Opinion: DUI checkpoints violate rights
Kansas City, MO
The details surrounding the DUI checkpoint article (7/5, A-1, “Checkpoints result in low DUI arrest rates”) is an example of why we Americans have lost many of our freedoms.
Generally, the article debated the justification for DUI checkpoints based on two questions: Are DUI checkpoints cost-effective and productive enough? There should have been a much more important, third question: Are DUI checkpoints an unreasonable infringement upon innocent citizens’ constitutional rights?
In a society that promises lawful citizens maximum freedom, which American did at one time, if there is no evidence to connect you to a crime, then the police should have absolutely no power over you.
A free society does not allow, even for a good cause, the police to order you to stop so they can “investigate” you to see if perhaps you have committed a yet-undiscovered crime. If such police behavior is allowed to continue, it will likely be expanded upon. This means that at some point the police will be able to stop you when walking on the street so that they can “investigate” you.
This is not the America I want to live in.
Larry McMeins
Olathe
Labels: Kansas City MO DWI/DUI
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