The debate about the legitimacy of checkpoints has more or less settled into a sort of detente but this really isn't about DUI.
As was entirely predictable, the incrementalism that is inevitable when freedoms are ceded to government is on full display in the age of the 'no refusal checkpoint.'
The very concept and practice are premeditated violations of the 4th Amendment. The police, who seemingly can never resist an opportunity to spout hackneyed tough talk, have taken leave of their law enforcement remit, their oaths and their senses. When a phlebotomist i.e. a blood-drawing nurse is on duty at a checkpoint site you know the coppers have lost their collective minds in the pursuit of political pats on the head and - more important - overtime money paid for by Uncle Sam.
And who declares the 'no refusal' policy? Why, the police of course. It's enforcement of a sort but it has little to do with the law.
Cop Block organizations don't do themselves any favors when they wind up the police with their I'm-standing-here-and-won't-move games but on the other hand they are doing nothing illegal and have every right to question and/or decline requests. But if Cop Block occasionally act juvenile they are nothing compared to the police who rely on a silly litany of intimidation tactics: lots of cruisers with bright strobes and spotlights, lots of milling around as if a crisis were unfolding, lots of terse radio conversations, etc. Usually, they sheepishly walk away when the video cameras are rolling and/or their stunts fail to impress.
Related article with absolutely chilling photo at: http://benswann.com/federal-funds-fuel-nationwide-increase-in-no-refusal-blood-draw-dui-checkpoints/
“There is zero tolerance for any offense”
“Any” offense eh?
How about zero tolerance(!) for violations of our constitutional rights?
I wonder how that would fly...
So who is in charge of the Springfield Police?
For later.
This is a disturbing story, but keep in mind that Counter Current News is a leftwing site with extreme anti-Israeli sentiments. Just as The New York Times can spin or phony-up a story, so can these people.
After looking at the pro-Hamas, borderline anti-Semitic stories at your source, I have doubts about the trustworthiness of this one.
sorry Leos, 4th Amendment. I just can’t support forceably drawing body fluids at the side of the road on the whim. Citizens authorized breathalizers and that’s all you guys get.
Forceably penetrating a vein and withdrawing blood is wayyyyy beyond the pale of peeing in a cup so that chemical companies can turn that ‘free’ pee into profit drugs.
The website for this article is extremely anti-Semitic.
Thanks so much for posting this!
What a GREAT idea. These blood-stops have always bothered me but I never thought to enact a “Cop-Block”.
Awesome. Liberty in motion.