TMR: Federal Grants For "No Refusal" DUI Checkpoints, Law Lets IRS Seize Accounts On Suspicion Only
Happy Monday..your Morning Roar! Federal Grants Are Fueling Increase in "No Refusal" DUI Checkpoints The latest that's come in on how your federal government hates you is that the National Highway Association is funneling funding to local police forces to facilitate an increase in "no refusal" DUI checkpoints. These checkpoints can lead to forced blood tests against a "suspect's" will. From BenSwann.com:
According to USA Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a bureaucracy in the executive branch of the federal government under the Department of Transportation, has been providing state and local government agencies with grants and tool kits to set up “no refusal” blood-draw weekends.At these checkpoints, drivers are examined by police while sitting in a line, meaning officers do not have the ability to watch for signs of impaired driving and instead are forced to look for less meaningful cues of impairment, such as reddened eyes or other physiological reactions that could be caused by a wide range of other circumstances. It is reasonably conceivable that someone coming home after a long work shift might be fine to drive but suffering from reddened eyes and, when asked to submit to a breathalyzer after driving safely, might wish to refuse on the basis of being uncomfortable with waiving his or her rights or annoyed by the inconvenience. In such a situation, a judge or judicial assistant called a magistrate would provide a warrant via telephone for a forced blood extraction procedure.
Wow...that's awful. But hopefully most states wouldn't allow it...right?
Thirty states currently have laws on the books that could in theory allow them to conduct “no refusal” weekends. Some states like Texas, where DUI checkpoints have been banned under state law, accept the grant money for the blood-draw initiatives by conducting them county-wide, rather than at checkpoints.
Well, that's certainly disappointing.Law Lets IRS Seize Accounts Based On Suspicion Of Crime With No Evidence I actually have a bit of knowledge of this ridiculous law, which allows the IRS to freeze accounts of individuals or businesses based upon the size of their deposits. My local mechanic underwent a freezing of his accounts and an investigation because he had deposited roughly $10,000 in cash at once, which triggered suspicion. It seems this is a common practice. From the Liberty Crier:
ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa — For almost 40 years, Carole Hinders has dished out Mexican specialties at her modest cash-only restaurant. For just as long, she deposited the earnings at a small bank branch a block away — until last year, when two tax agents knocked on her door and informed her that they had seized her checking account, almost $33,000.The Internal Revenue Service agents did not accuse Ms. Hinders of money laundering or cheating on her taxes — in fact, she has not been charged with any crime. Instead, the money was seized solely because she had deposited less than $10,000 at a time, which they viewed as an attempt to avoid triggering a required government report.
On Thursday, in response to questions from The New York Times, the I.R.S. announced that it would curtail the practice, focusing instead on cases where the money is believed to have been acquired illegally or seizure is deemed justified by “exceptional circumstances.”
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