So much for being illegal...It was the second time a drug checkpoint has been enforced by the Westminster Police Department in the past year.
"There is no news in the truth, and no truth in the news."
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The thing that really got me was the part where they bragged about Westminster PD doing everything legally and "by the book" so to speak, even though it was cited here that Drug Enforcement Checkpoints are illegal. Oh and need I mention, not once have I ever been in an encounter with any LEO that has stated I have the right to refuse a search... Luckily I know my rights these days though.
"There is no news in the truth, and no truth in the news."
"The revolution will not be televised... Instead it will be filmed from multiple angles via cell phone cameras, promptly uploaded to YouTube, Tweeted about, and then shared on Facebook, pending a Wi-Fi connection."
They did mention in the article that the vehicles that were pulled over were pulled over for traffic violations, not at random.
Ok, so 23 vehicles were pulled over yet only 3 citations and 1 arrest were done.
Maybe I be a missing something here but in my experience if you are pulled over for a traffic violation you are issued a citation, occasionally let off with a warning.
Traffic violations my ass, they had credible but non specific information on a load of goodies headed to the land of Oz.
They pulled over vehicles that fit the general criteria of the information they had.
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You are not missing anything BPtactical, those statistics well establish that the checkpoint is illegal.
Brian H
Longmont CO
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."