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Police State Violations
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| Today is June 4th. | |
| We're in Springfield, Massachusetts. | |
| It's 7.56 p.m. | |
| and there's a massive number of cops everywhere pulling people over left and right. | |
| and there's one of them there alright | |
| get out and talk to the police damn, don't get out and talk to the police Let's go to where what the police state's all about. | |
| One, two, three, four. | |
| One, two, three, four. | |
| Excuse me. | |
| Hi, my name is Dan Bedondy. | |
| I'm from WALE, ABC News, and I'm a radio talk show host. | |
| I just need to know, what's this all about here? | |
| Motor vehicle stop. | |
| Motor vehicle stop. | |
| Is this legal? | |
| I mean, is this under the Constitution? | |
| No comment. | |
| You know, police state, USA. | |
| Hey, you guys want to give a comment on what's going on here? | |
| Is this a small police state going on? | |
| Not my business, buddy. | |
| Just please stay USA, people. | |
| I'm trying to help you guys out. | |
| This is a total invasion of the Constitution, man. | |
| Is this your car? | |
| Do they, uh... Do they search in your car? | |
| Did they give you a warrant for that? | |
| Did you know it's your 4th Amendment of the Constitution for them not to search your vehicle? | |
| Yeah, they're not supposed to search your vehicle without warrants under the 4th Amendment of the Constitution. | |
| It's a seizure, a cease and seizure amendment of the Constitution. | |
| Can somebody give me a comment please? | |
| About what? | |
| I mean, is this a legal stop? | |
| Absolutely. | |
| And now this falls under the Constitution of the United States, under the 4th Amendment. | |
| Have a good night. | |
| Yeah, this is a police state, people. | |
| Police state, USA. | |
| Anybody want to give him a comment? | |
| Illegal seizures. | |
| Illegal search of vehicles. | |
| This is the totalitarian police state. | |
| The police are not allowed to be in the city. | |
| This is a violation of the Fourth Amendment and the Constitution. | |
| Ma'am, did you know they violated your Fourth Amendment and the Constitution? | |
| Exactly! | |
| And if I didn't tell them that I was pregnant before they touched me, they would have fucked me up. | |
| And I told them that, too. | |
| Since my face is on there, I'll say that. | |
| Did they ask you to insert your card? | |
| Fuck no. | |
| Hey, leave my customers alone. | |
| Hey, don't tell me what to do. | |
| It's my 1st Amendment. | |
| It's my 1st Amendment of the Constitution, buddy. | |
| Why give a shit, alright? | |
| I'm going along on my watch. | |
| It's my 1st Amendment, so shove it. | |
| People like you are damn tyrants. | |
| This ain't no police state, buddy. | |
| I don't give a fuck! | |
| Don't harass my customers! | |
| I'm not harassing them. | |
| These people violated their fourth amendment. | |
| Hey ma'am, I would file charges. | |
| It's your fourth amendment in the Constitution for them not to search your vehicle without a warrant. | |
| This is where the police state is, people. | |
| - Fuck, freaking unbelievable. | |
| Was this the police stay here? | |
| What happened to the Constitution? | |
| This ain't no police state! | |
| This is the United States of America! | |
| You know, they're only stopping here, black people, Puerto Rican people, and they're stopping white people over here. | |
| What's going on? | |
| And we don't see no Puerto Rican cop, no black cop over here. | |
| That's something wrong over here, you know? | |
| Look, look. | |
| Okay? | |
| I know. | |
| You know? | |
| This is a violation of the Constitution. | |
| This is a racial thing over here right now. | |
| This is a violation of the Constitution, right here. | |
| Yep. | |
| Right here. | |
| Those cops wouldn't even talk to me either. | |
| Yeah, I know. | |
| You know, we're going to talk to everybody. | |
| We can't talk to them. | |
| What's the reason they're doing this? | |
| It's a police state. | |
| They're violating all our constitutional rights right now. | |
| That's the point. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Because you know what? | |
| You know what? | |
| I believe there should be a black cap over here, a Puerto Rican cap over here, and they only got white people, white cap over here, and they're not stopping non-white people. | |
| They're only stopping black people and Puerto Rican people. - It just poured. | |
| They're just boring! | |
| Absolutely. | |
| This is our Constitution that violates right here. | |
| Because they're a bunch of racist bastards, that's why. | |
| I think I got to do something possible with the Arizona law over there. | |
| You know? | |
| I think that. | |
| Yeah, why'd you stop that handle? | |
| So I want answers no. | |
| No. | |
| Excuse me, sir. | |
| Sir. | |
| Yes? | |
| I want to know what's going on over here. | |
| The vehicle's getting towed. | |
| Huh? | |
| Did you know that the 4th Amendment of the Constitution was violated? | |
| Why is that? | |
| Because you have to have a warrant to search somebody's vehicle without probable cause. | |
| It wasn't a search. | |
| It was an inventory. | |
| An inventory? | |
| That's against the Constitution. | |
| No, according to the mass case law, state police policy, all vehicles being towed after the inventory. | |
| It's all set, sir. | |
| Why is all the police officers out right now? | |
| We're just saturating the area. | |
| Saturate? | |
| Did you know that's a police state against the Constitution of the United States? | |
| Sir, we have a right to be here like anybody else. | |
| Absolutely, but did you know you take a sworn oath to defend the Constitution? | |
| I am. | |
| And pulling everybody over for no reason? | |
| No reason. | |
| There's a thousand cops out here and we want to know what's going on. | |
| This is a helicopter, too. | |
| This ain't no police state! | |
| Have a good night, sir. | |
| This is the United States of America! | |
| This isn't a police state, this is the United States of America! | |
| The Constitution is where it's at! | |
| This is a police state, people, United States, right here. | |
| Springfield, Massachusetts. | |
| It's a total police state, man. | |
| They're a bunch of racist bastards. | |
| Why'd they tell you? | |
| They owe no comment. | |
| We don't have no comment. | |
| They're violating the Constitution of the United States. | |
| They're just doing this because they need money. | |
| Yup. | |
| Notice how they cleared out real quick when the press came up. | |
| Get all this on tape. | |