Police Begin Fingerprinting on Traffic Stops

wBay ^ | 12/15/07 | Sarah Thomsen

[darkangel82]

I’m no libertarian but I stand with them agsinst tyranny.

[Myrddin]

My last set of prints taken at the San Diego Sheriff's Office used a glass scanning surface and an electronic scanner. The scan is presented on a video monitor to check the quality. The application in the computer sends the finger print scan directly to the FBI electronically AND prints a paper copy in the style of the old ink type finger print cards.

[Political Junkie Too]

The problem is that if fingerprinting should show that a person is illegal or using forged documents, the politics and hassles of reporting an illegal to ICE will dissuade police from pursuing the matter further. However, law abiding citizens will be recorded in police databases forever.

Here's another case where the end result will be the opposite of what law enforcement claims they're setting out to accomplish.

-PJ

[Betis70]

In California, I had to give a thumb print to get my driver’s license.

[dbacks]

[Thats the stupidest remark I’ve ever read on this forum. congratulations.]

For sure. He sure doesn’t live in Arizona.

[TheLion]

Interesting....thanks!

[hiredhand]

Oh this rates right up there with that article posted a couple of weeks ago about the cops taking blood samples by the contract test folks. Remember that? Hopefully, somebody will take them to task on this for violation of 4th Amendment rights.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Can I use my middle finger when they want a print?

[AD from SpringBay]

This is a horrible precedent.

[IronJack]

I’m no libertarian but I stand with them agsinst tyranny.

As do I. The "Whatever the police say" crowd is as dangerous to our liberty as any left-winger. We're a nation of individuals, and, while we can unite for the common good, to be forced into a community at the point of a gun is nothing more than slavery. The government works for US, not vice versa.

[GregoTX]

You brought a little logic and reason into a conspiracy theory crazed thread. Man are you going to get it for that! Good luck.

dragon/tiger/elvis kempo

[panaxanax]

“Get stopped in San Francisco and you’ll be subject to an anal probe.”

If the MSM picks that up there will surely be a major crime spree starting tomorrow in San Francisco!

[Eric Blair 2084]

There is no conspiracy. I’m sure it will stop with this. /s

[murphE]

Another one for the “I can’t understand why anyone would vote for Ron Paul” list.

[joanie-f]

While the illegal frogs are out frolicking in the pond, the legal ones are sitting in the pot debating whether each new bubble is significant.

~ joanie

[Lurker]

Just say no.

Repeat as necessary.

L

[zeugma]

But of course I have the right to refuse... if I don’t want to drive a car, or if I don’t want to work. Like it or not, that’s the path ahead I expect.

Yup. Now that they've managed to convince us that the common-law right to travel has an automobile exception, they can do just about anything they want to us. 

[zeugma]

These days you can't even open an account ANYWHERE without that Social Security Number.

You must not be an illegal alien. 

[Snoopers-868th]

These days you can't even open an account ANYWHERE without that Social Security Number.

Unless of course, you are ILLEGAL. Scroll down and play the video:

http://www.chirla.org/

[MileHi]

Yup. Now that they've managed to convince us that the common-law right to travel has an automobile exception, they can do just about anything they want to us.

Man, you hit it there. That is a huge contributor to the loss of our freedom and privacy.