Darius Miles Busted For Pot Possession

ESPN/AP: Whenever a professional athlete gets busted for drugs, I'm always curious about the specifics, such as what kind, how much, and how was he caught? In Darius Miles' case, it seems he was a bit unlucky, or maybe he was just being profiled by racist cops.

The cops originally pulled him over for failing to make a turn signal. How often does that happen to people? Was it a racial thing? And after getting pulled over, how did the cops find the stash in his car? How do you go from pulling someone over for a turn signal violation to searching his car for weed? Is it possible that Miles had some really icky sticky weed that smelled so strong that it permeated throughout the car?

I honestly think his arrest was pretty ridiculous, considering he had less than an eighth on him.

The 27-year-old Miles was alone in his car Wednesday night in suburban Fairview Heights, Ill., when an officer pulled him over for allegedly failing to use a turn signal, police Sgt. Steve Evans said. During a search of the car, Evans said police found a small amount of marijuana in a plastic bag in the passenger compartment.

Miles was ticketed for driving with a suspended license and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession because the amount of the drug was less than 2.5 grams, which would have been a felony. He was later freed on $100 bond.