Highway checkpoint asks drivers for blood, saliva

WorldNetDaily ^ | 9-20-2007 | Unknown

[jmc813]

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[traviskicks]

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[JennysCool]

Sheriff's officials were apologizing after they helped set up and run five separate checkpoints over the weekend.

They said workers for the Institute for Research and Evaluation were overly persistent in their demands of innocent travelers.

Oh, how passages like that make me wish I'd gone to law school!

There's a lot of settlement money to be made on this one!

[absolootezer0]

wow, sounds like a whole laundry list of laws broken.

[Puppage]

could ask for samples of blood and saliva

Sure, just take my underwear.

[vikingd00d]

>> highway checkpoints were set up so a private organization could ask for samples of blood and saliva.

Lessee... False arrest, unlawful search and seizure, assault under color of authority.... And yet, there’s no mention in the article of the employees of this private organization and the participating deputies being arrested. How odd....

[jmc813]

Sure, just take my underwear.

You have blood and saliva in your underwear?

[Minn]

Sure, just take my underwear.

That's OK. They only need samples from one person.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Around these parts the volunteer fire depts will descend on an intersection and beg for money, it kind of pisses me off, at least have a car wash or something.

[JamesP81]

The researchers need to do own their work and not get the cops to do it for them.

[Kozak]

or bite the inside of your cheek and spit on them....

[unixfox]

Stepping over the line.

It's way past time to start shooting back.

[JamesP81]

And yet, there’s no mention in the article of the employees of this private organization and the participating deputies being arrested. How odd....

Remember: laws only apply to the little people.

[Moose4]

Local law enforcement stopping motorists to be dragooned into participating in a PRIVATE “study?” Holy crap, I hope that county’s got deep pockets, because they just bought themselves a world of legal doodoo.

}:-)4

[Tai_Chung]

Maybe kidnapping as well. Isn’t that what they are charging OJ for telling those guys they couldn’t leave the room?

[jack_napier]

I hope somebody’s hide gets nailed to the wall for this!

[LIConFem]

"wow, sounds like a whole laundry list of laws broken."

Law enforcement can't break the law, silly, they are the law!

Inclusion of a < /sarcasm> tag was deemed unnecessary for this post.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

LOL! My first thought also.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

The abuse of power that was feared from the Patriot Act is actually alive and well in Podunk County, Colorado.