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Police harassment in a Police State.
The citizen no longer has right when we gface a police officer.
Like the rest of the things in this country we are steadily losing all rights.
The Nazification of America.
In todays world when a police officer stops you be ready to immediately kiss their royal ass.
They should show more WWII movies showing the Gestapo checking everyone’s papers. Notice that the obedient Germans never have any problems with the Gestapo. They don't complain about the inconvenience or any silly underlying issues.
A compliant citizen is a happy citizen.
So... you make a u-turn to avoid what you perceive to be an accident. You’re pulled over. You don’t put your window down all the way. You’re obstructing a traffic stop? Umm... I think there are some missing facts in this case.
Was there a “strange odor?” Were the windows tinted so dark as to obstruct the view of the officer? Was the driver acting belligerently?
“I think in this instance the guy didn’t want to let the window down, didn’t want to talk to the officer and didn’t want to give him the information. So when you don’t give the information you can be charged with obstruction on a traffic stop,” says Lt. Amelio Lamkin of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
Well sir you lost out in the first two words. It does not matter what you THINK. It only matters what actually happened. If the man was speaking with the officer and answering then case dismissed................
I'm not clear on all of this. When do your pants go down around your ankles?
Papers please! Comply of face the consequences, and we make the consequences as painful as possible for the non-compliant citizen!
Eades says his bond was $1,300 and he says his court date is set for June 20th, where he will fight the charges.
I'm sorry, how is this not a violation of the 8th Amendment? $1,300 BOND means his BAIL was $13,000. $13,000 for an OBSTRUCTION CHARGE? GTFO!
Interesting name for an “Operation” that is supposed to be about traffic safety. These operation code names are code names given to offensive military actions which is essentially what the new up and coming police state is about.
A friend of mine and I were stopped by a deputy one evening, amny years ago. The deputy played the “Do you know why I stopped you?” game. My friend, the driver, said he might have been going a little quick. The answer actually was we had a tail light out. The prize was a ticket for both speeding and a non-working tail light.
Cops are not necessarily your friend, especially with what government is becoming. They do not necessarily share your ideals and agenda.
I remember when they started these DUI checkpoints, they went through gyrations to claim that no one who turned around before the checkpoint would be hassled. That didn’t work out so well.
Same thing with seatbelts, at first, they said they would only check if they pulled you over for another reason. No we have, nationwide, click it or ticket.
Sacramento county in an ultimate act of B.S. said it was installing water meters because they wanted to see how the water usage was distributed. Now they charge you per gallon and once you go past some arbitrary limit, your rate goes up.
I wonder what the tipping point will be and how soon until we hit it, that or God hits the reset button.
Actually Jesus returns but reset sounds better.
Key words are high-lighted
“Avoiding a road block is a big no-no and if you do so, you will be pulled over.”
This is a lie. The courts have ruled that they have absolutely no grounds to stop you for avoiding a police roadblock, as long as you obey the traffic laws when you do so. If you make an illegal u-turn, like this guy, then you’re screwed.
thank goodness, these kinds of checkpoints are not legal in Texas.
Some resources:
A sign or device should be placed to provide advance warning stating why motorists are being
stopped. The U.S. Supreme Court has found that visible signs of the officers’ authority generate less concern and fright on the part of lawful travelers, and is therefore less of a subjective intrusion (United States v. Martinez-Fuerte, 428 U.S. 643 [1976]).
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/enforce/LowStaffing_Checkpoints/images/LowStaffing.pdf
Challenging a drunk driving checkpoint §18:7 Attacking and Defending Drunk Driving Tests http://www.jamespublishing.com/books/adt.htm
November 1990, DOT HS 807 656, The Use of Sobriety Checkpoints http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/Checkpt.html
July 2001, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Impaired http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/impairedjuly/whatsnew.html
October 2002, DOT HS 809 063, Saturation Patrols & Sobriety Checkpoints
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/saturation_patrols/SatPats2002.pdf