camwyn: (Real Life (stupid))
camwyn ([personal profile] camwyn) wrote2005-07-22 08:47 am

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So.

New York City's gonna do random searches of people's bags if they wanna get on the subway and 'people who don't want to be searched are perfectly free to turn around and leave the station'.

Show of hands- do I start carrying a bag full of mousetraps, or should I start carrying a bag full of some formulation of Play-Doh that feels like dog crap if a cop puts his hand on it? Not that I dislike the members of the NYPD; I'm very fond of cops in general. But since the city doesn't seem to think that the Constitution matters any more (small surprise, since Washington doesn't either)- or that this constitutes a reasonable search and seizure- I'd like to make it plain that if you're going to search me, ever, you are going to have to pay for that privilege.

I'm thinkin' the play-doh. Or a can of non-dairy creamer with a lid that comes off easily- no, then they'd go "ACK ANTHRAX" and I'd be late for work. But you get the idea.

Suggestions?

[identity profile] pandoras-closet.livejournal.com 2005-07-22 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I can arrange this. Somebody show me the relavant part of the fourth and gimme ten minutes

[identity profile] filkerdave.livejournal.com 2005-07-22 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The text reads, in toto:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

[identity profile] pandoras-closet.livejournal.com 2005-07-22 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Done

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[identity profile] pandoras-closet.livejournal.com 2005-07-22 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome