Originally Posted by stewie01

Alright guys, saw a video someone posted online about a DUI checkpoint on July 4th. Dude pulls up to the officer, has his window down about 2-3", officer asks him to roll it all the way down, kid (21) refuses and starts citing his constitutional rights, welp after enough officers surround his car he finally pulls over, gets out of the car and is questioned by police, they bring a K9 into sniff for illegal drugs, they claim the dog was onto something so they searched the car, found nothing but the guys video camera, which was recording the entire incident, they turned it towards the seat cushion once they found it. They found no drugs or anything and he was eventually let go.

So my question, if you come up to the DUI checkpoint or any police checkpoint, do you simply comply, roll the window ALL the way down, show some I.D. and be on your way?

Or do you bitch about the constitution and get searched?

My personally, I think it's much easier just to comply and not make such a big fuss over nothing.

Originally Posted by Thornloe Pride

Yeah I could believe that. It's very rare that it goes below -35 here but when it does, I stay inside lol. When you walk out the door it literally takes your breath away and when you add the wind factor in there, it can be dangerous for any length of time.

Originally Posted by jkeaton

Do a search on you tube for "checkpoint refusal", tons of videos on it. From what I understand, at any checkpoint, you are not legally reauired to say anything (5th amendment) and they cannot legally search with out cause (4th amendment). BUT, as shown in that particular video, the dogs are trained to act on command. So if they don't naturally "hit" on something, the trainer/owner/cop can command the dog to perform the "act" which indicates it has "hit" something, therefore giving them probable cause to remove you and search. These "checkpoints" are a clear violation of the 4th amendment. How you handle these situations all depends on how willing you are to stand up for your constitutional rights. I'm just glad they don't have any immigration checkpoints around here. Youre best defense is to keep asking "Am I being detained?" and "Am I free to go?" Police or anyone cannot detain you without probable cause.

Originally Posted by aofarrell2

Yep don't have to say a WORD. But if you don't want trouble and don't mind too much that they break your rights, just be nice to them and they'll just wave you by. If you're a hot Texan who defends your rights with a gun, then simply state the facts and be prepared for trouble. Personally the cops around here simply know better than to mess with me so they leave me alone...

Originally Posted by stewie01

Pain in the butt just to pop the hood....