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

Chris Voluntaryist · 5.8M views · 2013-07-05 · 6:28

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Overview

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.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2014–2016

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Law, policing & justice Free speech, censorship & civil liberties

What people said

nickpsecurity · 2016-01 · Recommendation
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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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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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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