Originally Posted by Robbie

Yes they did "take it upon themselves".

They were chomping at the bit to do it for years but could not. Many cases were thrown out of court over the years because of illegal search and seizure.

I'm tired of arguing this with you. We are derailing the thread. Think whatever you want to. Your thought processes and mine are the reasons we are in our respective places in life after all.

I KNOW what I'm talking about. You are still talking about laws.
Yes, I think that the "War On Drugs" and subsequent LAWS passed by legislators are insane.

But I also know that law enforcement is always pushing for more power...power to spy on you, power to frisk you, power to search you anytime they want, etc., etc.
And NO....no politicians sat down and wrote a law called "Let's Search People".

Cops just did it. It was challenged in court. And for over 200 years it was considered unconstitutional.

I don't want to discuss this with you anymore. I still don't think you realize we aren't even discussing the same topic.

I'm talking about police protocol. You're talking about politicians and laws.

You are comparing a LAW to what type of uniform a cop wears, how they are trained to approach someone, how they conduct an arrest, what they ate for lunch, searching people...in other words, the shit they do everyday on their job.

Searching people hasn't got anything to do with laws, it is how they are ENFORCING the law that I'm talking about.
It has to do with constitutionality. It WAS unconstitutional. Then the Supreme Court ruled it "okay". And the floodgates opened and now we are searched everywhere we go, watched everywhere we go, etc.

Let me just say one more time: Every halfwit kid who ever took a civics class in middle school knows what you are saying about branches of govt.

It is NOT what I'm talking about. Okay?
Jesus Fucking Christ...only on GFY...