WZA: I have a similar story...Hey, after 25 years in it I will have alot!
Anyway, when I first went to America, I lived in the S. Bronx but have ALOT of family in Monmouth County, NJ (Deal and Freehold). Freehold is a small town and I kept racking up misdemeanour nonsense, they would catch me with paraphanelia, etc. but knew that I and my cousins were involved in shady things as it is a small town. So, they were always messing wioth me. I was walking down the street and I found a Box Turtle, a medium sized turtle and put it in a plastic shoping bag. If you ask me why, I will never be able to answer. I just did it.
I am walking down one of their main streets and I see the plain car pull up beside me and a Pig shose name I cannot even remember gets out, and he was one of the main instigators against me and my cousins. So, he starts his B.S. "What is in the bag?" over and over and over.
Finally, I just look at him straight faced and said a "Box Turtle."
"Can I search it?" I play like I am offended and talk about American "Rights" and yadda, yadda, yadda and he is sure, absolutely sure he has finally nailed me with what he has been trying to catch. They daio for a Drug Dog.
Drug Dog comes from the Sherriff which is another Dept and it takes maybe an hour. By now 4 police cars, many onlookers, and these jerkoffs even have a copter in the sky watching me like I am John Dillenger.
The Pig is so , so happy, almost bouncing on his heels. The Drug Dog comes, he alerts on me. I was actually clean but I suppose it was in my clothes by then and the alert gives them "Probable Cause."
They push my face into the wall of a grocery store and everyone is exicted..."Oooooh the criminal is going away!!!!!" They triumphantly take my bag and open it.....and see 4 magazines, some Chinese fortune cookies left ocer from lunch, and my new friend Mr. Box Turtle.
Had it been an isolated place they probably would have crippeled or even perhaps kill me. I still played it straight though. The cop is red faced, he cannot even look at me now, leaving my buddy/turtle on the floor. All the people ar elaughing, and then they let me go after maybe 20 minutes of trying their best to think of something to justify their B.S.
Ahhhh, America....