June 30, 2006
Important Training Film
Since it's the start of a holiday weekend, when police presence is more in evidence on our highways, I thought it timely to direct you to a a training film from the American Civil Liberties Union, entitled "Busted: the Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters" (part of the Flex Your Rights Project). Not that you would ever do anything illegal, but one really doesn't have to these days, to attract unwanted attention from emboldened authorities.
Maybe the film is a little out of date, since the New and Improved Supreme Court (with hardly a whimper from the press) struck down the fourth amendment to the Constitution last week with a flick of their Federalist fingers. (Thank you, Dakota, for maintaining your ladylike demeanor and avoiding tasteless alliterative adjectives).
There are a number of helpful techniques in this movie that bear mastering, in case should you encounter an authoritarian bully. You might as well know how to exercise your rights while you still have some.
Photo Note: Not perfect, not pretty, but it will have to do.
Posted by Dakota at June 30, 2006 06:32 AM