the police are making the world a safer place. so some asshole doesnt drive drunk and kill your wife and kids on their way home from soccer practice. you love to hate on police but i bet you will be happy to see them when somebody is breaking into your house. get a life
I agree its a waste of my tax money. They don't catch drunks at these things, and should be spending more time and resources catching serial killers and rapists.
@960xray My grandmother doesn't drive fucktard. Plus a DUI checkpoint isn't going to stop a drunk from killing anyone. Your prolly one of these pigs in the video
@960xray I hope you don't die so when they take your rights away your rot in prison or suck your masters cock till your blue in the face then see what you think, you POS!
These stops are nothing more than conditioning. Conditioning the officers to perform more of these at whatever whim the government mandates (weapons checks, drugs or simply "papers please"). Conditioning the public to accept such asenine behavior.
stupid ass fucking cops. they should just patrol areas around bars or areas well known for drunk drivers not do bull shit check points and waste peoples times to catch 1 or 2 people...pathetic
@panther911100 did you not see the line of cars backed up for a mile or more?
those checkpoints are usually late at night, some people have to be up early, some people have strict schedules to conform to. these stops waste HOURS of the citizens precious time. those cops are paid, by our tax dollars, to waste our time too? so not only do we have to unwillingly give money to these assholes through taxes, but we have to give them our time too? no thanks.
Nice job of knowing what your rights are. I think with more people like you, people in Las Vegas won't be intimidated by LVMPD. Besides, they like to target practice on fleeing people..LOL
Bravo for standing up for all of our rights. We need more people in this country to support the constitution and resist the overreaching law enforcement.
Good for the police trying to save lives by catching drunk drivers. Anyone upset by this either has a warrant out for their arrest, or is desperately seeking attention.
@bwhitepwns, You must understand shades of gray to see this clearly. Ok, cops are trying to catch drunk drivers which is good, but this is ridiculous. We have our rights as the truly innocent, here you see them abusing those rights.
@bwhitepwns theyre not trying to catch drunk drivers, theyre imposing on innocent peoples lives under the guise of public safety. did you not read at the beginning of the video? DUI checkpoints do nothing but give police a reason to make arrests.
they use those arrest numbers to create a false importance of themselves to people like you.
wake up, when was the last time you saw "to protect and serve" on the side of a new patrol car?
you wont, because they dont go by that motto anymore.
@bwhitepwns Back in the 90s I couldn't believe black people were rooting for OJ. But they weren't they protesting the injustice the police inflict on them. I'm a law abiding white guy no DUIs or any arrests, but I had a little run in with the police where they threatened me and made me frightened that I would be arrested for NO reason. All I'm saying is be aware man times are a changin'.
Nice name lol. As far as I'm concerned, you'd tell no difference in tax payer dollars spent if there weren't DUI checkpoints. I think 2% of all DUI arrests may sound like few, but compared to how many there are a year, I'd say it's worth it. Saving one family from a stupid decision makes it worth it to me. No, I'm not a traffic cop, but I voluntarily work DUI checkpoints. Cops could care less about these activists opinions. They are just annoying and hold up those waiting.
This may be a late response, but I feel I had to clarify something. The police that conduct DUI checkpoints are part of the traffic division. That's all they do - traffic stuff. There are many, many more police that respond to the battery, domestic, etc crimes at the time of these checkpoints. Traffic never does those. As for my say in these...who cares if your stopped? If you got nothing illegal, big deal, you'll be on your way. People that fight just hold up the line of cars..
@RiseToGrace19 who cares if your stopped? I dont think thats the point...the point is that they are wasting tax payers money with pointless stops. And yes, these take a few minutes I have been through several. It is a pain in the ass. Have you seen the statistics for these stop points? They account for like 2% of the total DUI arrests a year...THAT IS A WASTE OF MONEY. Let me guess your a traffic cop? how was the overtime when you worked these?
as a person planning on being a law enforcement officer one day, I must say I'm rather annoyed at the utter disregard for law these officers show.
I realize that DUI is an irresponsible crime that needs to be prevented, however, harassing innocent civilians and disregarding professional courtesy is simply...
Alright i'm going to share my story of police brutality. i was in a local store (publix) and when i was looking at the milk a cop grab'd me and cuffed me for having a skate bored in a public are with a sight that said no skate bored's or motorized vehicles ( i understand they meant but i wasn't breaking the rule) so i had to be cuffed and waiting 20 mins before my cousin who was with me came out and told the cop he will take me home and make sure i dont break the rule again
Google "terry stop" and you will see it is precisely that - a "detention". But a terry stop, like the famous Ohio case confirms, requires sufficient lawful authority to detain a person against his will. A DUI checkpoint does not meet those basic minimum requirements and so the authority to detain a person is very very limited at a DUI checkpoint. That's the reason I didn't land in jail for my blatant disregard of the police officer's "orders".
@timf343 "That's the reason I didn't land in jail for my blatant disregard of the police officer's "orders"."
I don't know about that. I've seen videos of people at DUI checkpoints refusing to roll the window down all the way, ordered out of the car, and arrested for obstruction. You may assert your rights the same way the next time, and happen to get a cop that just doesn't care even the slightest about violating your rights right up to wrongfully arresting you.
@PatriotRadioMilitia Actually, in DUI checkpoints, there is no requirement of particularized suspicion (a subcategory of probable cause). Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 US 444 (1990). Furthermore, this guy's claim for a lawyer only kicks in if he's in custodial interrogation (a higher threshold of detention). Finally, avoiding shit? As in this guy doing a u-turn to video tape the officers? I don't think he was 'avoiding' much of anything.
These cops didn't really do anything wrong, they didn't harass or attack people, they were simply doing what they were told to do by the higher ups who have to fill quotas set by the draconian policies of the republican politicians you people voted into office.
The cops doing the deed didn't do anything wrong? That's what the Nazi privates and corporals said after WWII; "just following orders." An unlawful order (color of law) is wrong regardless of who the superior is and what he said.
If Democrats hands were clean you could bring Republicans into this as the problem. Both sides are guilty here, so why blame one side?
@BOLTofCalifornia Did you really just compare what these cops are doing to what the Nazi's did? That's beyond insulting, get some fucking perspective man.
