United States v. Lance M. Freeman (98-6636), Donald W. Adams (98-6637)

I concur in the majority opinion reversing the district court’s denial of Defendants’ motion to suppress the evidence on the basis that the police officers lacked probable cause to stop the Winnebago. I write separately concerning what may be a troubling pattern or practice by some members of the Shelby County Sheriffs Department drug interdiction squad of stopping “target” vehicles on questionable probable cause grounds in this area of Tennessee in order to search for contraband. Although it is true that under Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996) and…