"We do not want a police state, and it seems we are on the precipice of
becoming one in the name of DUI."
- Martin v. Commonwealth
âBecoming a Police Stateâ¦in the Name of DUIâ
Posted by Lawrence Taylor on August 30th, 2006
The following is from a presiding justiceâs dissenting opinion in a Pennsylvania appellate decision affirming a DUI conviction:
I must vigorously dissent from the well-written opinion of the majority, as it seems we are coming perilously close to turning a blind eye to questionable conduct by our police officers. While I acknowledge that our police officers are charged with the awesome and sometimes onerous responsibility of protecting the public, I cannot sanction the whisperings of the majority that that protection comes at the deprivation of the constitutional rights of citizenship. We do not want a police state, and it seems we are on the precipice of becoming one, in the name of DUI. I suggest that the Court, and the police, can ill afford to sanction this type of conduct.
"It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect
his country from its government."
- Thomas Paine
Wicky... I don't think you're gonna get much help on this one lol...
There's another town here in Texas... San Angelo... that seems to be all that they are about too.:hmm