WTF ???
WOW....
Was a guy hiding in a boat too?
Were they asking to see “official papers” at the roadblock? This country is fast becoming a police state. We, the American people, are allowing it to happen.
Evil comes in all shapes, sizes and denominations.
Why, it is voluntary. I've encountered similar roadblocks for tourism.
somebody wants a daddy
There is nothing voluntary about being stopped by armed police and “asked” to do something. When a cop says “would you please step out of the car?”, it is understood as an order backed by lethal force.
If they wanted to do a survey, they could have done it at a rest stop.
Giving up freedom for $60! Lead me to the cattle cars!
This deputy says “they” wanted to know. Who the hell is “they”? This proves we can’t count on local cops to be on the side of patriotism. Of course, it doesn’t matter since way more than half the citizens will voluntarily give up their freedoms.
As for the road blocks, wanting to know who’s on prescription drugs.....obamacare?
Which NSA database were the samples entered into?
...and what if you were ripped? I assume they would have to take you in. Sounds like a neat way to have a DD checkpoint that can claim it is not a DD checkpoint.
I’ll bet every sample taken was numbered and the license plate noted, probably by video. They’re looking for someone.
What good does it do to study people that voluntarily agree to have their blood tested for substances?
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This is called a ‘trial baloon’....helps them prepare logistically for the real thing.
This is all conditioning for the day when it won’t be voluntary or paid. And, of coarse the parrots will chime in: “Why should I care? I have nothing to hide”.
This all ends badly for local law enforcement as with growing contempt they will suffer the brint. They will be hobbled, disarmed and replaced by State/Federal law enforcement. (Think Mexico.) They don’t see it or thier just hanging in for the pension.
>> “We would have a lot who didn’t want to take part... “But then we’d have a few that when we’d tell they could make $60 bucks, they said, ‘What do I need to do?’”
So... their data becomes skewed towards a particular portion of the sample set — those who need the money (or value a relatively small amount of money more highly than their dignity, freedom and privacy).
Y’all can draw your own conclusion as to who falls into that skewed population. Poor? Minorities? Unemployed? Elderly? Your call.
But the data WILL BE contaminated, and any conclusions drawn from it will be highly suspect. Therefore, in addition to this stunt being an abuse of authority — it’s poor, poor science.
Taxpayers take it in the shorts yet again.
I’m kinda surprised they did it in Alabama. I would’ve thought California, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, ...
Those of us who live in border states have had to deal with roadblocks forever. Sometimes it is impossible to reach your destination on time — between the dogs, the inspections, the grilling, the flashlight in your face (and that’s all just in the primary line).
All those supporters of roadblocks in the USSA will welcome whatever the new Siberia will be called.
And how, pray tell, is a DNA sample going to tell if the driver is impaired? I call BS!
Yeah, it’s part of a study to estimate how many people might resist when it is no longer voluntary.