Republicans and conservatives are far more culpable for these kinds of policies, fascism is a conservative philosophy.
I got the perspective; don't lose sight of the point.
1.) "Just following orders" is a poor excuse for violating a constitutionally protected Right.
2.) Politicians are usually at fault for our problems, but Nazi was a political party in Germany that was an abbreviation for National Socialist [party]. Socialists are not conservative - here or in Germany.
Your smoke and mirrors debate tactic didn't fool me.
@BOLTofCalifornia Sorry, but you are exceedingly dumb and misinformed. No rights were violated, as proved by the person making this video, he refused to cooperate and was sent on his way. Others had the same option, being ignorant of this makes no difference. You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Also, the Nazi's were fascists, a conservative ideology, it doesn't matter what the fuck they called it. You seem to have little understanding of these things.
If they are playing by the rules, then it's legal. Law is that if you do NOT consent to a sobriety test, they can just take you to jail anyway and charge you with a DUI, even if you werent drunk. While I do like people who stop power or law abusers, I disagree with this video. It's just me though. :|
Those are some fat ass cops. I guess vegas doesn't have any kind of fitness requirements for their jack booted thugs. I was hoping to see one have a grabber on video.
You are a true american and have a lot of courage. We might get theses in Texas one of these days. I would like to know what my rights are and you have helped.
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Boring... try that crap in LA and they'll probably take your camera and then kick your ass. Looks like your just another "Nut" trying to disguise himself as a "Constitutionalist". Go ahead and delete my post (I'm expecting you to) since you only want leave on here what you like... I had my say.
@2joboo I only delete posts with belligerent comments, cursing, or personal attacks with no substance.
If what you are saying is true, it sounds like LA residents have it worse than here in Vegas. Assault me and steal my property for filming from the sidewalk? Sounds like a street gang.
If that's the case, I beg you, as one freedom-loving American to another, please, do something about it! You can be a "nut" like me or you can do whatever else you feel might be effective.
@2joboo I am a Las Vegan and I happen to like Tim's videos. Thank you Tim. Glad to see somebody has balls still. As for you jooboo...you're a douchebag, and you deserve the slavery and starvation which is coming to you if you don't do something about it now/. And since you have no ability to recognize unauthorized search and seizure, I will be coming by your house dressed as a cop when the S*** hits the fan to take all your stuff.
@2joboo I am a Las Vegan and I happen to like Tim's videos. Thank you Tim. Glad to see somebody has balls still. As for you jooboo...you're a douchebag, and you deserve the slavery and starvation which is coming to you if you don't do something about it now/. And since you have no ability to recognize unauthorized search and seizure, I will be coming by your house dressed as a cop when the S*** hits the fan to take all your stuff.
@2joboo Police become pathetic, frightened little girls when you speak the words, "Officer, you are being streamed live to the internet at this moment."
Great vids....thanks for sharing. What's the best way to find out if the same laws apply to my state? I'm not interested in giving up any rights either.
Thank you for this valuable public service! Love how the pig in part 1 nearly choked when you refused him.
I have several friends who are cops in 4 diff agencies. All but 1 are riding a desk because they won't participate in plainly illegal and unconstitutional crimes like this, the 4th is a "bunny cop" lucky enough to work for an agency where the old-school "peace officer" ethos manages to live on. Surprisingly even there, he's progressing up the ladder because the public LIKES HIM.
Which could be true or not true. Who is to say they are not lying. Just like Michael Savage says "11 million illegals are reported to live in the country how do you not know it's 40 million" paraphrased as best as I could.
@CheckpointUSA How do we know those reports on your website and blog are true and not made up? Before you go saying about their own website (law enforcement) nowadays you just take any information as "TRUE". To me it's all lies that cannot be proven. Who is to say what they report is true.
I really couldn't care less if you believe the reports on my website or not lifeisnothingbutalie. If you're too lazy to do your own due diligence, that's not my problem. For those who want independent verification, all they need do is submit their own FOIA requests to the government agencies conducting these suspicionless checkpoints and their state's office of highway safety, not to mention the NHTSA.
In other words, it's really easy to get this information directly from the horse's mouth.
You, sir, are a GREAT AMERICAN! We all know that the cops are trying to make filming them illegal so that there is no accountability for them (and there is still practically none, even with video tape).
Tim you are such a TOOL!!! You will be the first to cry when you need a cop but yet give them a hard time for doing their jobs. I agree with PolishPrisoner feel free to treat law enforcement of other countries like this and see what you get. Next time get the sargent's name correct. I hope they target your ass!
Timf343, I agree with you 100%, drunk driving is indeed a serious problem in our society but DUI checkpoints and detaining innocent people is a inefficient way to solve that problem, I was so glad to see you stand your ground in Part 1. Police intimidation against law abiding citizens has got to stop and I applaud you for making these videos. Just think of how many of those drivers were stopped & detained while doing nothing illegal yet had a schedule to keep costing them precious time & money.
Had you exhibited these actions to the police forces of countless other nations worldwide you would have been dragged from your car, beaten, and imprisoned. Show some respect to the American men and women who suffer low wages to keep our nation safe. Next time you're in a car accident and the police are the first to arrive you'll think differently if the first point doesn't move you enough.
I know families that have been destroyed by drunk drivers. I'm sorry but this looks like veiled cop-hating to me. It seems only the drunks have something to worry about. You don't think a few minutes of your time is worth getting the these dangerous idiots off the road? DUI checkpoints are perfectly constitutional if conducted according to State Law. Your efforts will surely result in people getting arrested for obstructing police. You are giving bad advice sir.
Not bad advice at all Charger411. Regardless of whether some courts have upheld brief suspicionless seizures at limited scope dui checkpoints, all the courts still fully recognize an individual's right to remain silent while being detained & questioned.
If you were truly worried about removing drunks from the road, you'd be demanding that police stop using inefficient checkpoints & conduct roving patrols instead which studies have proven are nearly 10x more effective than checkpoints.
What an idiot!!! So how many drunk drivers do you want standing their ground so they arent arrested? However, you'll probably be the first to complain about the police not doing their jobs when someone you know gets killed by a drunk driver. If these checkpoints save 1 life isnt that worth all the moneyi nthe the world!! Get a life and focus your enrgy on something that will truly help the world! People like you are just never happy regardless of what the police do.
