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POLICE MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT: CLEARWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT 645 PIERCE STREET CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33756 VICTIM: EVAN SCHNESE OFFICER’S NAME: MOWRY, J. REASON FOR COMPLAINT: UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT MAKING INSULTING REMARKS VICTIM’S NARRATIVE: I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF MY FRIENDS CAR, THERE WERE FOUR OF US, I WAS IN THE REAR PASSENGER LEFT HAND SIDE. WE WERE PARKED IN AN EMPTY PARKING LOT LOCATED IN CLEARWATER NEXT TO MORTAN PLANT MEASE ALONG THE WATERS SEA WALL. AROUND 11PM, A CLEARWATER OFFICER (MOWRY) APPROACHED OUR CAR AND TAPPED ON THE REAR RIGHT PASSENGER WINDOW. ONCE MY FRIEND ROLLED DOWN HER WINDOW, THE OFFICER CLAIMED HE SMELT A MARIJUANA SUBSTANCE. AFTER SEARCHING MY FRIENDS CAR, THE OFFICER FOUND NO ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. AT THIS TIME, HE HAD PULLED ME ASIDE FROM THE REST OF THE PEOPLE I WAS WITH (THEY WERE ALL FEMALES, I WAS THE ONLY MALE) AND MADE ME SIT ON THE GROUND AND CROSS MY LEGS. THIS WAS AFTER THEY HAD EVEN SEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND NOTHING. THE OFFICER THEN REALIZED MY CAR WAS ALSO IN THE PARKING LOT AND BEGAN TO LOOK INTO IT WITH HIS FLASHLIGHT, AND AFTER QUESTIONING WHAT WAS IN MY CUP HOLDER, HE OPENED MY DRIVER DOOR AND STARTED PICKING UP THINGS AND ASKING WHAT THEY WERE. I WAS BEHIND MY CAR AT THIS TIME, AND GAVE THE OFFICER (MOWRY) NO CONSENT, NOR DID HE HAVE A WARRANT. I THEN WALKED OVER TO HIM AND HE ASKED IF HE COULD SEARCH MY CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE DOOR WAS ALREADY OPENED AND HE WAS INSIDE. AFTER THE DOOR WAS OPENED, HE CLAIMED HE SMELT MARIJUANA AND THAT HE COULD SEARCH IT. WE WERE NOT IN MY CAR AT THE TIME THE OFFICER APPROACHED, SO I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHY HE BEGAN TO SEARCH IT. INJURIES IF ANY LISTED BELOW: NO WEAPONS WERE USED EVERYTHING WAS VERBAL