Massive Roadblock by Maryland Police

[Shotgun Jeremy]

Massive Roadblock, Warrantless Searches in Maryland

Wow-looks like up north, they just don't give a crap about warrants or rights.

 

[ROGER4314]

Obama set the pace. The Constitution and Bill of Rights are being peed on almost daily.

Flash

 

[Polarbear6]

Sadly, this sort of thing no longer surprises me

 

[Sapper740]

Rockville Police Chief Tom Manger remained defiant and unapologetic when he told local station WTOP, "For those folks that wondered how is that the police can just walk through traffic like that and get folks to show their hands, get folks to pop their trunks, between the exigency of the circumstances and the information that we had, it gave us the legal foundation to do what we did".
Really? I'm sure former Mayor Ray Nagin and NOPD thought the "exigency of the circumstances" was sufficient cause for un-Constitutional search and seizure of legally owned firearms after Hurricane Katrina too.

 

[txinvestigator]

"easy bake gun club news"? lol

did net the bank robbers and the stolen $7,000 dollars.

On the outset, this reads like an unjustifiable set of searches. That said, we want the police to catch criminals, especially violent ones. I'd like more information on the robbery and subsequent escape by the robbers.

 

[vmax]

typical over-reacting on this site.

those seaches were all consensual searches

"Sir.. you don't mind if we look in your trunk do you?"

 

[Odiferous]

Maryland, My Maryland....so much for the "Free State."

 

[Sapper740]

typical over-reacting on this site.

those seaches were all consensual searches

"Sir.. you don't mind if we look in your trunk do you?"

Judging by the girth of the cop in black, it's lucky the driver hadn't just left a Dunkin' Donuts. "Sir, do you have a receipt for those donuts? No? Well, I'd better take them into custody for evi....URP!....dence."

 

[Flewda]

Normally I wouldn't post something mocking somebody's physical stature, but given what this guy appears to be involved in, this was the first thing that came to mind:

 

[vmax]

just so everyone knows, the pic I posted was for sarcastic effect and was not from the actual event that the topic covers.

 

[Acera]

just so everyone knows, the pic I posted was for sarcastic effect and was not from the actual event that the topic covers.

Yes, I do..............but that does not mean I did not save a copy of it for future use on another unrelated thread

 

[Mic]

I don't like the looks of that kind of crap.

 

[Odiferous]

typical over-reacting on this site.

those seaches were all consensual searches

"Sir.. you don't mind if we look in your trunk do you?"

To paraphrase Jules Winfield "Just so you know, Ringo - this isn't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me."

 

[mitchntx]

According to news reports, it was an armed robbery.

So the thought process here was to stop traffic, condense the population of innocent people and go car to car, with weapons drawn, looking for felons who had their own guns.

While effective in getting the bad guys off the street, I'm not sure that was the best tactical move.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Wow, it might have been bad if they found the robbers & gotten into a shootout, ya think...

 

[XinTX]

Wow, it might have been bad if they found the robbers & gotten into a shootout, ya think...

My thoughts too. Had a shootout ensued with all those cars in close proximity, 'collateral damage' would have been high.