Every time I'm in one of these I literally just make the first legal U-turn. I have never been stopped doing so. These are completely unconstitutional and I will have no part in playing East German for a night.
Maybe when a drunk driver crashes into your family's car and kills every single family member you have because he decided to drive drunk, just maybe you might have a little more respect for dui checkpoints. And you should learn the law just a bit more before you act like you know what you're talking about.
I'm hoping that you're not just "spinning your wheels" and actually sent a copy of this to their State Supreme Court office. The road blocks have to be followed "to the letter" in order to remain "legal." If you acted fast enough, this would have blown their entire opperation and the site would be deemed illegal by the State Supreme Court. At the very least, the MC (sign) officer would be fired, along with the site coordinator who must oversee compliance. You'd have to give up anonymity though.
So 5 checkpoints this weekend. Let's just say conservatively there were around 25 cops at each checkpoint. 25 cops x 40 hours = 1000 police hours to catch 58 drunks. I searched LVMPD's Crime View web site for all the burglaries, homicides, robberies and assault/battery calls for the weekend within 1 mile of each of these checkpoints. There were 38 calls by victims of crimes. I wonder how many of those were solved? Wonder if we dedicated 1000 police hours to trying to solve them?
@timf343 How do you know it's overtime? Did you go to their payroll department and made sure or just making that up to suit your needs? How do you know scheduled shifts were not changed to be able to do those operations? How do you know the lady in the car stopped by the police was because she tried to avoid the checkpoint? You said you heard the siren and started video taping after the fact. How do you know she committed no infractions? Did you ask the police officer or lady for a reason?
Most sobriety checkpoints conducted across the country are paid for by grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as administered through each state's highway safety office lifeisnothingbutalie. These federal grants are used specifically to pay for officer over time and equipment for conducting such checkpoints.
How do I know this? Because I've researched it through federal & state freedom of information requests, some of which can be found on my website & blog.
@timf343 I only see you videotaping from a distance. Before posting any "factual" evidence please make sure to state your sources. I could say the opposite thing. "For every 100 people stopped 40 were arrested for DUI." I know you said you went to their website but who knows if that is true. Post a link to those numbers.
Sobriety checkpoint statistics from across the country show that the average dui arrest rate at these checkpoints hovers at around 0.7% lifeisnothingbutalie. A multi-year study in TN showed this as did a multi-year study in PA. In AZ, local jurisdictions are coming up with similar results. You can see some of the reports on my website & blog. In a TN Supreme Court case, they even compared roving patrols to checkpoints & found roving patrols 10x more effective & used fewer man-hours to boot.
@timf343 spending our money to reinforce the idea of our servitude all part of the NWO plan to destroy america imo.
you cannot have world government until you have destroyed america and to do it, you must indoctrinate the people into servitude and eliminate all forms of culture while depriving them of essential liberties
indeed it is ignorance of the law itself and arrogance with regard to it that is the source of so much injustice.
@timf343 awesome job, glad to see other not scared to take a stand, I was walking home a couple days ago when I seen a DUI checkpoint & after I got my cam I headed back to tape them, & I was questioning the watch commander on how many ppl they stop & after a couple of hrs they got 0, but they did swipe a car while I was taping. & as usual the cops were invading in people's privacy's but when I asked the head to identify himself he wouldn't!
I'm glad Memphis doesn't do DUI Checkpoints. More shit to tie up the cops.... Shit, I can't get an officer out to my house when my shit has been broken into for at least 15-20minutes, and the dispatch has told me while my car was being broken into (watching the guy do it...) that I should avoid contact with him, but wait for police. 45minutes later a cop comes driving by my house and doesn't even stop. Gotta love the city
So waiting to hear how many civil and constitutional rights were "trampled" upon by the unlaw Las Vegas Metro PD this holiday? Hmmm maybe the caught a few bad guys, put a few in jail, saved someones life....just maybe?
@terryw007 Memorial Day weekend they ran FIVE checkpoints. 8 hours each. That's 40 total hours of checkpoint activity in which they stopped more than 15,000 vehicles! And how many DUI arrests did they make? 58. Do the math on that, it's less than 0.4%. They arrested one DUI for every 258 innocent people they stopped. Maybe they saved a life, and maybe they cost one, who's to say?
@timf343 How about you say whether or not those 58 drunk people should have been out driving. And this isn't about "old boy can handle himself on the road," but rather the law as you would see it fairly applied. The Supreme Court of the United States has already ruled that these checkpoints are LEGAL under the Constitution in a 6-3 decision (see Michigan State Police v. Sitz). Keep in mind that those six judges have a lot more jurisprudential experience than you could ever hope for.
@110110111 What a terrible thing to say! It seems you have missed my point entirely. I am not pro-drunk driver. I support police capturing impaired drivers. Just stop detaining innocent people! A roving patrol is one way that is 3 times more effective at capturing impaired drivers, and zero innocent people are detained. Where's the down side? By the way, I hope no one you love is killed by a drunk driver, especially while police are too busy stopping thousands of innocent/sober drivers.
@110110111 why in god's name would you say that t someone????????????? wishing someone to be killed by a drunk driver... you have way to much time on your hands and you need to go get a life and maybe a job...
@terryw007 We should let the police check our houses everyday to make sure we don't have anything illegal and harmful right? I GUARANTEE it could save some lives. We should also allow the police to search our cars whenever they please as well because HEY someone could have an illegal weapon they could use against others as well as the cop right? Anyone who is willing to sacrifice liberty for the sake of safety deserves neither.
Tim, while I for the most part support the LVMPD to the fullest...I thank you for what you are doing...its ordinary citizens like yourself that keep government services honest and accountable. Thanks!
Would you mind posting what exactly you had on the sheet of paper you held up to the window? I'm interested in exactly what it said, because it looked like it made a difference in their response.
WOW! That was a waste of my time. Your not michael moore. If you wanted to REALLY make a political statement it shouldn't be some lame ass thing concerning signs on the floor and a peace officer following you. Pathetic. Get a life loser...
Its the way police try and intimidate the citizens that bothers me. Uninformed people who get bullied by police. I respect the law and so should they (the police). I believe you're doing a public service timf343, keeping these officers in check. Respect the law and know your rights! Thank you timf343
yep, that's alot of crap that they can back up so many cars and inconvenience so many people in an extreme fashion like that. I would think that alone makes the particular checkpoint illegal and not within the scope of its allowance.
