You Gotta Be Kidding Me

From All Access and KESQ Palm Springs..

OAKLAND, Calif. The Oakland Police Department has halted its use of D-U-I checkpoints after the city's Hispanic leaders complained that the roadblocks were ensnaring too many illegal immigrants.

D-U-I checkpoints allow police officers to demand drivers' licenses and proof of insurance. City leaders agree the roadblocks are an effective way to get drunken drivers off the streets.

But Hispanic community leaders and City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente complained that the checkpoints were making life miserable for illegal immigrants who aren't licensed to drive but otherwise obey the law.

So this City Councilman would rather have drunks on the road than to snare the odd non-drinking law breaker. This is so stupid, but then again, it IS the Bay Area.

Memo to self, don't go to Oakland......well that seems like good advice all the time, not just now.

Comments

[zombyboy]

And what's so damned wrong with catching people who are a) illegally in the country, and b) driving without licenses?

Jesus, there is so much wrong in that one story that I don't know where to start.