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Checkpoints all over Charlotte....ugh | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17835388  United States09/06/2012 04:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have had to drive to the Epic Center every morning and every evening to pick up my daughter, who is interning in a national newsroom covering the DNC since last Saturday. The car gets searched every single day. Ugh. I am dreading tonight. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17835388 I feel ya man...tonight will definitely be the worst so far Yep. With the President giving his speech... it will be gridlock for sure. I hear thunder now too... so the incoming storms will certainly make the drive even more hellish. |
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-GooGooFlexy- (OP) User ID: 1238529 United States09/06/2012 04:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have had to drive to the Epic Center every morning and every evening to pick up my daughter, who is interning in a national newsroom covering the DNC since last Saturday. The car gets searched every single day. Ugh. I am dreading tonight. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17835388 I feel ya man...tonight will definitely be the worst so far Yep. With the President giving his speech... it will be gridlock for sure. I hear thunder now too... so the incoming storms will certainly make the drive even more hellish. Yeah, I did too...it rained pretty hard for a sec there. I hope it holds off for the 2-5 hours I'll be stuck in Uptown... -GooGooFlexy- |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21589881  Sweden09/06/2012 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They can't search your vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1913877 Probable cause is one lie away. What they do is take the dog, walk around your car, and say "Yep the dog alerted". Then when they tear your car apart and find nothing they blame the dog. USA gone to the dogs? Seems so. Why don't you stand up for your rights? Used to think USA people were all like Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, now know they are like To Wong Foo. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21177805 United States09/06/2012 04:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17952489 United States09/06/2012 04:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dude, I feel your pain. I'm in the university area and traffic is still fucked this far out. It's like living in a tourist trap...folks aimlessly driving around with little regard for others. Have you noticed the "no parking zone" signs on the interstates? Are the convention goers so pathetically brainless that folks parking on 77 and walking uptown is a valid concern? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 18112060 United States09/06/2012 04:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | maybe you can tell her to meet you away from the security check points...? how far is it from where you are? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21177805 This is a great idea!!! Last night we had our daughter walk about 10-12 minutes from the center, and it helped us so much. We had no checkpoint to go through, just a little traffic. And there were cops all over the place, so she felt safe. It saved us over an hour. |
| -GooGooFlexy- (OP) User ID: 1238529 United States09/06/2012 04:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | maybe you can tell her to meet you away from the security check points...? how far is it from where you are? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21177805 This is a great idea!!! Last night we had our daughter walk about 10-12 minutes from the center, and it helped us so much. We had no checkpoint to go through, just a little traffic. And there were cops all over the place, so she felt safe. It saved us over an hour. This is what we originally intended to do, but they've even blocked off a whole bunch of routes for pedestrians. I dropped her off at CPCC to walk there and she encountered an officer at some gates that said "Where do you think you're going?" ..lol She tried to explain that she was going work, but they said that she had to go some round-about way and it took her over an hour to walk to work when it should've taken 10 minutes from where she was at. We are meeting somewhere other than where she works, but it's not that far from dead center of town. -GooGooFlexy- |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 18112060 United States09/06/2012 05:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | maybe you can tell her to meet you away from the security check points...? how far is it from where you are? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21177805 This is a great idea!!! Last night we had our daughter walk about 10-12 minutes from the center, and it helped us so much. We had no checkpoint to go through, just a little traffic. And there were cops all over the place, so she felt safe. It saved us over an hour. This is what we originally intended to do, but they've even blocked off a whole bunch of routes for pedestrians. I dropped her off at CPCC to walk there and she encountered an officer at some gates that said "Where do you think you're going?" ..lol She tried to explain that she was going work, but they said that she had to go some round-about way and it took her over an hour to walk to work when it should've taken 10 minutes from where she was at. We are meeting somewhere other than where she works, but it's not that far from dead center of town. Oh my!!! Your poor girlfriend was probably pissed!!! That just sucks! Well I sure hope you have better luck tonight! I will check back on your thread tonight... and we can compare stories! lol |