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So whats your point? Drunk driving is a good thing? Your above the law? Your zoom in shows them following you from a half mile away? What is your point? You have a hard on against authority with nothing better to do than video tape Police trying to keep idiot drunks in Las Vegas from killing innocents which seems to be happening on a weekly if not daily basis there?
@terryw007 Of course not! Don't put words in my mouth. I believe getting impaired drivers off the road is very important, as you can see from my other comments here. Take those same cops who will be standing around for 8 straight hours, put them behind the wheel of a patrol car, and send them patrolling around the bars and casino corridors. You'll catch far more drunk drivers than at a publicized checkpoint location, and you'll do it without detaining innocent people!
@terryw007 If Las Vegas really cared about stopping drunk driving they would not allow alcohol billboards to be posted on the HIGHWAYS. I am against drunk driving too but these check points do nothing but harass the locals. Police should set up check points closer to the strip, where the most bars and casinos are prominent, not in the middle of the suburbs.
Lucky this happened in the US? I think its pretty unlucky that police officers are violating the law anywhere, especially in the country I live in. They werent trying to find drunk drivers, they were clearly bent on wasting innocent people's time.
I am all for maximum penalties on DUI's and catching more drunk drivers. However, I don't agree that checkpoints are the right way to go about it.
But whether you think checkpoints should happen or not, there is no question there were several violations of law by the police. And that's an intolerable abuse of power that must be stopped.
If police had not broken the law, I wouldn't have made the video. They will arrest you if you break the law, why can't I hold them accountable when they do?
You're lucky this happened in the United States you fat bastard. These men are trying to make sure a drunk asshole doesn't plow into you through a red light intersection. Go to hell. Good video either way.
@PolishPrisoner One day you guys will get over your communist totalitarian hangover and realize that there is even more freedom to be had. Good job on the fights won up to this point though.
those are some hardcore gang-banging pirates. looks like they bang for the lvpd.
be careful around criminals like that as they are unpredictable and are known to kill and use violence against innocent people.
MedicalMarijuanaMini 2 weeks ago
That's called "defensive psycho mode". No courage, only shame by apathy.
trybal007 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from timf343
the police are making the world a safer place. so some asshole doesnt drive drunk and kill your wife and kids on their way home from soccer practice. you love to hate on police but i bet you will be happy to see them when somebody is breaking into your house. get a life
960xray 4 weeks ago
@960xray You're naive and stupid a potent mixture.
Terophorm 2 weeks ago
I agree its a waste of my tax money. They don't catch drunks at these things, and should be spending more time and resources catching serial killers and rapists.
LtBitter 1 month ago in playlist More videos from timf343
@LtBitter how bout wen the drunk hits your grandma and kills her
960xray 4 weeks ago
@960xray My grandmother doesn't drive fucktard. Plus a DUI checkpoint isn't going to stop a drunk from killing anyone. Your prolly one of these pigs in the video
LtBitter 3 weeks ago
What was the paper you showed the cop in video 1
cavadust1 1 month ago
looks like a big waste of tax dollars. why do we put up with this bullshit. go find the criminals you fucking pig idiots.
01thehookster 1 month ago
Vids like this show how ridiculous cops are. What a shameful occupation.
bluemanor 1 month ago
@bluemanor i hope somebody breaks into your house and murders your famuly and the cops dont show up because they are too full of shame
960xray 4 weeks ago
@960xray I hope you don't die so when they take your rights away your rot in prison or suck your masters cock till your blue in the face then see what you think, you POS!
az13klf 2 weeks ago
I don't know why you are so upset at least these checkpoints catch a lot of illegal Mexicans and that's a good thing.
Aethan001 2 months ago
These stops are nothing more than conditioning. Conditioning the officers to perform more of these at whatever whim the government mandates (weapons checks, drugs or simply "papers please"). Conditioning the public to accept such asenine behavior.
Don't put up with this.
elitedefense72 6 months ago
While he was stopping that lady in the end.. you should have run over and put the signs back up lol
elitedefense72 6 months ago
stupid ass fucking cops. they should just patrol areas around bars or areas well known for drunk drivers not do bull shit check points and waste peoples times to catch 1 or 2 people...pathetic
armyrob211 6 months ago
why are DUI checkpoints bad? there only helping us from drunk drivers.
Would you rather stop checkpoints or drunk drivers from crashing into innocent families.
panther911100 6 months ago
@panther911100 did you not see the line of cars backed up for a mile or more?
those checkpoints are usually late at night, some people have to be up early, some people have strict schedules to conform to. these stops waste HOURS of the citizens precious time. those cops are paid, by our tax dollars, to waste our time too? so not only do we have to unwillingly give money to these assholes through taxes, but we have to give them our time too? no thanks.
OMGItsWeasel 6 months ago
Nice job of knowing what your rights are. I think with more people like you, people in Las Vegas won't be intimidated by LVMPD. Besides, they like to target practice on fleeing people..LOL
crecoulston03 7 months ago
Bravo for standing up for all of our rights. We need more people in this country to support the constitution and resist the overreaching law enforcement.
TenemaesLament 7 months ago
Good for the police trying to save lives by catching drunk drivers. Anyone upset by this either has a warrant out for their arrest, or is desperately seeking attention.
bwhitepwns 8 months ago
@bwhitepwns, You must understand shades of gray to see this clearly. Ok, cops are trying to catch drunk drivers which is good, but this is ridiculous. We have our rights as the truly innocent, here you see them abusing those rights.
sizznic 7 months ago
@bwhitepwns any one who would give up liberty for a little security will lose both and deserves neither.
LittleForkTongue 6 months ago
@bwhitepwns theyre not trying to catch drunk drivers, theyre imposing on innocent peoples lives under the guise of public safety. did you not read at the beginning of the video? DUI checkpoints do nothing but give police a reason to make arrests.
they use those arrest numbers to create a false importance of themselves to people like you.
wake up, when was the last time you saw "to protect and serve" on the side of a new patrol car?
you wont, because they dont go by that motto anymore.
