A Halifax- based people songs duo claim authorities that drew them over on a freeway in the UNITED STATE Midwest previously this month implicated them of having medicines in their rental vehicle and examined them concerning their obligation in an unusual communication that lasted virtually an hour.
Cassie and Maggie MacDonald of the team Cassie and Maggie were driving in Ohio and were on the phone with their mommy chatting concerning their trip when they saw a patrol car following them. Cassie MacDonald claimed the police vehicle trailed them for a half-hour and after that a 2nd cruiser took part and triggered its emergency situation lights.
“We pulled over immediately. And then from there, things got stranger and stranger,” MacDonald informed CBC’s Mainstreet Halifax in a phone meeting Thursday, stating the March 5 event.
After handing over their permit info, MacDonald claimed they were informed their vehicle was mosting likely to be looked for narcotics. Eventually, she claimed, policemans informed them the vehicle had “tested positive” for narcotics and they were divided, with each required to a various cruiser to be examined.
“And still we hadn’t really any indication of why we’d been pulled over in the first place. And so I was back there and we were both being interrogated separately,” MacDonald claimed.
“They were very concerned — my officer who was talking to me — about fentanyl and he sort of was lecturing me almost about how much is coming through Canada and that being a huge issue.”
She claimed the police officer asked what narcotics remained in the vehicle. She addressed that there were no medicines in the lorry and claimed the policemans browsed the vehicle and located absolutely nothing.
‘Canada or America?’
“And he came back and again was kind of curt and I got the sense that we really were not welcomed. That was kind of the overall impression,” she claimed.
At that factor, MacDonald claimed, she was asked: “Which do you prefer? Canada or America?”
She claimed the inquiry captured her off-guard and remembered that it seemed like she was being evaluated.
“I said we love America. We’ve been touring here for over a decade and we have family scattered all across many states that we visit while we’re on tour. And we feel very close to this country and we’ve always been certainly very welcomed here. And so that seemed to kind of satisfy him enough and he let me go out of the car.”
MacDonald claimed the whole communication lasted around 45 mins and they were provided a caution for sidetracked driving. She acknowledged they had actually been passing their cellphone backward and forward while on audio speaker setting as they spoke to their mommy. At some factors, MacDonald claimed, her sis had actually sat tight while driving.
MacDonald claimed the 2nd police officer had actually asked Maggie a comparable inquiry concerning whether she liked Canada or the UNITED STATE
She claims they were both trembled by the experience.
The sis claimed this is the very first time they have actually had an experience such as this while visiting in the united state They formerly explored the nation in December uncreative, however claimed this moment points really felt a lot more stressful.
Despite the experience, the sis claim they intend to proceed visiting in the united state
“To pull out and to feel scared because of one interaction doesn’t really track with our band. … We love our fans and we feel like being there and performing and sharing our stories and music is the best remedy for this situation,” Cassie MacDonald claimed.
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