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I had a tail light out, and had my car taken apart piece by piece because the officer couldn't find the drugs his dog "alerted" to.

The basis of his bringing a dog was simply stereotyping me. In my state there is no probable cause requirement to call in a K-9 unit and have a dog walk around your vehicle. The dog alerted because they are trained to satisfy their handler's suspicions. He didn't find any drugs because there weren't any.

The story sounds bizarre, but it's the policing in our country that is bizarre, not the story.