Crime or no crime, this isn’t Constitutional, never mind that bimbo Lanier’s assertion that “as long as we stop every car, it’s legal”.
Looks like it’s open season on the Bill of Rights in D.C.
I think technically, legally, what they want to do is legal, if they stop every car. That’s the idea behind driver check points to check for drunk drivers. At those checkpoints they check every car. I think there have been court cases on this very subject; maybe someone here knows better. But I’ve heard that justification that if everyone is stopped, nobody can say they were singled out.
Not that I think it’s a good idea to be checking everyone. The police are then not allowed to use their common sense or instincts about people or activities that appear suspicious. It’s the same concept as airport security, where an old lady in a walker or wheelchair is considered to be the same level of threat as a foreign visitor from a middle eastern country. Resources are wasted if we have to consider everyone an equal threat and when profiling based on known risk factors is not allowed.