www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/black-man-who-borrowed-father-s-bmw-questioned-forcibly-arrested-outside-home-1.7200071
Why didn't they just write down the license plate and see if was reported stolen? Does that take too long or something?
Write down? The police cars auto-scan license plates and instantly checked without the officer doing a thing. There's far more to this story that isn't being told I imagine.
It was instantly checked and came back as being owned by the guy's dad.
It came back as belonging to a person that was 70 years old.
The person refused to provide his information remember. So they don't know that it was his father.
Also, since they know that person is not the owner, they also do not know if that person has been given permission to drive the vehicle.
