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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
Fri Aug 9, 2013, 03:37 PM Aug 2013

GA Police Forcibly Removing Blood From Citizens Without Legitimate Probable Cause (VIDEO) Read more

Source: Addicting Info

Georgia is blatantly and purposefully flouting a recent Supreme Court decision by turning an important part of the civil justice system into a mere technicality in several counties. In Gwinett County, if you are stopped on suspicion of drunk driving and refuse to take a breath test, you will be strapped down, put in a headlock, and restrained while blood is forcibly removed from you — and it doesn’t matter if you are compliant with the blood test or not.

In the shocking and disturbing video below, you will see the front lines of the liberty vs. safety warfront. The Fourth Amendment was designed to protect against things like this. However, back in 2005, the Supreme Court ruled it was not unconstitutional for law enforcement to forcibly remove blood from noncompliant suspects — and then, in 2013, ruled that except in cases of serious offenses or emergencies, a warrant must be obtained before the seizure takes place. In several Georgia counties, that warrant is just a technicality — in fact, that step may as well not exist, thus rendering the Supreme Court’s decision irrelevant.

Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/08/08/ga-police-forcibly-removing-blood-without-legitimate-probable-cause/#ixzz2bUTvkHdx

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GA Police Forcibly Removing Blood From Citizens Without Legitimate Probable Cause (VIDEO) Read more (Original Post) Cryptoad Aug 2013 OP
"Dracula Squad" KansDem Aug 2013 #1

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
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Fri Aug 9, 2013, 03:57 PM
Aug 2013

How do cops get a "search warrant?" Are there magistrates up all hours of the night to sign off on "search warrants?" And are these "search warrants" issued based on the cops' "evidence?"

I really don't want some rube poking a needle in my arm...

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