I hear it right here in the Gulch. I remember when I posted the infamous body cavity roadside search post-there were lots comments supporting the officers' actions. I was stunned, frankly

oh and successful campaigns by MADD

courtesy of the war on drugs

Sheriff is an elected office.

Hopefully his constituents will boot his butt right out the door next election.

Exactly. I am guessing the Sheriff wants to stop this long enough so the press coverage goes away. They really need to find out who authorized this.

Just in time for Halloween--
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."

There are so many problems with this I don't even know where to start.

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.

Local reaction? Likely, none, as they police *must* have had a reason to do that, otherwise they wouldn't have, therefore the guy has to be guilty!

(Sadly, I hear this from a preponderance of the serfs - especially the younger ones...)

I thought of that as well. I think when the Police have probable cause and a warrant the person is taken to a hospital to have their blood drawn. I would be going nuts if they tried this in my town. I wonder what the local reaction will be?

Jails and Police Stations are notoriously NOT the cleanest places on the planet, so you trust them to stick something into your arm? Gross!!

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...

Pennsylvania does checkpoints where officers stop all vehicles and if someone shows signs of being impaired they are questioned further. If not, you go on your way. I just can't fathom why any law enforcement officer thought this was a good idea...or legal.

Of course... they were just following orders...

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")?

I can barely understand: you don't want anyone to drive with an impairment. So in the fear that an inexperienced officer cannot spot a drunken driver by the way he handles his vehicle, they stop everybody, drunk or sober. So now at least one sheriff's office says, "No more."

I don't know. but I can tell you that doesn't happen in the country I'm in. There is this insidious slow frog boiling of consent, this will be over quickly, it's court ordered which makes it "right" the head hold, the emotionless participation of the officers. Some get off on that, and you know that-I'd say the buzz cut sheriff for one. It's out of a graphic novel. I won't sleep tonight

Yes. Six professionals agree to take part in this. None of which understand the Constitution or they just don't care. I wonder how many cities have done this or have plans of doing it?

control. they are training our law enforcement in police state techniques. They may say it's for "safety" but did you watch that video??!!! Once I have you strapped down, I can not only take your blood, but you're alarmed and combative, I can give you a drug to calm you down...I can waterboard you for information. It's chilling enough, that 6 professionals, including the nurse drawing blood, are eerily calm (the guy who puts them in a head hold!) -but what was the most chilling, were the women. They went to that gurney willingly-and the smallest woman-did you see the shock and fear in her eyes once they had strapped her down? They went willingly...

I hope they keep up the pressure and find out who initiated this.

I wonder why the forced blood draw? If they have a warrant give them a choice of pleading guilty to DUI or a blood test.

Good job, Infowars.

Time for Georgia drivers to revolt.

wtf! I hadn't seen THIS yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zYrLJGj...

YES!