Posted on 06/30/2013 10:21:04 AM PDT by Deadeye Division
The government lies to you.
They want to trick you into doing something that you would not have otherwise done.
Then they come down on you like a ton of bricks.
That’s tyranny. We live in a terror state, and everyone is afraid of the government.
Revenue must be down.
Sneaky, but I’m unable to come up with the element of illegality in this.
Reminds me of that scene in Electra Glide in Blue where they hassle the hippie poster salesman.
Ohio Ping
This is satire right?
‘Gilbert said police are allowed to deceive suspects, but questioned the practice of lying to motorists about a fake drug checkpoint on a busy highway. ‘
At least this will not undermine the public’s faith and confidence in the police.
Is it ok then for the public to deceive and lie to the police?
I am curious where this falls under, ‘Serve and Protect.
I wonder how Dominic Vitantonio would feel about an "Italian Mafia Checkpoint Ahead" sign being put up.
Police post signs that the speed limit is 70 MPH ahead next 5 miles... on a 40 MPH stretch of road...
Same principle...
Demand for it is up as well.
Just more of getting us used to The Police State...now they can strap you down and take a blood sample...But,”its legal”.
Would I be guilty of obstruction of non-justice if I held up a sign informing people that there was no checkpoint ahead? Is this similar to committing interference with revenue enhancement for putting up a “speed trap ahead, speed limit 35 mph” sign.
I have seen this more than once in Alabama & Mississippi .
A big sign that says ....Drug Checkpoint at exit 25, (that`s 2 exits away) as people bail out at exit 24..that`s where the real checkpoint is located. kinda funny to see cars backing down the exit ramp to avoid the trap.
The hole in their logic is the use of the word “fake”. These are real drug checkpoints as evidenced by the fact that they are monitored by police, seized drugs, and made arrests. They are trying to hide behind a contrived definition of what constitutes “real”, but they are still illegal by the SCOTUS ruling cited in the articls. I hope this municipality is sued off the map.
So, if you try to avoid a drug checkpoint because you do not want to be in a long line for the checkpoint, you wind up in a long line for a drug checkpoint. Curious!
Me neither, but I can see some potential liability issues stemming from the highway barricades, and the “observation of altered behavior” because of them.
Georgia police strapping down citizens accused of drunk driving before forcibly drawing blood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5OnhhqBaQ
Believe it was in FL few years ago when the Sheriffs Dept went to a couple select ‘crossovers’ and put NO U TURN/NO TURNS signs at the crossovers in the Median.
They then put up a large Sign board on side of road stating DRUG and ALCOHOL CHECK AHEAD, then sat there and picked off the cars making the ‘illegal’ UTURN.
Think Courts eventually threw all the cases out as it was called entrapment. Actually pretty slick as few, if any of the UTURNERS had NO contraband.
Yeah, real funny when I’m driving my husband to the doctor.
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