That is a terrible thing, when the police can do that. A couple of years ago in NY, my 16 year old was walking down the street with his friends on the night before Halloween (before curfew). He had a backpack on and the cops told him he had to open it and show them what was inside! Of course, he did have several dozen eggs but the point was, the cop knew my son didn't know his rights. He had the right to refuse opening his backpack which was on his body. I was very upset about this violation.