I was recently pulled over for no reason after picking up my college age daughter and her college friend who had a few drinks. They did not want to drive and wisely chose to call me. On the way home during the late night, a cop pulled me over and said I was not wearing my seat belt which I was wearing. He realized I was wearing my seat belt and said he couldn't see very well because it was dark. He then proceeded to ask me if I had been drinking and I said no but he told me to get out of the car. After getting out of the car, the cop told me not to move and then proceeded to give me a breathalyzer test which I passed with zero percent. He said I didn't blow hard enough and made me take it again. He had the same zero percent result and angrily stated I needed to take it again. After the third time and still zero percent result, he turned his attention to the two girls asleep in the back seat. He asked if they had been drinking and woke them up telling them to get out of the car. He told them to take a breathalyzer test, found the level was above normal and arrested them for "Public Drunk" because they were nineteen (under the drinking age of twenty one)! I was driving and had nothing to drink. He couldn't find any reason to give me a ticket or a reason for legitimately pulling me over so he arrests the girls who were asleep in the back seat. I feel my civil liberties have been violated and parental rights ignored by a rogue cop. Is this legal?
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