Posted
9/27/2007 05:26:00 PM
by Douglas
What a moronic waste of
resources, all to keep people, some of which are legal adults, from drinking a beer.
A federal judge in Detroit today struck down as unconstitutional a Michigan law that allows police to force pedestrians under the age of 21 to take a Breathalyzer test without first obtaining a search warrant.
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Berden was 18 years old when she attended a party at a friend’s house to celebrate her graduation from Swan Valley High School. After she left the party, the Michigan ACLU said Thomas Township police officers arrived and found her purse which she had mistakenly left behind. Police went to Berden’s house at 4 a.m., woke up her family and demanded that she take a breath test, the ACLU said.
Although police didn’t have a warrant, the ACLU claimed Berden was informed that she would be violating the law if she refused the test. She registered a .00 percent blood-alcohol level.
What possible right do the police have to come to your house in the middle of the night so you can prove you haven't committed a crime? It only makes it that much more ridiculous because they were checking to see if this adult had consumed a beer that evening. Seriously, folks.