Posted on 06/13/2005 8:40:46 AM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
A scary story...abuse of power...keep the others in line by making an example.
The fourth amendment is totally dead. But at least teens can't drink. Somehow that doesn't seem like a good trade.
Welcome to the People's Republik of Montgomery County... home of "Nuclear Free" Takoma Park, where you don't even have to be a US citizen to vote in city elections. The place is full of leftover hippie socialists, limosine liberals, and loads of immigrants with the UN mentality.
These people chose, of their own free will, to live in Montgomery County, Maryland, a known enclave of squish-heads. It is and has been for decades a People's Republic. Should not be surprised that Big Brother has arrived, he was waiting in the car all along.
WRONG, not read the rest of this yet, but that right there is bogus
here is the way you do it,,, first, you need a gun, and then....
And home of County Exec. Doug Duncan, wannabe gubernatorial hopeful of the Democrat Party. Will the Maryland Republican Party file this sort of behavior away for later use? ...doubtful.
She should sue every party and entitiy she can find. Hopefully discovery will reveal the true motive for this disturbing incident.
The biggest myth in America today is that cops treat white people well. The little jack booted thugs are just as out of control with whites as with any other group. And I say that as a strong supporter of law enforcement, but a lot of cops ARE pigs.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS, '70, here.
It has amazed me over the years to see what has happened to my old stomping grounds.
Montgomery County used to be very Republican, I can't remember exactly when it started to turn to the dark side. Of course, I used to be on the dark side then, and,hey, I saw the light. Maybe there is hope for the others.
The writer was obviously being sarcastic becasue he didn't find the inference reasonable.
I think after the driver's license request, in addition to calling the PD brass, I'd have called the local TV stations and see if any of them were interested in taping and broadcasting the cops at the end of my block intent on violating my Constitutional rights.
I hate this phrase, "unreasonable search and seizure."
The way most people and many judges and police "interpret" the 4th amendment and I think incorrectly, is that police can search your car, your home, your person, without a warrant, as long as it is not "unreasonable."
That being the case, the 4th amendment is meaningless. Defining what is "unreasonable" is almost a case by case endeavor, time consuming and expensive to pursue.
If the 4th amendment was read correctly, it is obvious that a warrant is always needed when there is going to be people and items "searched...and...seized."
It is my contention that the first part of 4th amendment states the philosophy behind why a "warrant" is always needed for a search and seizure.
The proceudre required to obtain a "warrant" is designed to help protect the citizens against "unreasonable" search and seizures, which without such a procedure, the citizen is always subject to the officers mood and agenda, as illustrated in this article about the party in Maryland.
i agree with you. that might explain why the idiot author thinks sobriety checkpoints are "ok" . notice he didn't say "constitutional". he probably thinks the use of drug sniffing dogs are ok too... all for the good of "public safety" of course (rolling eyes here).
maybe they were those toddler sipping cups....full of whiskey and vodka
AMEN to that! A society that aims to protect adults from their own idiocy does much more harm than good. What are we going to see next, doctors sending state troopers door-to-door to make sure all registered diabetics are taking their insulin, and hauling them off to jail if they refuse? Seriously, stories like this can make civil libertarians of the rightest of right-wingers.
The sad part is that some freepers think these laws are ok..
IMO, they fall under "unreasonable search and .....".
That is sad. I would think everybody who values freedom - as I believe most of us on this board do - would see these overreaching laws as intrusive and completely unnecessary.
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