[Bullish]

You can add me to the list of FReepers who think checkpoints are an abomination and an assault on our civil liberties.
They've always reminded me of the checkpoints run by the Nazis you see in old world war II movies 'Your papers please'

[Finny]

You can add me to the list of FReepers who think checkpoints are an abomination and an assault on our civil liberties.

Me too.

[af_vet_rr]

They've always reminded me of the checkpoints run by the Nazis you see in old world war II movies 'Your papers please'

I don't have to go back that far, they remind me of checkpoints in Eastern Europe, particularly East Germany, in the late 1970s and 1980s, a few of which I witnessed, and quite clearly, the people were scared of the officials.

I've also seen this in the 1990s and early 2000s in Central and South America, where the checkpoints function as a way to boost the salaries for the local cops - it's amazing how quickly you can get through a checkpoint if you have some cash or a nice item like a pair of binoculars or a radio or CD player that "accidentally" finds its way into the hands of whoever is in charge.

This once great country is being destroyed at both the national and local levels. Those cops in the video know damn well they are pissing all over the Constitution, but they keep on doing it. Un-patriotic sons of bitches, using a holiday that is supposed to remind us of why we despise their actions.