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Big Brother Can Come
I truly believe (or hope) that most law enforcement officers and politicians are honest, but as every new law is being passed that erodes our constitutional rights as human beings it makes me wonder. Was the war on drugs a worthy cause or just a excuse to evoke fear in the public where the government can abuse it's own citizens rights. According to the 1999 World Almanac, polls indicate drug use among teenagers is HIGHER in 1999 than in 1975! So the war on drugs was lost, but the war on violating citizen's rights, privacy and amendment rights were WON due to the US Supreme Court who have been fooled, by passing privacy rights to help promote police and government intrusion as I have reported to you of. Think about it, before they take away your freedom of thought. In New York City the mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1999 imposed his vintage tough guy image by using a city rule that was originally designed for drug traffickers. Mayor Giuliani imposed random check points where the police can stop you if they suspect your a drunk driver. If a person is stopped and found to be driving under the influence then the police can take their car away. Even if the driver is found NOT GUILTY in criminal court the city can still keep the person's car! The individual must then use their financial resources and try to regain their car through civil court. As stated earlier, the state has all the financial resources it needs at the tax payers expense where as the accused must rely on their own money to regain property by paying lawyers. Many other states have called and probably want to install this type of monitoring, stealing of citizen's property into their own cities. Of course all the confiscated property will go on public auction and will go into the local police's funds. Be ready for road blocks in your city soon. While opponents of mayor Giuliani actions blasted him with his authoritarian policy, the mayor who was a former US prosecutor who has variously cracked down on organized crime, nude dancing, and jaywalking, dismissed his critics saying, " It isn't punishment, it's remedial. " The US Supreme Court ruled in April, 1999 6 to 3 that cops can now stop your car at random with no search warrant and search it PLUS search a person's purse. Toledo law professor states, " The court is focused on giving law enforcement every possible tool to apprehend, seek out, and find criminals and contraband. " Civil libertarians view it as I do that people should not have their right to privacy violated merely because they are driving in a car. Anyone knows that there are fascists, crooked cops out there that will abuse this and fall back on the old cliché' probable cause or some other lame excuse because they may not like the person's race, sexual preference, or they have nothing better to do than exploit their egotistic minds and exploit their authority just because they can and get away with it.
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