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Around midnight last night I was driving home at a pretty good pace with my girlfriend following in her car a little way behind me. When I reached our apartment building, I pulled into the driveway and waited for a couple of minutes for her to pull up behind me so that I could open the gate and let her in as well as myself.

To my surprise, the police showed up behind me instead! They didn't have any blue and reds on, but they told me that they had been following me for a few blocks with lights on and "Why didn't I stop?"

I told them that I did not honestly see them, otherwise I would have stopped.

So they asked me to get out of the car, put my hands behind my back, and then they proceeded to empty my pockets and put everything on top of the car.

They asked if I had any drugs, which I did not.

They then told me that I was driving very fast and they need to keep the streets safe. They told me they had me at 80mph and they proceeded to walk me to their patrol car and they put me in the back.

Then they searched the car and the trunk, which I did not give them permission to do, and couldn't do much to stop them since I was locked in their car.

I was asked to sign a ticket, to which I asked what it was for. Their answer was, "Do you want to go to jail? Shut up and sign the ticket."

"What is it for though?", I asked. Mind you, I couldn't see in the dark, and they wouldn't shine the flashlight on it so I could see it.

The officer proceeded with, "Shut up. I'm going to take you to jail in 5, 4, 3..."

So I signed it, and asked again what it was for. They then told me the ticket was for unsafe speed, no front license plate, and tinted windows. They said that it was for going 65mph, and "If I would have read it, I would have known."

So the bottom line is:

The front windows were down the whole time.

The ticket does not have any speed information whatsoever on it. They didn't clock me or pace me, and we all knew it.

They went into my pockets without any consent or reason, as well as going through my car with no consent.

I feel that I have the right to know what the ticket is for, and being bullied for asking a question is not appropriate.

I would like to contest the ticket, and also want to sue for misconduct. Does anyone know if I have a case? This is 100% on principle at this point. If anyone is or knows a good lawyer in the Los Angeles/Beverly Hills area, I would love to get in touch. Thanks in advance for any insight!