SHERIFF’S OFFICE REFUSES TO PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE ‘BLOOD DRAW’ CHECKPOINTS
Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 10 months ago to The Gulch: General
I wonder who thought this was a good idea in the first place?
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Time for Georgia drivers to revolt.
I wish this were about the former Soviet Georgia.
First is the presumption of guilt that is being laid on every driver on this road.
Second is the sheer stupidity of stopping everyone going down the road for anything other than reasonable suspicion. This isn't a border crossing.
Third is the suspension of Fourth Amendment rights. How is it legal to force a blood draw without a SPECIFIC warrant for that individual?
I hope this gets taken to court and those who instituted this policy get fired and jailed.
Greetings, zis is Count the Cop Comrade Citizen, pulling drivers over und instructing zem to say, "Vat do you vant from me? Blood?"
Zat is when I burp, emit mein creepy laugh und say, "Only if it is spiked."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zYrLJGj...
same song, 7,324th verse: do they care? no, no, no, no, NO!
When I saw that, my thought was - don't they use a similar technique to perform lethal injections? Hey, as long as the serf is under their control, why not give him a tracking implant and ID chip... Obviously it's warranted, as he had this silly notion of having rights, and then said they were being violated...
(Sadly, I hear this from a preponderance of the serfs - especially the younger ones...)
I almost got fired* because I refused to draw or process any 'legal blood alcohols'. I had no problem doing medical blood alcohols (person found unconscious or delusional), but I would not draw for legal purposes (though I would have if the patient had freely asked me to). I personally believe that this violates the 5th Amendment by making your own body 'testify' against you. If you are visibly unsafe in your driving, then the police have evidence based on that behavior (and it does not matter if it is due to alcohol or the fact that you were crying your eyes out 'cause your guy just dumped you or were too tired to drive and were falling asleep at the wheel).
Jan
*What saved me is that very few med techs LIKE to work graveyard shift. If they had fired me, all of the med techs in the lab would have had to pull Call after hours until they found another licensed MT to pull the shift).
sometimes, that's all it takes to stop evil in its tracks - one person who says "no".
It's so much easier to make up little excuses to make life easier. Not taking the easy route inspires every other person watching, even if they don't say anything, even if they don't agree with you. By doing the right thing, even for people who disagree you've put the question on the table: is this moral. How they answer it is less important that they see it as debatable. This doesn't even mention the courage you give to people who agree.
Jan
Some jurisdictions allow you to refuse a "blow", but those people who do are getting a sharp shock. It's a mess, because it's administered on a county level.
Interesting the sheriff wants to use this to "educate" the citizens he can get a warrant and force them to have their blood drawn against their will... What kind of education is this?
Then again... Isn't this one of those counties that made the news for using military vehicles for police work (allegedly for "public safety", actually as a form of "Public education and control")?
Hopefully his constituents will boot his butt right out the door next election.
The legality is supposedly based on a telephone warrant by a magistrate or judge.
We've got a week, folks. I gave up politics, as I've said, because it's bad for me - but that doesn't mean I'm bad at it. Find out where the candidates are appearing, and ask them if there is open questioning. If there isn't open questioning, heckle them with the question, pointing out that you would be happy to sit down and shut up when they answer it. Don't take any nonsense about "I don't know about it": make an appointment within the next 3 days to allow them to find out about it. Find out.
I want to know the states where this is happening, and I'm going to start with Colorado.
to prove that we must be vigilant FOR our governments
since they will not do their jobs and maintain vigilance
on our behalf.
let's see::: we hire them to do a job, and then
have to do part of that job -- defending our
freedoms -- because they won't do it. sucks. -- j
excellent question, but will it ever be answered? probably not.
Give someone a little power and low and behold they think they are king. It comes from the top down as in the case of 0. this type of behavior is happening all over the country and it will continue to happen. sure this incident was exposed but that doesn't help those who were initially affected by it. the "i'm sorry" attitude is meaningless, because they who perpetrated the event are not. there is no stopping the degradation of what was OUR country. those who follow these orders are our enemies. more nails.