Can a cop pull me over for no reason?

So I was driving down a road in my town when a cop started to follow me. When he eventually pulled me over it was 7 miles down the road. Is this legal??? Can a cop really follow you for 7 miles and when I got pulled over he said it was b/c I was swerving when I was really driving perfectly.

I drive a sports car and I get followed by the police all the time; once a cop followed me over 10 miles just hoping I would do something illegal, I turned into my alley and I think he thought I was trying to give him the slip because after I turned he raced off down the road to where the alley lets out. A friend of mine drove a beat up old car and his commute to and from work took him through some ritzy neighborhoods and he got followed and pulled over all the time. They always made up some crap about him swerving or driving eratically. I understand that blacks get followed and pulled over so much that they have a term for it, 'driving while black.'

It is harassment but it always boils down to your word against the cop's. The cop can claim he was following you for a reason and it comes down to your word against his and most jurors tend to believe the cop.

yea sumone I know got pulled over cause she was hot and she got the officer in trouble, so yea its illegal 2 do that I think

I think it is only legal for an officer to follow you for TWO miles!
It might depend on the state tho.
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