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Police arrest 67 at checkpoints
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| 5/31/06
| Nadia M. Taylor
Posted on 05/31/2006 12:54:05 PM PDT by AzaleaCity5691
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To: AzaleaCity5691; freepatriot32
Heck, why stop with checkpoints at airports, highways, government buildings, and schools? Let's just have cops do quick pat-downs of everyone, going from neighborhood to neighborhood every morning in front of everyone's home. Then we can make sure this kind of thing won't happen any more.
This thing, of course, being freedom. Pesky stuff. Our government needs to root it out now before it's too late.
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posted on
06/01/2006 12:41:22 AM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
('Is' and 'amnesty' both have clear, plain meanings. Are Bill, McQueeg and the President related?)
To: AzaleaCity5691
"It's a good idea and it should be adopted around the country"
Yes it is
Just one step from "Papers please!"
Which is what we ALL want
/sarc
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posted on
06/01/2006 12:43:37 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
To: AzaleaCity5691
"81% of area residents support the roadblocks, the highest level of support for anything recently polled. "
80% of the people supported Hitler and the Nazi party in the early days of WW2 as well.
The rest were eventually.... re-educated. Those that survived anyway.
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posted on
06/01/2006 12:46:17 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
To: elkfersupper
144
posted on
06/01/2006 12:48:37 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(A nation without borders is not a nation." president Reagan)
To: Publius Valerius
"...the Court has clearly and plainly held that checkpoint programs whose primary purpose was to detect evidence of ordinary criminal wrongdoing are unconstitutional."
Which we all know is a load of $#!#, as any cop checkpoints become for the purpose of 'safety' or some other b.s. to skirt that prohibition. Government employees--ESPECIALLY the SCOTUS--are the last people I want protecting me. They protected Randy Weaver's wife and the kids at Waco to death, and protected Elian Gonzalez right back into Castro's arms.
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posted on
06/01/2006 12:54:12 AM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
('Is' and 'amnesty' both have clear, plain meanings. Are Bill, McQueeg and the President related?)
To: AzaleaCity5691
In this county, almost anyone can get a pistol permit, if you are not a felon, and you can pay the very modest fee, then it's some paperwork, a few other things, and you are then sent on your way with your permit. It's not unreasonable to ask people to do this so they can carry their pistols with them.Actually, it is.
What part of "...shall not be infringed" do you not get?
I bet this mass shakedown was a real moneymaker, though. /sarc
146
posted on
06/01/2006 12:54:37 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: RadioAstronomer
Yes they do.
If they ask if they can look in your car, just say no.
L
147
posted on
06/01/2006 12:57:07 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: AzaleaCity5691
You know, before all those decisions of the Warren Court which created a bunch of rights ... for criminalsdefendants
To: Lurker
There is that somewhat contorted logic which would say that refusal to permit a search by LEOs would be probable cause for a search...
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:04:39 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Smokin' Joe
LE tried that one, and was roundly shot down by more than one appeals court IIRC.
Assertings ones Constitutional rights cannot be considered probable cause.
L
150
posted on
06/01/2006 1:07:54 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: Smokin' Joe; Lurker
Also, if something illegal is visible (i.e.drugs, weapons, pez container, etc.), officers can search without permission.
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:09:25 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(A nation without borders is not a nation." president Reagan)
To: Pro-Bush
Pez containers are illegal? What's up with that?
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:10:29 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Smokin' Joe
Sorry, forgot the sarcasm tag. I am saying they can use any excuse to search a vehicle.
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:11:43 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(A nation without borders is not a nation." president Reagan)
To: Pro-Bush
That would constitute probable cause. If they have that, there's no need to ask for your permission.
If the cops ask for permission, it means they have no PC and are just fishing. Do what I do. Tell them politely to get a warrant.
L
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:11:46 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: Lurker
Tell them politely to get a warrant.
That is a good way to piss them off. I have done what you said and they searched my vehicle anyway - in CA "driving is a privilege - not a right".
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:15:52 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(A nation without borders is not a nation." president Reagan)
To: Pro-Bush
If they indeed search your vehicle without a warrant they were in violation of more than one SCOTUS decision and have opened themselves to a lawsuit.
They can threaten, cajole, and imply whatever they like but they must have a warrant to search your vehicle if they lack PC.
L
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:18:45 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: misterrob
Do you understand that the Constitution and Bill of Rights addendum do not enumerate your rights?
All your rights are unenumerated, but abortion and affirmative action are torts committed against others. No one has the right to take another's rights, which is what those actions ac complish.
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:25:01 AM PDT
by
stands2reason
(You cannot bully or insult conservatives into supporting your guy.)
To: AzaleaCity5691
If the rest of the population was as like mined as yourself, there would be no need for road blocks,in Scotland they have just passed a law that allows the police to stop and search anyone they THINK maybe carrying a concealed weapon, this is because of the over 600 murders in Scotland last year more than half were committed with a knife, to now OWN I repeat, OWN, a knife that is not deemed a kitchen knife can get you up to 5 years in jail.
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:25:02 AM PDT
by
jerryem
(you don't beat on a bridge spike with a tack hammer)
To: AzaleaCity5691
If the rest of the population was as like mined as yourself, there would be no need for road blocks,in Scotland they have just passed a law that allows the police to stop and search anyone they THINK maybe carrying a concealed weapon, this is because of the over 600 murders in Scotland last year more than half were committed with a knife, to now OWN I repeat, OWN, a knife that is not deemed a kitchen knife can get you up to 5 years in jail.
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:25:09 AM PDT
by
jerryem
(you don't beat on a bridge spike with a tack hammer)
To: Lurker
Sounds great on paper - not reality.
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posted on
06/01/2006 1:30:57 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(A nation without borders is not a nation." president Reagan)
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