The discrimination of the van Life community in America

[twomountainlions]

I may hold the record for how fast one can get "The Knock". I had just purchased my van and drove it from the purchase point into a large shopping mall where I parked to purchase a few things. But before I even opened the door, "Knock! Knock! Knock!" It was the mall's security who rides around in his little cop car with the yellow light always flashing. He asked me how long I'm planning to stay here. I asked him how long is allowed, he thought a moment and replied, "Three hours."

It happened again guys! My van got profiled... I'm staying in a hotel and came down to walk my dogs to find a notice on my van without being towed in 24 hours problem is the parking pass issued to me by the hotel was presented in Plainview on my rearview....

I know I'm not the only one who's experienced this and it's happened in so many different ways. I've been denied jobs, fired from jobs, harassed by police minding my own business in Walmart parking lots... The list goes on.

We need to start this discussion within the community because the stigma just keeps getting thicker with our silence. Sure it's easy to escape Babylon and live in our own worlds but when we jump into society things can get difficult and when it comes to police officers nine times out of 10 they don't know the law and make things up on the side of the road.

Are there any groups speaking out against this? And if not why not start the discussion now. Drop your horror stories below and let's just open the floor up. I don't even think we talk about it with each other but it's super important and if we don't step up now it may get to the point where laws are made that prevent us from living the lifestyles we want.

You made it all up!
Its your own fault!
You van was a wrong color!
No biggie you got harassed, suck it up you weakling!
Police IS the law, they are literally above the supreme court, silly!
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Once you show your shark teeth to them they bug off and run. Some need reminders how they will be paying damages, etc. Had sent one aggressive nasty cop on BLM land packing pronto not too long ago. I file complaints too, got time on my hands.

 

[twomountainlions]

I get stopped every time I enter California.

At an California AG inspection station, usually either at Winterhaven (I-8), Vidal Junction (US-95), or Benton (US-6).

A few years ago I traveled through SoCal heading to Barstow to pickup I-15, and that AG station had sniffer dogs and automatic cameras. I don't think any of that was for fruit flies.

I remember the Med flies that brought California AG stations into the national headlines.

And when CHP ran impromptu roadside vehicle inspection stations and did not care that my vehicle was from out of state.

I take roads around those illegal AG inspections, nothing to hide but dont wan't jackboots subjecting my rig, which is my full time home, to their illegal searches snd violating my privacy, or stomping over my clean rugs with their filthy shoes. They can't search a home without a warrant but they can search almost any RV without one, it got authorised by the Supreme court back in the 80s and their dogs are often setup to "alert" on command or they just do random alerts. Where there's no route around AG inspection I just dont go there or take a big detour. They've been pissing off a lot of people, as some of them attempt power displays like harassing people driving little cars, one of them got a hammer to the head in North Cal a couple of years ago as I recall. CA fruit police they seem to hassle drivers more than at BP checkpoints