Who Polices the Police?

I hope you will take the time to read this carefully before dismissing it as another one of my rants. Since you will not listen to me, let me try and enlighten you to a few things in writing. First, the police are not your friend. By the very nature of the word, "police" indicates a condition where one loses freedom to authority. It is quite easy for that authority to become corrupt and self serving. When the police want your "consent" to search you, it is usually due to the fact that they have no probable cause to do so. It is an open door to government mischief. Whether you have anything to hide or not, giving them consent to "search" you, or your property is a basic violation of the 4th amendment of the US Constitution, which states:

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.

Probable cause has a narrow definition, and MUST be legally supported, it is seldom a judgement call on the part of the street police, but rather one decided higher up, by a judge. That's how our system works. By giving them permission without strict adherence to the constitution, we basically give authorization for our constitutional right to be violated. A right that many have fought and died for. This is not cooperation. This is abdication. It has been my long standing belief that this country is heading in two directions, both with the same result, both for the same reason; corruption of the constitution. By not making the constabulary accountable to the constitution, we enable them to set precedent which will eventually come back and haunt us. Remember, we are only a few steps from a gestapo state, and things like 9-11 have hastened that condition. I get outraged when people are ambivalent or mypoic to this. It is up to us as citizens to police the police, police the government, and this is our sacred responsibility it is not an option. By allowing them to corrupt the constitution, your rights and my rights, we pound another nail into the coffin of freedom.