11 DUI arrests at KC sobriety checkpoint

From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on September 11, 2009 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 4040 Main street. Southbound traffic was checked with total of 715 vehicles stopped. A total number of 11 DUI arrests were made, along with 1 Driving While Revoked, 1 Other Traffic Violation, 1 Felon in Possession of a Firearm, 2 Hindering and Interfering an Officer city violations, 1 Possession of Cocaine, and 1 Clay County Warrant for Failure to Appear.

Comments

[RIDLPrez]

You know, the part I don't get is that the police claim that after midnight 7 out of 10 vehicles have a drunk driver? But here they only arrested 1.5 out of 10. And I have yet to see a story about a DUI checkpoint where 7 out of 10 drivers are arrested for DUI. Yet we continue to see the police and MADD spout this 7 out of 10 nonsense in order to justify these blatant violations of constitutional rights. When are we, as a nation, going to stand up and say enough and tell MADD to just STFU?

[sickoftheidiots]

Hopefully soon. 1.5 percent is nowhere near the numbers needed to justify the bullcrap exception the Supremes carved out to allow this garbage.

And don't forget, that's just 11 arrests. There will be even fewer convictions.

[Jo Jo]

Sniffle sniffle. Boo hoo. Wah wah.

[o-line]

1.5 out of 10? Try 1.5 out of 100.

[Garfield]

I think I'll start barricading a random police parking lot each weekend and force each driver to take a road-side drivers license test.

God knows 7 out of 10 of them would fail.