OMGItsWeasel 6 months ago
@bwhitepwns Back in the 90s I couldn't believe black people were rooting for OJ. But they weren't they protesting the injustice the police inflict on them. I'm a law abiding white guy no DUIs or any arrests, but I had a little run in with the police where they threatened me and made me frightened that I would be arrested for NO reason. All I'm saying is be aware man times are a changin'.
az13klf 2 weeks ago
seems like a lot of pretty women get harrassed could it be....I never knew it was illegal to avoid the checkpoint ...oh wait its not...
djroselli6310 8 months ago
@thepooomobile2000
Nice name lol. As far as I'm concerned, you'd tell no difference in tax payer dollars spent if there weren't DUI checkpoints. I think 2% of all DUI arrests may sound like few, but compared to how many there are a year, I'd say it's worth it. Saving one family from a stupid decision makes it worth it to me. No, I'm not a traffic cop, but I voluntarily work DUI checkpoints. Cops could care less about these activists opinions. They are just annoying and hold up those waiting.
RiseToGrace19 8 months ago
@timf343
This may be a late response, but I feel I had to clarify something. The police that conduct DUI checkpoints are part of the traffic division. That's all they do - traffic stuff. There are many, many more police that respond to the battery, domestic, etc crimes at the time of these checkpoints. Traffic never does those. As for my say in these...who cares if your stopped? If you got nothing illegal, big deal, you'll be on your way. People that fight just hold up the line of cars..
RiseToGrace19 8 months ago
@RiseToGrace19 who cares if your stopped? I dont think thats the point...the point is that they are wasting tax payers money with pointless stops. And yes, these take a few minutes I have been through several. It is a pain in the ass. Have you seen the statistics for these stop points? They account for like 2% of the total DUI arrests a year...THAT IS A WASTE OF MONEY. Let me guess your a traffic cop? how was the overtime when you worked these?
thepooomobile2000 8 months ago
report them
bossman12334 8 months ago
Nice work! Right Questions. They cannot detain you without probably cause to believe a crime was committed.
TrafficCourtPros 9 months ago
@TrafficCourtPros REALLY? TrafficCourtPros could not get "probable cause" right? Ugh...
TheRealJadeSpade 9 months ago
as a person planning on being a law enforcement officer one day, I must say I'm rather annoyed at the utter disregard for law these officers show.
I realize that DUI is an irresponsible crime that needs to be prevented, however, harassing innocent civilians and disregarding professional courtesy is simply...
Thuggish.
456123312 9 months ago
The music was really annoying
Doli1017 10 months ago
Alright i'm going to share my story of police brutality. i was in a local store (publix) and when i was looking at the milk a cop grab'd me and cuffed me for having a skate bored in a public are with a sight that said no skate bored's or motorized vehicles ( i understand they meant but i wasn't breaking the rule) so i had to be cuffed and waiting 20 mins before my cousin who was with me came out and told the cop he will take me home and make sure i dont break the rule again
hiimdilan 10 months ago
Google "terry stop" and you will see it is precisely that - a "detention". But a terry stop, like the famous Ohio case confirms, requires sufficient lawful authority to detain a person against his will. A DUI checkpoint does not meet those basic minimum requirements and so the authority to detain a person is very very limited at a DUI checkpoint. That's the reason I didn't land in jail for my blatant disregard of the police officer's "orders".
timf343 10 months ago 3
@timf343 "That's the reason I didn't land in jail for my blatant disregard of the police officer's "orders"."
I don't know about that. I've seen videos of people at DUI checkpoints refusing to roll the window down all the way, ordered out of the car, and arrested for obstruction. You may assert your rights the same way the next time, and happen to get a cop that just doesn't care even the slightest about violating your rights right up to wrongfully arresting you.
greggh 1 month ago
It's more of a terry stop and less of a 'detention.' Please read up on the law before claiming 'blatant violations.'
KirShizzle 10 months ago
@KirShizzle a terry stop is a detention , requiring a cause , if the sign was not posted how was she avoiding shit ?
PatriotRadioMilitia 10 months ago
@PatriotRadioMilitia Actually, in DUI checkpoints, there is no requirement of particularized suspicion (a subcategory of probable cause). Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 US 444 (1990). Furthermore, this guy's claim for a lawyer only kicks in if he's in custodial interrogation (a higher threshold of detention). Finally, avoiding shit? As in this guy doing a u-turn to video tape the officers? I don't think he was 'avoiding' much of anything.
KirShizzle 10 months ago
@KirShizzle looks like were talking about different things ,
PatriotRadioMilitia 10 months ago
These cops didn't really do anything wrong, they didn't harass or attack people, they were simply doing what they were told to do by the higher ups who have to fill quotas set by the draconian policies of the republican politicians you people voted into office.
brogin 10 months ago
@brogin ,
The cops doing the deed didn't do anything wrong? That's what the Nazi privates and corporals said after WWII; "just following orders." An unlawful order (color of law) is wrong regardless of who the superior is and what he said.
If Democrats hands were clean you could bring Republicans into this as the problem. Both sides are guilty here, so why blame one side?
BOLTofCalifornia 10 months ago
@BOLTofCalifornia Did you really just compare what these cops are doing to what the Nazi's did? That's beyond insulting, get some fucking perspective man.
Republicans and conservatives are far more culpable for these kinds of policies, fascism is a conservative philosophy.
brogin 10 months ago
@brogin
I got the perspective; don't lose sight of the point.
1.) "Just following orders" is a poor excuse for violating a constitutionally protected Right.
2.) Politicians are usually at fault for our problems, but Nazi was a political party in Germany that was an abbreviation for National Socialist [party]. Socialists are not conservative - here or in Germany.
Your smoke and mirrors debate tactic didn't fool me.
Rights violations are bad.
BOLTofCalifornia 10 months ago
@BOLTofCalifornia Sorry, but you are exceedingly dumb and misinformed. No rights were violated, as proved by the person making this video, he refused to cooperate and was sent on his way. Others had the same option, being ignorant of this makes no difference. You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Also, the Nazi's were fascists, a conservative ideology, it doesn't matter what the fuck they called it. You seem to have little understanding of these things.
brogin 10 months ago
@brogin just for the record, liberals can be fascists too. It's called using the state to get what you want.
amanuscar 8 months ago
@brogin
You didn't notice the sign face down at the entry/exit to the checkpoint?
