i saw your post on fb about getting pulled for wearing 2 pair of sunglasses. please tell us, i want to know what happened. lol
I was wearing two pairs of sunglasses on my drive home after getting the tint removed. I had just stopped at a red light after getting off the interstate (I-95) and I was in the right lane of a two lane road, with two left turn lanes. (Honeygo blvd and MD43 for everyone who wants to map it out.)
The cop was sitting in the left lane at the red light, he looked over, I saw his head crane, and he looked back at the light. The light turned green, and he stayed at the light for about a second, then left. I accelerated as I normally do, shifting not unusually high, but somewhere around 4.5k, so I got out of the light faster than he did. As soon as I got through the intersection, he turned his lights on, and played a "whoop-whooooop" over his PA/Siren. I thought I was getting pulled over for "excessive acceleration" or "window tint" again, or something equally stupid.
So he walked up to the car, and I had my DL ready, and he asked me "Do you know why I pulled you over?" and without giving me time to even think about an answer "I pulled you over because you're wearing two pairs of sunglasses, and it's ABSTRACTING your vision" (emphasis mine, but the same word he used.) I explained that I have sensitive eyes, and I have a medical waiver from my doctor, and I just had the windshield tint removed at the behest of the MSP. I stated that it's not OBSTRUCTING (actual emphasis) my vision, and it's actually allowing me to see, because otherwise I'd be sun-blind.
So, as soon as I mentioned something about a medical reason, he backed down, and decided it wasn't worth it to push any harder. He didn't even look at my license, much less run it. Might have helped that I was coming straight from work, and dressed appropriately. He told me not to wear two pairs of sunglasses, and to have a nice day. I told him to have a wonderful evening, and to stay safe.
He was wearing a MSP polo, IWB holster with what looked to be a sig in it (something with a hammer), and had his badge on his belt, unmarked crown vic, blue with internal lights, grille lights, and a huge whip.
I almost told him I was going to take a picture of him, but decided not to open that can of worms. (MSP doesn't like it when people take pictures of their plain clothes officers.)