| -GooGooFlexy- (OP) User ID: 1238529 United States09/06/2012 05:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | maybe you can tell her to meet you away from the security check points...? how far is it from where you are? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21177805 This is a great idea!!! Last night we had our daughter walk about 10-12 minutes from the center, and it helped us so much. We had no checkpoint to go through, just a little traffic. And there were cops all over the place, so she felt safe. It saved us over an hour. This is what we originally intended to do, but they've even blocked off a whole bunch of routes for pedestrians. I dropped her off at CPCC to walk there and she encountered an officer at some gates that said "Where do you think you're going?" ..lol She tried to explain that she was going work, but they said that she had to go some round-about way and it took her over an hour to walk to work when it should've taken 10 minutes from where she was at. We are meeting somewhere other than where she works, but it's not that far from dead center of town. Oh my!!! Your poor girlfriend was probably pissed!!! That just sucks! Well I sure hope you have better luck tonight! I will check back on your thread tonight... and we can compare stories! lol  Pics to come as well -GooGooFlexy- |
| Saddletramp User ID: 736749 United States09/06/2012 05:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They can't search your vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1913877 everything within 100 miles of the border, land or ocean, is a constitution free zone. Within that zone they don't need a warrant. I know that the DHS doesn't need a warrant in that zone.... That's fuckin' horseshit...where did you get that nonsense? "And how can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods..." ~ Horatius "Because he told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey..." "We don't rent pigs!" |
| The " HAMMER " Thor User ID: 23097865  United Kingdom09/06/2012 05:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23011194 United States09/06/2012 06:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They can't search your vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1913877 everything within 100 miles of the border, land or ocean, is a constitution free zone. Within that zone they don't need a warrant. I know that the DHS doesn't need a warrant in that zone.... That's fuckin' horseshit...where did you get that nonsense? Here ya go Ace: [link to www.aclu.org] |
| Archaic Mason User ID: 23238987 United States09/06/2012 06:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They can't search your vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1913877 everything within 100 miles of the border, land or ocean, is a constitution free zone. Within that zone they don't need a warrant. I know that the DHS doesn't need a warrant in that zone.... ^ THIS Welcome to the new America. You can look it up if you want, everything within 100 miles of the coast is a constitution free zone... It makes me very sad to live in this day and age... -- Archaic Mason 2B1ASK1 "Meet on the level, part on the square." Initiated: January 12th, 2011 Passed: February 8th, 2011 Raised: March 8th, 2011 Tall Cedars of Lebanon Initiated: June 25th, 2011 Y.O.L.O. You Only Live Once DON'T BRING A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT! |
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| MartianPrincess User ID: 1302027 United States09/06/2012 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They can't search your vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1913877 Probable cause is one lie away. What they do is take the dog, walk around your car, and say "Yep the dog alerted". Then when they tear your car apart and find nothing they blame the dog. EXACTLY It probably won't help that I've dropped roaches in various places in my car on a couple of occasions... I'm sure at least SOME of those black people going to cheer for Obama have a lot more weed than just an old roach under the seat. Haha Occam's Razor, morans! |
| zzbudzz User ID: 521601 United States09/06/2012 06:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yea I know OP tell me about. I am on the southside and I haven't been out at all this week. I am a little distance from downtown but watching the news makes it look martial law has already taken place. I was actually a little scared seeing it on TV. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20362974 I was kinda pissed when my girlfriend asked me to take her and pick her up... There are a number of things I'd rather do than drive into that mess. Things that make the list: Lighting my pants on fire, eating dirt, firing myself out of a cannon...you know, things like that. You could find a new girl friend? |
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| Saddletramp User ID: 736749 United States09/06/2012 08:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They can't search your vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1913877 everything within 100 miles of the border, land or ocean, is a constitution free zone. Within that zone they don't need a warrant. I know that the DHS doesn't need a warrant in that zone.... That's fuckin' horseshit...where did you get that nonsense? Here ya go Ace: [link to www.aclu.org] Did you bother to read your own link genius... They plainly state that the DHS tried to claim this, ONLY WITH NON-CITIZENS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS OUR BORDERS but a FEDERAL JUDGE SHOT DOWN A MAJOR PORTION OF WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO CLAIM!!! The DHS and Justice Dept are currently appealing... Last Edited by Saddletramp on 09/06/2012 08:12 PM "And how can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods..." ~ Horatius "Because he told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey..." "We don't rent pigs!" |
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