Famous Rapper, Joe Mugga, was out with some friends when Fairview Township Police officer, Michael Bennage pulled him over for a burnt out license plate light.

As he was reviewing Mugga’s license and registration (papers), Bennage tried to open the back door to of his vehicle; no consent was given, no warrant was obtained.

Bennage demands that Mugga open the door. “For what?” Mugga replies.

Bennage then reaches inside the vehicle, unlocks the door, and yanks Mugga out of his own car.

All of the occupants were told to exit the vehicle and sit on the curb while Bennage ransacked the vehicle looking for drugs.

Mugga tells the Free Thought Project that Bennage said he could “smell weed” and “saw some in the back seat.”

Mugga said that he knew his vehicle had nothing in it, so he consented to the search.
After the search, Bennage came back and tells Mugga the reason for the rights violation, “It was a french fry, not weed.”

Mugga and his friends sat on the curb while Officer Bennage, disappointed that he didn’t find anything, ran all their names through the system in a last stitch effort to arrest someone.

No ticket was issued, no warning for the license plate light, and just like that, the “papers please” shakedown had ended.