6) The dog was going to alert regardless of what was in or not in the car. That's their usual go-to for parallel construction for probable cause when they ping a plate with Flock.
No one gets pulled over for turning light violations for safety reasons, but that's beside the point. I just hate how many laws we have that are just selectively enforced.
This quickly escalates to 'Why are you so nervous? You're sweating', 'Your speech patterns and eye dilation gives me probable cause to suspect you', or simply 'What's that I smell?'.
Everybody needs to buy at least one dashcam with motion record, and learn two simple statements:
"I don't answer questions" "Am I being detained"
Even if you're a shark of a criminal attorney, this is literally all you should ever be saying to an American law enforcement official.