That would be the first violation. There are more.
BOLTofCalifornia 8 months ago
Wow, thanks for the heads up! I'm never driving to Vegas! FUCK those cops.
SolarEXtract 10 months ago
I use to live in Las Vegas.
If they are playing by the rules, then it's legal. Law is that if you do NOT consent to a sobriety test, they can just take you to jail anyway and charge you with a DUI, even if you werent drunk. While I do like people who stop power or law abusers, I disagree with this video. It's just me though. :|
THATW3IRDKID 11 months ago
Those are some fat ass cops. I guess vegas doesn't have any kind of fitness requirements for their jack booted thugs. I was hoping to see one have a grabber on video.
semperfi211 1 year ago
You are a true american and have a lot of courage. We might get theses in Texas one of these days. I would like to know what my rights are and you have helped.
TheRewster1 1 year ago
Where is the sound instead of music. This just got boring.
jvorus 1 year ago
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Boring... try that crap in LA and they'll probably take your camera and then kick your ass. Looks like your just another "Nut" trying to disguise himself as a "Constitutionalist". Go ahead and delete my post (I'm expecting you to) since you only want leave on here what you like... I had my say.
2joboo 1 year ago
@2joboo I only delete posts with belligerent comments, cursing, or personal attacks with no substance.
If what you are saying is true, it sounds like LA residents have it worse than here in Vegas. Assault me and steal my property for filming from the sidewalk? Sounds like a street gang.
If that's the case, I beg you, as one freedom-loving American to another, please, do something about it! You can be a "nut" like me or you can do whatever else you feel might be effective.
timf343 1 year ago 18
@timf343 Wow, way to keep it civil and positive. Kudos.
sirrealism 10 months ago
@2joboo Well I'm glad I'm not in LA.... And if I believe in standing up for my rights, I must be another "Nut". Oh well.
Xorb886 1 year ago
@2joboo I am a Las Vegan and I happen to like Tim's videos. Thank you Tim. Glad to see somebody has balls still. As for you jooboo...you're a douchebag, and you deserve the slavery and starvation which is coming to you if you don't do something about it now/. And since you have no ability to recognize unauthorized search and seizure, I will be coming by your house dressed as a cop when the S*** hits the fan to take all your stuff.
imjohnnymoscow 1 year ago
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@2joboo I am a Las Vegan and I happen to like Tim's videos. Thank you Tim. Glad to see somebody has balls still. As for you jooboo...you're a douchebag, and you deserve the slavery and starvation which is coming to you if you don't do something about it now/. And since you have no ability to recognize unauthorized search and seizure, I will be coming by your house dressed as a cop when the S*** hits the fan to take all your stuff.
imjohnnymoscow 1 year ago
@2joboo Police become pathetic, frightened little girls when you speak the words, "Officer, you are being streamed live to the internet at this moment."
glocker8888 10 months ago
@2joboo the guy has a right to film.. and if they kick his ass. he can sue them..
LimitlessPoppy 9 months ago
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nelsonbig 3 weeks ago
@2joboo "Shut Up, Coppertop"
MedicalMarijuanaMini 2 weeks ago
at least they didn't shoot you man!
TheMorninWood 1 year ago
@TheMorninWood I wish a cop WOULD shoot me, I'd have a hell of a lawsuit on my hands!
sactothebay 1 year ago
this guy is my hero ahah...send this to channel 13!!
aadin 1 year ago
You are my hero! I live in LV as well and I hate how Metro is always trying to push everyone around!
You do the right thing by showing everyone else that they CAN BE IN CONTROL of a POLICE ENCOUNTER!!
I would like to buy you a beer!
Keep up the good work!
DJDankRob 1 year ago
Great vids....thanks for sharing. What's the best way to find out if the same laws apply to my state? I'm not interested in giving up any rights either.
brianamarks 1 year ago 2
Thank you for this valuable public service! Love how the pig in part 1 nearly choked when you refused him.
I have several friends who are cops in 4 diff agencies. All but 1 are riding a desk because they won't participate in plainly illegal and unconstitutional crimes like this, the 4th is a "bunny cop" lucky enough to work for an agency where the old-school "peace officer" ethos manages to live on. Surprisingly even there, he's progressing up the ladder because the public LIKES HIM.
DD
dedicateddad 1 year ago
Thank you for your patriotic defense of our freedoms!
jdw99 1 year ago
wow we need more people like you keep up the good work
DikarloArika 1 year ago
"He can be heard saying he pulled her over because she was avoiding the checkpoint"
"Wait, she committed no traffic infractions?"
"That's right, but she was stopped anyway."
Why wouldn't you leave the audio in then instead or replacing it with music? How are we supposed to hear them saying it?
MikuMikuBeat 1 year ago
bahaha stupid cop
toytrukn78 1 year ago
fuck people that drink and that drive
paintballerzlbr 1 year ago
Warning: if you are a pastor from Arizona, results may vary.
diogeneslaertius666 1 year ago
Which could be true or not true. Who is to say they are not lying. Just like Michael Savage says "11 million illegals are reported to live in the country how do you not know it's 40 million" paraphrased as best as I could.
lifeisnothingbutalie 1 year ago
@CheckpointUSA How do we know those reports on your website and blog are true and not made up? Before you go saying about their own website (law enforcement) nowadays you just take any information as "TRUE". To me it's all lies that cannot be proven. Who is to say what they report is true.
lifeisnothingbutalie 1 year ago
I really couldn't care less if you believe the reports on my website or not lifeisnothingbutalie. If you're too lazy to do your own due diligence, that's not my problem. For those who want independent verification, all they need do is submit their own FOIA requests to the government agencies conducting these suspicionless checkpoints and their state's office of highway safety, not to mention the NHTSA.
In other words, it's really easy to get this information directly from the horse's mouth.
CheckpointUSA 1 year ago
You, sir, are a GREAT AMERICAN! We all know that the cops are trying to make filming them illegal so that there is no accountability for them (and there is still practically none, even with video tape).
samala5793 1 year ago
Tim you are such a TOOL!!! You will be the first to cry when you need a cop but yet give them a hard time for doing their jobs. I agree with PolishPrisoner feel free to treat law enforcement of other countries like this and see what you get. Next time get the sargent's name correct. I hope they target your ass!
