Comments on: New York State Police sued for conducting motorcycle-only roadblocks

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:55:32 +0000

I was stopped at 2 motorcycle must exit inspection points by the NYS troopers.One on 5/22/09 Cobleskill, NY exit ramp off I88, for AM JAM. all vehilcles and bikes on one side. One at the rest area north of exit 17n, So. Glenns Falls, 6/5/ 9, a few exits so from Lake George Viilage during the Americade bike week event, Also by the NYS troopers, bikes only. I was passed on. Both times. They look for non enspection stickers and registrations and DOT helmets and loud pipes. I was back and forth from Lake George earlier that day so it should be going off the ramps like Cobleskill because it is an unsafe unexpected expieriance ive ever had, never in my life was I pulled off an exit or told get off. Im glad I wasnt a never rider there nervous enough. Maybe at intersections on secondary roads where bikes come from all directions. But I 87 during rush hour is dangerous., Where not truckers and we dont pay attention to small exit signs expecially if i was riding in the passing lane coming along side a tractor trailor in the center lane and not looking or expecting such an inspection point, Not every bike is going to the Americade, Im a professional driver and drive all day, Not a tractor trailer driver. I always keep my eyes on the road.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:06:44 +0000

You haven’t even gotten to equal protection under the law, which would seem to be the cornerstone to a case like this.

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:17:22 +0000

Did he died?

By: Stoney Browning

Stoney Browning — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:24:18 +0000

At the center of the loss of our rights is the tired old saw “We must keep our kids free of drugs!” And even though this case gas nothing to do with drugs, every time that saw is pronounced, you can be sure more of our rights will hit the deck!

Right now, the police can kick down your door at three o’ clock in the morning, swarm in with a S.W.A.T. team, and terrorize every person within! No drugs? No probable cause except for maybe an “Anonymous Informant”?

OOPS! Too Bad! “But you should be thankful to our brave police officers for trying to keep our schools free of drugs!”

Tell me something! Can the cops keep the prisons free of drugs? No? Well if they can’t keep the prisons free of drugs, then how the hell are they going to keep the schools free of drugs!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:51:24 +0000

It’s Nazi not NATZI.

Calling them NAZI won’t gain you any sympathy no matter if they are wrong or not. Which they are. But the NAZI allegations don’t help anything. It’s American government abusing power.

By: Volt

Volt — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:40:27 +0000

I don’t know which is more disqusting; Police leadership’s ordering cops to do un-constitutional road blocks, or the cops willfully following these orders.

Following orders is not an excuse, breaking the oath to defend the constitution as all officers swear to do is criminal and all officers who do so should be charged and tried for failure to uphold their oath. Can someone please bring police training methods out to the public?

By: Eric Higgins

Eric Higgins — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:26:09 +0000

We need more attorneys to challenge all the unconstitutional NATZI check points the police set up.If you aren’t visually breaking any law,they should have no reason to stop you ! They keep chipping our rights away a little at a time, Americans better wake up before all our freedom is gone. Once they’re all gone it will be too late.

By: Gary Wheeler

Gary Wheeler — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:26:14 +0000

About time! They will surely lose……..But with the Looney Left in charge you never know. We need to stop these actions. It would help if we were all minorities and then we could call it racial profiling, but I’m only a WASP.