'Drug check' on signpost up ahead? It's white-lie zone

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:31:15 -0700 (PDT)
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> http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/cda/article_print/1,1983,DRMN_21_2183872_ARTICLE-DETAIL-PRINT,00.html
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>   They were driving to a music festival in far southwestern Colorado when
>   they saw the big signs posted along the road.
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>   "Narcotics checkpoint, one mile ahead."
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>   "Narcotics canine ahead."
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>   The passenger tossed something out the window, and they just kept going.
>   That was only the petty offense of littering - a little crime - but it
>   was the start of something big.
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>   It's against the law for police to set up narcotics checkpoints to check
>   whether any randomly passing motorists happen to have illegal drugs.
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>   But it's not illegal for the police to pretend that's what they're
>   doing, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
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>   On that day in June 2000, the police were pretending.
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