Navyseal2210 1 year ago
Timf343, I agree with you 100%, drunk driving is indeed a serious problem in our society but DUI checkpoints and detaining innocent people is a inefficient way to solve that problem, I was so glad to see you stand your ground in Part 1. Police intimidation against law abiding citizens has got to stop and I applaud you for making these videos. Just think of how many of those drivers were stopped & detained while doing nothing illegal yet had a schedule to keep costing them precious time & money.
XS227 1 year ago
Had you exhibited these actions to the police forces of countless other nations worldwide you would have been dragged from your car, beaten, and imprisoned. Show some respect to the American men and women who suffer low wages to keep our nation safe. Next time you're in a car accident and the police are the first to arrive you'll think differently if the first point doesn't move you enough.
PolishPrisoner 1 year ago
I know families that have been destroyed by drunk drivers. I'm sorry but this looks like veiled cop-hating to me. It seems only the drunks have something to worry about. You don't think a few minutes of your time is worth getting the these dangerous idiots off the road? DUI checkpoints are perfectly constitutional if conducted according to State Law. Your efforts will surely result in people getting arrested for obstructing police. You are giving bad advice sir.
Charger411 1 year ago
Not bad advice at all Charger411. Regardless of whether some courts have upheld brief suspicionless seizures at limited scope dui checkpoints, all the courts still fully recognize an individual's right to remain silent while being detained & questioned.
If you were truly worried about removing drunks from the road, you'd be demanding that police stop using inefficient checkpoints & conduct roving patrols instead which studies have proven are nearly 10x more effective than checkpoints.
CheckpointUSA 1 year ago
What an idiot!!! So how many drunk drivers do you want standing their ground so they arent arrested? However, you'll probably be the first to complain about the police not doing their jobs when someone you know gets killed by a drunk driver. If these checkpoints save 1 life isnt that worth all the moneyi nthe the world!! Get a life and focus your enrgy on something that will truly help the world! People like you are just never happy regardless of what the police do.
ibelieve1968 1 year ago
Every time I'm in one of these I literally just make the first legal U-turn. I have never been stopped doing so. These are completely unconstitutional and I will have no part in playing East German for a night.
pschiffforsenate 1 year ago
Your ignorance amazes me....
Polyak90 1 year ago
Maybe when a drunk driver crashes into your family's car and kills every single family member you have because he decided to drive drunk, just maybe you might have a little more respect for dui checkpoints. And you should learn the law just a bit more before you act like you know what you're talking about.
KHollow88 1 year ago
I'm hoping that you're not just "spinning your wheels" and actually sent a copy of this to their State Supreme Court office. The road blocks have to be followed "to the letter" in order to remain "legal." If you acted fast enough, this would have blown their entire opperation and the site would be deemed illegal by the State Supreme Court. At the very least, the MC (sign) officer would be fired, along with the site coordinator who must oversee compliance. You'd have to give up anonymity though.
lizard944 1 year ago
So 5 checkpoints this weekend. Let's just say conservatively there were around 25 cops at each checkpoint. 25 cops x 40 hours = 1000 police hours to catch 58 drunks. I searched LVMPD's Crime View web site for all the burglaries, homicides, robberies and assault/battery calls for the weekend within 1 mile of each of these checkpoints. There were 38 calls by victims of crimes. I wonder how many of those were solved? Wonder if we dedicated 1000 police hours to trying to solve them?
timf343 1 year ago 20
@timf343 How do you know it's overtime? Did you go to their payroll department and made sure or just making that up to suit your needs? How do you know scheduled shifts were not changed to be able to do those operations? How do you know the lady in the car stopped by the police was because she tried to avoid the checkpoint? You said you heard the siren and started video taping after the fact. How do you know she committed no infractions? Did you ask the police officer or lady for a reason?
lifeisnothingbutalie 1 year ago
Most sobriety checkpoints conducted across the country are paid for by grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as administered through each state's highway safety office lifeisnothingbutalie. These federal grants are used specifically to pay for officer over time and equipment for conducting such checkpoints.
How do I know this? Because I've researched it through federal & state freedom of information requests, some of which can be found on my website & blog.
CheckpointUSA 1 year ago
@timf343 I only see you videotaping from a distance. Before posting any "factual" evidence please make sure to state your sources. I could say the opposite thing. "For every 100 people stopped 40 were arrested for DUI." I know you said you went to their website but who knows if that is true. Post a link to those numbers.
lifeisnothingbutalie 1 year ago
Sobriety checkpoint statistics from across the country show that the average dui arrest rate at these checkpoints hovers at around 0.7% lifeisnothingbutalie. A multi-year study in TN showed this as did a multi-year study in PA. In AZ, local jurisdictions are coming up with similar results. You can see some of the reports on my website & blog. In a TN Supreme Court case, they even compared roving patrols to checkpoints & found roving patrols 10x more effective & used fewer man-hours to boot.
CheckpointUSA 1 year ago
@timf343 spending our money to reinforce the idea of our servitude all part of the NWO plan to destroy america imo.
you cannot have world government until you have destroyed america and to do it, you must indoctrinate the people into servitude and eliminate all forms of culture while depriving them of essential liberties
indeed it is ignorance of the law itself and arrogance with regard to it that is the source of so much injustice.
you are a good man sir, subscribed.
diogeneslaertius666 1 year ago
@timf343 awesome job, glad to see other not scared to take a stand, I was walking home a couple days ago when I seen a DUI checkpoint & after I got my cam I headed back to tape them, & I was questioning the watch commander on how many ppl they stop & after a couple of hrs they got 0, but they did swipe a car while I was taping. & as usual the cops were invading in people's privacy's but when I asked the head to identify himself he wouldn't!
Here's the video link watch?v=AmZk6arqdCI
TheInfo101 1 year ago
@timf343
I'm glad Memphis doesn't do DUI Checkpoints. More shit to tie up the cops.... Shit, I can't get an officer out to my house when my shit has been broken into for at least 15-20minutes, and the dispatch has told me while my car was being broken into (watching the guy do it...) that I should avoid contact with him, but wait for police. 45minutes later a cop comes driving by my house and doesn't even stop. Gotta love the city
jtblasda 7 months ago
@timf343 No, because those investigations would cost them money instead of earn them money like the DUI checkpoints.
