People who do this crap are looking for a reaction.
People who say DUI check points remind them of Nazi Germany is pretty funny too....I doubt they were in Nazi Germany for starters.
If you can't understand why DUI checkpoints are set up at curtains of the year, I don't know what to tell you.
They aren't a secret. They are broadcasted. "Between these hours on this date, we will have DUI checkpoints. Don't drink and drive."
Then there's the guy who wants to prove he knows his rights, when he doesn't. He'll recite two sentences and then declare he's right and being illegally detained. When he's not. They are never attorneys. They are never LEO's. They don't have any POST qualifications. They've never been through the LEO process. They are just embarrassing themselves but want to record it, then edit it to show they buddies.
Then there's the, "I PAY YOUR SALERY," guy. The reality is, if you are in the highest tax bracket, you pay less than $0.25 a year. I'll be happy to toss you a quarter when I make contact with you. Obviously you need it more than I do and, it's funny.
I disagree COMPLETELY.
Of course every reasonable person here understands the point behind DUI checkpoints. I am sure everyone also understands the point of TSA checkpoints at the airport, and people understand the point of the body scanners, and people understand the point of the NSA listening in on our telephone conversations. But thats just the POINT isn't it? Not all of us agree or even GET The point anymore.
At what POINT does encroachment of government in providing safety become excessive? At which point does the very founding principles of this great country become excessively diluted because someone had "good intentions" behind that one law? its death to the Constitution by a thousand paper cuts...law by law, inch by inch. Our Founding fathers would be crying. We've all heard these sayings
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty
to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-Benjamin Franklin
or
"What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
-Patrick Henry
Though I
DO NOT support being senselessly rude to LE, or making comments about "I pay your salary", I also
DO see the point in what these guys are trying to make. They are utilizing their Fourth Amendment rights to the fullest extent of the law. Does it make life difficult for LE? Maybe, but thats PART OF THE JOB. So what if one stop doesn't go their way? Thats what supervisors are for, and if necessary, thats what the chain of command is for. If the man/person/woman conducting themselves in this manner is breaking the law, arrest them. If not, then let them go. Cant figure it out? get on the radio and call someone who can. Its simple.
The ABSOLUTE WORST argument is "if you have nothing to hide, then let them search". That is bullshit. On the same premise, we should all just open our front doors and let them search our homes with our wives and kids present because we have nothing to hide and there was someone in our neighborhood that was hiding illicit drugs. Why stop there? Why not allow full body cavity searches? After all, the cops are just trying to do their jobs. The "If you have nothing to hide" mentality is what the Spanish Inquisition used to force innocents to confess guilt and its the exact SHEEPISH mentality that likely motivated our Founding Fathers to put the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
Cant figure out why people are saying modern times are like Nazi Germany? Take a look around at what the administration is doing with our rights, executive orders, NSA, etc. Then read a page out of history starting with the Weimar Republic through 1945. Then look at whats happening in our country and ask yourself if you see similarities. If you don't, stop watching CNBC. They are lying to you.
