Deadly Head-On Collision
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Associated Press
Published: Fri, November 23, 2007 - 7:17 pm
Last Updated: Fri, November 23, 2007 - 9:57 pm
Last Updated: Fri, November 23, 2007 - 9:57 pm
Civil Liberties Union said today it is concerned about
"excessive" police efforts under the state's "Take Back Our
Highways Program."
ACLU spokesman Sam Brooke said the group has not heard of any
problems. But he said that having administrative officers who may
not be well-trained in highway stops could lead to improper stops.
He said that could mean unnecessarily long stops or violative
techniques being used during the stops.
State troopers who work desk jobs have been mobilized to
increase the number of troopers on the road this week.
Traffic arrests in the state more than tripled on Thanksgiving
Day versus the same day last year. The department reported it made
1,570 traffic arrests on Thanksgiving Day, compared to only 445 on
Thanksgiving 2006. Of those, 1,055 were deemed "hazardous"
arrests.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Kudos to the ACLU! The Hubbert administration ( excuse me, of course bob riley is governor) is not concerned about saving lives. The Governor is only interested in feeding the state “ TAX MONSTER “ He is achieving this by unleashing his mobile tax brigade AKA: ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS to terrorize the public and extract tax revenue at the governors pleasure. the ACLU is usually on the left of most issues, but in this case, they hit a home run.