 made a groundbreaking ruling on Friday,\u200b declaring that Kansas&#8217; controversial &#8220;two-step&#8221; technique for searching vehicles \u200cfor\u200b marijuana is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. This technique, which has been the subject \u200cof a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, has been deemed unconstitutional due\u200c to\u200c its \u2062infringement on the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.<\/p>\n<h3>A Blow \u2063to Unfair Policing Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>U.S. District Judge\u2062 Kathryn H. Vratil,\u200b a distinguished appointee of \u200cPresident George H.W. Bush, took a stand\u200c against this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/absence-of-ideological-diversity-on-the-view-is-breeding-dangerous-ideas-such-as-a-police-state\/\" title=\"Absence Of Ideological Diversity On \u2018The View\u2019 Is Breeding Dangerous Ideas, Such As A Police State\">unjust practice<\/a>. In her \u200druling, she ordered the\u2062 Kansas \u2064Highway Patrol to\u200b cease using the two-step\u200b technique, emphasizing that law enforcement had essentially &#8220;waged war on motorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As wars go, this\u2062 one is relatively easy; it\u2019s\u2064 simple and cheap, and for motorists, it\u2019s not \u200da fair fight,&#8221; Vratil wrote. &#8220;The war is basically a question of numbers: \u2062stop enough cars and \u200dyou\u2019re bound to discover drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This ruling serves\u200c as a\u200b resounding victory for motorists who have been \u200csubjected to this discriminatory approach. The two-step process\u200d involved Kansas troopers targeting drivers with out-of-state tags, particularly from neighboring states where marijuana is legal, such as Colorado and Missouri. \u2062The goal was to uncover illegal drugs within the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u200dlawsuit argued that \u2063once the initial reason for pulling a driver over was resolved, officers would engage in\u200d a separate line of questioning regarding travel plans. This line of questioning, the lawsuit contended, resulted\u2062 in\u2063 the illegal detainment of drivers without their consent or \u200creasonable suspicion\u2062 of criminal\u2063 activity.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, officers would proceed to search the vehicle\u2064 or \u200bcall in a K-9 unit to do so. This\u200b invasive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-highway-patrol-waged-war-on-motorists-with-marijuana-vehicle-searches-judge\/\" title=\"Judge: Kansas Highway Patrol engaged in aggressive marijuana vehicle searches, targeting motorists.\">unconstitutional practice disproportionately affected drivers<\/a> with \u200bout-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loyd-pettegrew-why-ron-desantis-shouldnt-run-for-president-in-2024\/\" title=\"Loyd Pettegrew: Why Ron DeSantis Shouldn\u2019t Run for President in 2024\">-state license plates<\/a>, accounting for a \u200cstaggering 93% of Kansas Highway\u200d Patrol stops in 2017. Furthermore, 96% of the KHP&#8217;s civil forfeitures in 2019 were from out-of-state motorists \u200don I-70.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u2064 Stand Against Injustice<\/h3>\n<p>The significance of \u2064this ruling \u200dcannot be overstated. ACLU Kansas legal director Sharon Brett expressed her satisfaction, stating, &#8220;Today\u2019s decision validates that motorists\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">constitutional rights<\/a> cannot be\u2062 cast aside under the guise of \u2063a \u2018war on drugs.\u2019 It also \u2063demonstrates that courts will\u2063 not tolerate the cowboy mentality of policing \u2063that subjects our citizens to conditions of humiliation, degradation, and, in some tragic cases, \u2063violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was initiated by several \u2062Colorado residents, including Shawna Maloney, who shared her harrowing experience in court. Maloney testified that her family&#8217;s RV was\u200c targeted by troopers using the two-step technique during their vacation in March 2018. The troopers detained her family while\u200d a \u2062K-9 unit searched the exterior of the RV, and three other troopers combed through the interior. Despite the invasive 40-minute search, no\u2063 drugs were found. However, the \u2063aftermath left Maloney with an RV in disrepair, including a damaged toilet and strewn clothing.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling serves \u200bas a powerful reminder that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-plans-to-ask-fbi-director-christopher-wray-to-correct-his-testimony\/\" title=\"House GOP to request FBI Director Christopher Wray to 'rectify his testimony'.\">constitutional \u2062rights<\/a> must be upheld, even in the face \u2064of the so-called\u200d &#8220;war on drugs.&#8221; It is a victory for justice, fairness, and\u200b the protection of individual \u200dliberties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to \u200bread more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge declared Kansas&#8217; &#8220;two-step&#8221; vehicle search method for marijuana unconstitutional. The ACLU of Kansas argued that it violated the Fourth Amendment&#8217;s protection against unreasonable searches by government authorities. WHO WAS J. 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