To: TigersEye
"Sorry, sir. In this jurisdiction the detection of any alcohol in the vehicle constitutes a violation of open container laws. You'll have to prove to the court that your deodorant has alcohol in it. Zero tolerance, sir. It's for everybody's good." No, you have it backwards. The officer has to prove to the court that there was an open container. Innocent until proven guilty still reigns.
306 posted on
01/24/2005 11:43:23 AM PST by
m1-lightning
(God, Guns, and Country!)
To: m1-lightning
"The officer has to prove to the court that there was an open container. Innocent until proven guilty still reigns."
If I'm innocent until proven guilty, why is it that police can set up roadblocks and search every vehicle that drives on that road without warrants or cause? If I'm presumed innocent, I don't get stopped. If I'm presumed guilty, I get stopped.
Roadblock - I get stopped, along with everyone else (who must also be guilty).
365 posted on
01/24/2005 12:37:26 PM PST by
NJ_gent
(Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
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