NYC is accelerating the Police State big time. Now travelers could be subjected to bag searches, performed by men with rifles, if they enter buses, trains, subways, ferries, bridges, tunnels, and airports.
Mayor: Osama Death Doesn't Change Threat | NBC New York
There are as many different opinions on the way to interact with law enforcement as there are gun owners. I have previously on these forums expressed my opinion as informing the officer immediately that I'd like to speak with an attorney before answering any questions and reminding him of this...
McCain and Kyl have created a new Border plan. To me it looks like it throws a lot of money away uselessly and does not appear to make any cuts from anywhere else. Financially we are totally screwed and this won't help. It will only hasten our demise.
Call me cynical, but I think the ONLY...
In this one it's a 6 year old girl. Oooh, scary terrorist/drug runner! Sounds like there's even mention of a drug test at the end. This crap is just getting worse and worse. And it'll never go away, no politician in DC has the backbone to say, "Enough!"...
This summer, DHS plans to roll out a brand new device that will scan and screen citizens' DNA. Soon you may be required to bio-samples to government terror-hunters.
As technology progresses and improves, they want these devices to be used in "everyday medical and law enforcement situations."...
Do you personally feel any checkpoints are "reasonable" ?
I'll do my best to specifically define checkpoints.
Checkpoints: A place where you are stopped by agents the government, to be checked out in some way, without having any reason to be suspected of a crime.
Stop/Contact occurs...
Check out these new devices that Homeland Security will be deploying on airports and bus stations in the near future. They line you up at a checkpoint, then hook you up to a machine and tell you to sit very still, then they start interrogating you, asking you personal questions mixed with the...
The TSA is setting up roadside checkpoints, using what they call "VIPR Teams" (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response). They are making people wait in lines and be X-rayed using mobile radiation trucks. These teams are a merged group of local, state, and federal enforcers with a common...
This woman was trying to fly home to see her family for Christmas, and ended up being arrested at an Austin airport. She had a pacemaker inside her body and claimed to be a rape victim, and refused to allow the TSA worker to touch her breasts. They dragged her across the airport, arrested her...
TSA And Feds Set Up Random Check Point In GA
No doubt they'll be doing this all over the place soon enough. It was bad enough when local cops were doing it for federal dollars, now the feds are just skipping the middle man and setting up their own suspicionless checkpoints on major highways...
Pastor acquitted in Interstate 8 checkpoint incident, anderson, charges, patrol - News - YumaSun
Pastor Anderson JURY TRIAL ended Today in Yuma with a verdict of NOT GUILTY
Yuma AZ .
Obstructing public thoroughfare (a class 3 misdemeanor).
Resisting an order directing (a class 2...
I won't be getting into the issue here on whether or not the DUI checkpoint is legal, constitutional, or right. I've personally had a dear friends life ruined because of a drunk driver rear ending his motorcycle, and I don't drive drunk. I I just don't care if they do them. I'm only reporting...
American Beverage Institute Says Holiday Alcohol Checkpoints Are an Inconvenience to Legal Drivers
By Ken Millstone
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers hand out survey cards and talk with motorists at a sobriety checkpoint in Wilmington, Ohio in this July, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/David...
Between 5-9 PM...
Anyone else feel a little weird about the concept of "checkpoints" in general? No reasonable suspicion needed?
And considering that most people get started with their drinking and driving much later than 5-9 PM, what is the point?
I know everyone on here is a responsible adult that always errors on the side of caution, right?
Even if that WERE 100% correct, I'd still want to post this reminder.
Officers 'Blitz' Drunken, Dangerous Drivers - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis
Stay safe out there people, nothing...