TN Plans Driver's License Checkpoints: "Papers, Please"

This upcoming Thanksgiving weekend the TN government will erect unconstitutional road blocks randomly prohibiting people from travel. The only way to pass through these freedom-abridging, revenue-enhancing blockades will be to submit to an unreliable sobriety test while also submitting your identification papers to government agents.

These checkpoints are unconstitutional (regardless of what the courts have erroneously ruled) because both the US and TN Constitutions protect the right to unwarranted and unreasonable searches. We have a right NOT to be searched by the government without some reasonable evidence of criminal activity. Are we to accept that merely wishing to travel gives rise to reasonable suspicion of criminality? Why allow our government to treat us like criminals for simply traveling? Isn't the restriction of travel without government permission the hallmark of an authoritarian state? With the recent revolt against the TSA at our airports, the People are starting to understand that our government, at all levels, is out of control.

Here is the list of the locations of the known published checkpoints:
(be advised, this might only be a partial list)
http://news.tennesseeanytime.org/node/6372

Just because you may not be under the influence doesn't mean you are safe from prosecution. The government has issued orders and put pressure on the law enforcement in the past to increase DUI/DWI arrests even though the number of DWI/DUI instances have decreased over time:

TN DUI Officers Warned to Arrest More People - Or Else
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12522527

BE PREPARED!

If you should happen to not be able to avoid one of the checkpoints listed at the above link please take the time to watch the following instructional videos in order to be prepared for your encounter.

10 rules for dealing with law enforcement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmrbNLt7Om8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKPutNg88bA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REJ2RsLp1Kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUv3A4hscc0

DON'T TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT - PART I & II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE&feature=player_embedded

CITIZENS GUIDE TO SURVIVING POLICE ENCOUNTERS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqMjMPlXzdA

PRINT OUT THIS MINI POCKET CARD OF RIGHTS FOR YOUR WALLET OR GLOVE BOX:
http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bustcard_eng_20100630.pdf

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN ENCOUNTERING LAW ENFORCEMENT (full version):
http://www.aclu-tn.org/pdfs/kyr/kyr_english.pdf

Please forward this e-mail on to as many of your fellow Tennesseans that you know to keep them safe from government intrusion.