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Originally Posted by fish907
"just asking for trouble ... can get you in trouble": fear
"I can see this pissing the officer off and causing more problems": fear
"Not saying what's right or wrong but why take that chance?": fear
"Try telling the officer no, then and see what happens.": fear and conditioning
"I've had better way better luck just being nice...": we're relying on luck now?
There are some individuals in this thread that seem to be missing the point.
The DUI checkpoint, as I said, is a gateway. It's a slippery slope. It makes it all the more difficult to condemn because, as many of you have stated, "it's just a 5 minute inconvenience that might save someone's life". It's easy to take one solitary situation and say it's not a big deal. Make the concession this time, we'll fight for something that is actually a big deal.
First you give up your Miranda rights, then because it was so easy, sure take that Fourth Amendment right for now, as long as it doesn't take too long. Second Amendment? Well, let's see gunshot victims are piling up higher than DUI vicitms, so I just might be saving your loved ones' lives by giving that up, too.
Better stop me on the street as I walk to lunch and search me to make sure I'm not a terrorist.
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Slippery slope...giving up rights...seriously dude? These aren't some jerks making laws. These are cops out there endangering themselves trying to make the roads safer for everyone. So why the eff would you wanna give them a harder time than they already have. If you wanna fight for your rights, well then a normal cop with a family is not the person to fight. He is just doing what his bosses told him to do. If this tool knows soo much about the law, then maybe he should be out fighting where it will make a real difference. Giving a cop a hard time for no apparent reason other than to show off is in no way an example of exercising rights. It is a stupid ploy to gain attention. And not once did he even thank the officers for doing their jobs. This guy was a grade A selfish arrogant self-absorbed high and mighty prick.