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4th of July DUI Checkpoint - Drug Dogs, Searched without Consent, while Innocent

4th of July DUI Checkpoint - Drug Dogs, Searched without Consent, while Innocent

Chris Voluntaryist
1 HN recommenders · discussed 2014–2016
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About this video

A driver films a police DUI checkpoint on the 4th of July where a drug dog alerts on his car and he is searched without consent, though he broke no laws. He is released without charges after officers learn he was recording.

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HN commenters cite it as an example of police cueing drug dogs to justify searches.

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nickpsecurity · 2016-01 · rec

There's a lot of speculation in articles and comments despite video evidence available for this sort of thing. Here's a step-by-step video of what they do for anyone interested that also shows them cue the dog: [VIDEO]

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jonathanp12 · 2014-12 · reference

I don't like the idea of animals being able to determine whether a person gets their 4th amendment right or not. Also getting "caught" with $350,000 is irksome but theres probably been enough comments on here about civil forfeiture lately. EDIT: reason for my opinion: [VIDEO]

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radiorental · 2015-08 · reference

You can watch this 6 minute video of a stop, I've linked to where the officer was caught triggering the search [VIDEO] It happens.

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