Part 2: Understand and Assert Your Rights During a Traffic Stop

In this video I explain your rights when interacting with the police during the context of a traffic stop. Part 3 of this short series will focus on police citizen encounters in the context of your residence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqTbEeKmn8w

Your rights, and the prohibition against unreasonable government searches and seizures arises from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I Section 11 of the Wisconsin Constitution. Below is the actual Fourth Amendment. I would encourage you to spend 30 seconds reading it as many people have never done so.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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Attorney David M. Stegall is a shareholder at LawtonCates and a Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocate. A former Milwaukee County prosecutor, he has tried more than 40 jury cases and co-authored The Defense of Alcohol-Related Driving Offenses, the leading guide on OWI defense in Wisconsin. David now focuses on litigation, representing both the accused and the injured, while remaining an active advocate for military veterans.