Apr 04 2009
Tennessee cancels illegal checkpoint - included DHS and Military Police
The city of Whiteville, Tennessee planned to run a seatbelt checkpoint on April 4 which was to be “in conjunction with a Homeland Security training exercise by the 251st Military Police in Bolivar who recently returned from Iraq.”
After receving a number of calls, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen canceled the operation. Local radio station NewsTalk 101.5 FM interviewed Rep. Johnny Shaw, who represents the area where the check was to take place. Shaw said the Governor “didn’t need another headache” and that “bad idea in the first place.”
In the first place, seat belt laws for adults are nonsense and just create another justification for treating citizens like children. I always wear my seatbelt as I feel it has been pretty well established that they do save lives, not because of any law. If you want people to act like adults, you need to treat them that way, but that is not what they want.
Regardless, what would you think if you pulled up to a checkpoint in your town and saw uniformed military police and DHS? Under the Posse Comitatus Act, it is illegal for the military to be involved in domestic police operations. End of story.
Source: Prison Planet - Infowars Story on Illegal Tennessee Checkpoint Prompts Action by Governor April 3, 2009
