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Originally Posted by alaskaman
I think that the video is important and useful. The fact that the cops violated the law is the key point. Protect and Serve. Let's think about what the intent means.
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While I still can't view it, given the comments I've seen on how it went down (dog alerted, car searched) I don't see where the law was violated by the officer. Even if a dog alerts and there turns out to be nothing, the officer won't be held liable because - at the time - he thought there was a valid reason to search.
"Protect and serve"
at a DUI checkpoint is more about protecting and serving OTHERS than it is about the guy who doesn't feel like he wants to be detained for an extra 30 seconds.
Personally, if it could save someone's life by taking a drunk off the road, I'll stop and cooperate, to include the interminable hassle of rolling my window all the way down...
