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ok so my friends and i were walking down the street tonight and since its halloween the cops in my town were on high alert (i live in a rich town and all they have to do is give kids a hard time for partying and stuff) and we see a roll of toliet paper and we go and pick it up. all of a sudden a cop comes from outa nowhere and starts yelling at us for having TP and saying we could be arrested for vandalism. so we say that the tp is not ours (wich it wasnt) and then he asks to search my friend and pat him down. my friend then says no you cant do that you dont have that right. (he had firecrackers on him so he didnt wanna get caught with them). and the cop says "yes i do and i also have the right to do this for you giving me lip" he then calls a cruiser to come and pick him up to bring him to the station. after about 25 minutes of arguing we finally got him to let us go but my question is what rights do cops have to search you?
Spark notes: my friend got in trouble for telling a cop he cant search him. was he right. what rights do cops have when it comes to searching u?
