If Columbus knew what the place was going to turn into, perhaps he'd have decided not to bother....
Sending Pom crims to Oz doesn't seem to have been a bad idea. Want a few thousand more? We can spare them....
Back to the thread, in that the girl was laughing when she spoke to the cop, it was pretty obviously not a serious answer. So why couldn't he just have said "Lady, I will ask you again, this time you will answer me seriously. WHAT IS IN YOUR BAG?" Or are they incapable of rational thought.