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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: country bob who wrote (33714)4/28/2005 12:33:50 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
I don't know about your state, but here, you can always refuse (politely) the invitation to do a field sobriety test.

Refuse the breathalyzer and you lose your license for a year, but they have to have a basis to insist on the breathalyzer.

But the field sobriety test, or answering questions about where you were, how much you drank? Tell them, politely of course, you'd rather not say.

Cops go orbital when someone politely reminds them they know what their rights are.

My daughter was at a party last year. Cops claimed they got a noise complaint. They asked all the kids (HS age) to submit to breathalyzer tests. My daughter (who had not been drinking) politely refused. Sent them orbital. They called me to come get her, thinking that I'd be pissed.

My response? I was glad my little 4th amendment lecture sunk in.

Some cop asks you to do something he doesn't have the right to ask, tell him to go pound sand (politely of course). Drives them nuts.
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