DUI Checkpoint Video

[JDF]

Rondog, why is this guy a "punk"? And please explain how a "white man" would speak with the cop.

[battle_sight_zero]

Contrary to the other thread and the discussion about LEO's who shoot first, I also have very little patience or regard for assholes like this kid who go out of their way to deliberately antagonize LEO's who are merely doing their job. There's far too many of these "YouTube heros" out trying to "assert their rights" by needlessly pissing off cops. This guy had a camera all setup and ready to go, and I bet he was tickled shitless to find himself a DUI checkpoint to throw himself into as a "victim".

There was absolutely NO reason for this punk to refuse to roll his window down, and to then start with the "am I being detained? I know my Constitutional rights. I don't consent to a search. Etc. etc..." bullshit. That cop did nothing other than react to a suspicious driver, at a checkpoint LOOKING for suspicious drivers.

Don't start none, won't be none.

I never heard the police officers ask him he was drinking. Perhaps one of his friends, family members or himself had a bad experience in one recent search which prompted him to film this interaction. Either way in this age with cell phones and other technologies one should expect to be filmed or recorded during an interaction especially when it has to do with authority. I also believe roadblocks and check points are worthless. Just a damm show. Not bashing law enforcement would just like to see them out on patrol looking for crime, and as a citizen I dont appreciate the suspicion that I am possibly doing something wrong for driving through a check point. This is the same thing as impeding our gun rights in many ways in my mind. In the interest of safety lets stop and search everyone. There was no cause to stop this kid in the first place.

[OtterbatHellcat]

It's an anglo term for being a Stand Up Guy.

It could be varied to represent any racial background.

Speak to him like a "black man", instead of ebonics...etc etc.

[JDF]

So let me get this straight, cops can use photo radar to ticket me but then I'm not supposed to film them?

[mrghost]

It's an anglo term for being a Stand Up Guy.

It could be varied to represent any racial background.

Speak to him like a "black man", instead of ebonics...etc etc.

I think you're being very generous with your definition. But I'll leave it up to the author to expand if he so chooses.

[Rabid]

It's an anglo term for being a Stand Up Guy.

It could be varied to represent any racial background.

Speak to him like a "black man", instead of ebonics...etc etc.

So the only good man is a white man. I should be good then... There could have been much better word choices, you know, ones that do not sound completely racist.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Hey, it was a meager attempt on my part to divert the possibility of the thread going racial.

Weak, yes.

[rondog]

Ok, sorry about the "white man" thing. I only meant to talk to the cop in a civilized, non-confrontational manner. And there's been DUI checkpoints as long as there's been drinking drivers. Nothing new, and I fail to see how stopping people to find drivers under the influence violates anyone's rights. Unless a person's been drinking of course.

Other motorists have rights too, and drunks driving around endangering everyone kinda violates everybodys rights ya know. Catching them is a good thing, not a bad thing.

And cops have rights too. Refusing a simple request at a checkpoint only puts everyone on edge and alert unnecessarily. It sure appears that the driver had set up that camera for the express purpose of going to that checkpoint and causing a scene.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Either way in this age with cell phones and other technologies one should expect to be filmed or recorded during an interaction especially when it has to do with authority.

Good point BSZ

[battle_sight_zero]

And there's been DUI checkpoints as long as there's been drinking drivers. Nothing new, and I fail to see how stopping people to find drivers under the influence violates anyone's rights. Unless a person's been drinking of course.[/QUOTE]

Because there is no probable cause other than driving.