Damon Stoudamire appeared in on Monday, facing misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, after being arrested July 3 at Tucson International Airport. His lawyers are trying to get him off by saying that he was not advised of his rights before speaking with police officers, and that the foilwrapped marijuana was inspected by officers illegally because they had no warrent. (he set off the metal detector) First of all, no warrent is needed for a search in the airport. The security screener said that he noticed something "protruding" from Stoudamire's right pant leg and shortly thereafter, the pot fell out. When he was asked what it was, he admitted to what was in it! I don't understand. He had it on him, said what is was. What is his problem? Wouldn't it save him more time and face, if he just took his punishment and got it over with? Should he deserve to get off? I personally think that he should have learned from the fisrt mishap a couple of years ago. Or perhaps, he should try and be alittle more descrete...
You're right, no warrant should be needed. However, since 9/11 there had been a lot of abuse of authority (mainly from border patrol). People can search anyone, and refuse to let them into the country for invalid reasons. In relation to Stoudamire, he is a minority, and they will probably use that argument . However his rep defeats the purpose of playing the race-card.
