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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

‘My Blood Boiled’: 4th of July DUI Checkpoint Video Goes Viral After Officer’s Comment

Many municipalities set up checkpoints for law enforcement to cut down on drunk driving over the Fourth of July holiday, but one stop in particular is getting national attention.

The now viral video posted to YouTube showing a man getting stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Rutherford County, Tennessee, has more than 2.8 million views as of Monday morning after being posted the night of the event. The video includes what the driver believes to be a unconstitutional search of his car where an officer is even recorded saying the man is “perfectly innocent and he knows his rights.”

The video shows driver, 21-year-old Chris Kalbaugh, has his window cracked as Deputy A.J. Ross walks over asking the man to roll it down further. Kalbaugh says he thinks the level he has it rolled down is “fine” because he is able to hear the officer adequately. Ross asks how old Kalbaugh is (who before providing his answer responds asking if that’s even a relevant question), walks briefly toward the back of the vehicle, returns and then asks Kalbaugh to pull over.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why did you delete the other 4th of July DUI Stop post off of your blog? There were some good comments on that post. In particular were the comments by Ronald Tilghman...very telling..

Contributor said...

The post is still up. It was reposted on July 7th at 8am or you can use this link http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2013/07/4th-of-july-dui-checkpoint-drug-dogs.html