1775novten 5 months ago
So waiting to hear how many civil and constitutional rights were "trampled" upon by the unlaw Las Vegas Metro PD this holiday? Hmmm maybe the caught a few bad guys, put a few in jail, saved someones life....just maybe?
terryw007 1 year ago
@terryw007 Memorial Day weekend they ran FIVE checkpoints. 8 hours each. That's 40 total hours of checkpoint activity in which they stopped more than 15,000 vehicles! And how many DUI arrests did they make? 58. Do the math on that, it's less than 0.4%. They arrested one DUI for every 258 innocent people they stopped. Maybe they saved a life, and maybe they cost one, who's to say?
timf343 1 year ago 14
@timf343 How about you say whether or not those 58 drunk people should have been out driving. And this isn't about "old boy can handle himself on the road," but rather the law as you would see it fairly applied. The Supreme Court of the United States has already ruled that these checkpoints are LEGAL under the Constitution in a 6-3 decision (see Michigan State Police v. Sitz). Keep in mind that those six judges have a lot more jurisprudential experience than you could ever hope for.
PolishPrisoner 1 year ago
@timf343 I hope someone you love is killed by a drunk driver.
110110111 9 months ago
@110110111 What a terrible thing to say! It seems you have missed my point entirely. I am not pro-drunk driver. I support police capturing impaired drivers. Just stop detaining innocent people! A roving patrol is one way that is 3 times more effective at capturing impaired drivers, and zero innocent people are detained. Where's the down side? By the way, I hope no one you love is killed by a drunk driver, especially while police are too busy stopping thousands of innocent/sober drivers.
timf343 9 months ago
@110110111 why in god's name would you say that t someone????????????? wishing someone to be killed by a drunk driver... you have way to much time on your hands and you need to go get a life and maybe a job...
fedupwithidiots100 9 months ago
@terryw007 We should let the police check our houses everyday to make sure we don't have anything illegal and harmful right? I GUARANTEE it could save some lives. We should also allow the police to search our cars whenever they please as well because HEY someone could have an illegal weapon they could use against others as well as the cop right? Anyone who is willing to sacrifice liberty for the sake of safety deserves neither.
safewaysecurity 1 year ago
@safewaysecurity Can tell right off the bat you are a anti gov't anti police gun nut...good luck god bless you keep your guns at the ready my man...
terryw007 1 year ago
@terryw007 I'm not anti gov anti police. I'm just pro constitution and laws. sorry.
safewaysecurity 1 year ago
@terryw007 laughable. The drunks out there are these cops looking for the jews, I mean intoxicated drivers.
antonlee43 1 year ago
what a waste of taxpayers money lols
acm2117 1 year ago
Tim, while I for the most part support the LVMPD to the fullest...I thank you for what you are doing...its ordinary citizens like yourself that keep government services honest and accountable. Thanks!
cable124 1 year ago
well done..
Erickrn20 1 year ago
What do you expect? You're messing with "the man's" OT. Not good man.
DuMaNhieu2 1 year ago
Would you mind posting what exactly you had on the sheet of paper you held up to the window? I'm interested in exactly what it said, because it looked like it made a difference in their response.
dramsey2k4 1 year ago
and cops wonder why they are almost universally despised
vanji611 1 year ago
WOW! That was a waste of my time. Your not michael moore. If you wanted to REALLY make a political statement it shouldn't be some lame ass thing concerning signs on the floor and a peace officer following you. Pathetic. Get a life loser...
Loserboy915 1 year ago
@Loserboy915
Another idiot
Erickrn20 1 year ago
Its the way police try and intimidate the citizens that bothers me. Uninformed people who get bullied by police. I respect the law and so should they (the police). I believe you're doing a public service timf343, keeping these officers in check. Respect the law and know your rights! Thank you timf343
nonesoothing 1 year ago
yep, that's alot of crap that they can back up so many cars and inconvenience so many people in an extreme fashion like that. I would think that alone makes the particular checkpoint illegal and not within the scope of its allowance.
MKrip808 1 year ago
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So whats your point? Drunk driving is a good thing? Your above the law? Your zoom in shows them following you from a half mile away? What is your point? You have a hard on against authority with nothing better to do than video tape Police trying to keep idiot drunks in Las Vegas from killing innocents which seems to be happening on a weekly if not daily basis there?
terryw007 1 year ago
@terryw007 Of course not! Don't put words in my mouth. I believe getting impaired drivers off the road is very important, as you can see from my other comments here. Take those same cops who will be standing around for 8 straight hours, put them behind the wheel of a patrol car, and send them patrolling around the bars and casino corridors. You'll catch far more drunk drivers than at a publicized checkpoint location, and you'll do it without detaining innocent people!
timf343 1 year ago 13
@terryw007 If Las Vegas really cared about stopping drunk driving they would not allow alcohol billboards to be posted on the HIGHWAYS. I am against drunk driving too but these check points do nothing but harass the locals. Police should set up check points closer to the strip, where the most bars and casinos are prominent, not in the middle of the suburbs.
ipukesnshine 1 year ago
@terryw007 Idiot
Erickrn20 1 year ago
Lucky this happened in the US? I think its pretty unlucky that police officers are violating the law anywhere, especially in the country I live in. They werent trying to find drunk drivers, they were clearly bent on wasting innocent people's time.
nategreen86 1 year ago
I am all for maximum penalties on DUI's and catching more drunk drivers. However, I don't agree that checkpoints are the right way to go about it.
But whether you think checkpoints should happen or not, there is no question there were several violations of law by the police. And that's an intolerable abuse of power that must be stopped.
If police had not broken the law, I wouldn't have made the video. They will arrest you if you break the law, why can't I hold them accountable when they do?
timf343 1 year ago 2
You're lucky this happened in the United States you fat bastard. These men are trying to make sure a drunk asshole doesn't plow into you through a red light intersection. Go to hell. Good video either way.
PolishPrisoner 1 year ago
@PolishPrisoner One day you guys will get over your communist totalitarian hangover and realize that there is even more freedom to be had. Good job on the fights won up to this point though.
MKrip808 1 year ago
@PolishPrisoner
You are an idiot my man...
Erickrn20 1 year ago