Checkpoints
Police Throw Up Roadblocks to Much Needed Reform
The excessive use of force in Ferguson focused attention on the danger of police militarization. But there is another consequence that doesn’t show up on gritty streets of any-town USA. To understand it, you need to roam the clean safe halls of America’s...The Stealing of America by the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress
“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy Call it what you will—taxes, penalties, fees, fines, regulations, tariffs, tickets, permits, surcharges, tolls, asset...Tennessee legislature votes unanimously to nullify some federal roadside checkpoints
A bill which would nullify federal “voluntary” checkpoints in the Volunteer State State moved another step towards law today. Sen. Mike Bell filed Senate Bill 1485 in January (SB1485). It passed on Jan 27 unanimously by a 37-0 vote. And today, the House concurred by a...
Tennessee bill to nullify some federal roadside checkpoints moves forward
A bill which would nullify federal “voluntary” checkpoints in the Volunteer State State moved another step towards law this week. Tennessee state Rep. Jimmy Matlock introduced HB1652 back in January. The bill would bar “voluntary” roadblocks designed to...