Sobriety check points

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(09-11-2016, 06:51 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Not really interested in a semantic argument, hence my use of quotations around the word detained.  I could go into minutiae about how your definition of probable cause is incorrect but it's not really germane to the point being made.  You aren't being pulled over at random at a DUI checkpoint, there are criteria used for who is stopped and who is not, it's not just by instinct or sheer whim.

It's not semantics; it's the word of law. You said you aren't generally being detained unless you are suspected of a crime; however, my whole point is that dui checkpoints are one of those "not generally' circumstances.

If the criteria is pulling everyone everyone, or every nth vehicle, the criteria that get you picked certainly has nothing to do with reasonable suspicion of a crime.