Wow.karder wrote:He told us that when he saw our truck, an old Ford Bronco with tinted windows and Texas plates, he thought we might be some illegals so he pulled us over.

I can't believe he would admit that. You're right, the stop was unconstitutional unless he had some other valid reason. He made a pretty risky assumption that you would be okay with it. If you'd been running a digital voice recorder, that trooper could get in a world of trouble over that.