SHOCK VIDEO: Cop Claims Freedom of Speech Does Not Give Citizens the Right to Question Police

“You don’t have the right to question me about what we’re doing out here…Freedom of speech does not include questioning me, it doesn’t work like that.”

Hartford, CT — Entrepreneur and police accountability activist, Michael Picard was out warning drivers about a DUI checkpoint ahead when he caught a cop speaking quite candidly about his authority.

On his YouTube channel, Picard explains how the night progressed:

On Friday, May 15th, I cop blocked a DUI checkpoint in Hartford, CT, holding up a sign that read, “Cops ahead (Turn now).” Many people ignored the sign and went through the checkpoint, undoubtedly thinking, like most people do, that they have nothing to hide and, therefore, they have nothing to fear, and still, many people turned before the checkpoint, thanking me and laughing because I did this right in front of the cops.

As Picard engages in conversation with one of the officers, their conversation becomes frank, quickly.

The officer explains how stopping every car on the road and detaining them, somehow stops DUI’s. Picard retorts by saying that he only witnessed one car being suspected of drunk driving all night and the others are merely guilty until proven innocent.

In an email, Picard told the Free Thought Project about a recent DUI checkpoint conducted in the area. In New Britain, CT, 693 cars were checked, and not a single person was charged with DUI.

“No matter how small the violation of our rights, there is always a natural inclination by those in authority to push the envelope, to empower themselves,” Picard explains.

At the end of their conversation, this officer gets tired of the fact that his authority is being questioned; he then proves Picard’s above statement.

“You don’t have the right to question me about what we’re doing out here…Freedom of speech does not include questioning me, it doesn’t work like that,” says this Hartford officer as he ducks over to another car to violate their right to travel unmolested.

The irony here is that the 1st amendment was explicitly written to protect the act of questioning authority. This officer epitomizes what the founders had in mind when they wrote it.

And so continues the cycle of the police state. A group of individuals, created and funded by the people, refuse to be questioned by the very source of their existence. Some would call this tyranny. Unfortunately, others still hypnotized by the ostensible “security” provided by the police state, call it “heroism.”


 






  1. Rob Falk:

    Nah, can’t go along with this one. First, the cop was being incredibly patient with the guy (who was really kind of annoying) and secondly, and as much as it pains me to say it, the cop is right about the First Amendment. The camera guy can talk as much as he wants, but the cop doesn’t have to answer. That’s pretty much where the cop was coming from. It also appeared that the stop was “minimally intrusive” and that cars were moving through pretty quickly. Whether we like DUI Stops or not (I don’t) the fact is that badgering cops on assignment is not the way to make any progress. That would be through communicating with those in charge of making the assignments and via the legislature. Look, I’m no fan of cops, over reaching, and abuse, and I am a fan of thefreethoughtproject.com, this particular clip is NOT “shock video” and weakens your over all argument.

    1. Joel Hava:

      but were the searches only “minimally intrusive” because the officers knew they were being filmed? just like how the officer said by standing there he is interfering, what he really means is by recording them they feel pressure to actually follow protocol they are trained by and therefore unable to bully, intimidate, outright harass people. at least not w/o it being on camera. think about it. that is the “interference” they dont want. getting drunks off the streets, saving lives, what a hero. what he meant to say was generating revenue so they can buy shiny new cop cars to throw innocent ppl in the back of.

  2. Rob Nolen:

    ts definitely a fucking pain in the ass but lets be real, some drunk driver plows into my car and kills my wife, or a member of my family, he better hope they get his has at one of those checkpoints before he gets into trouble because i would not be quick with that motherfucker. its simple, dont drive drunk.

  3. Blane Laramie:

    Wow, the middle aged white guy sides with the cops. Never seen that before….

    1. Rob Nolen:

      people like you keep us divided you fuckin pole smoker.

  4. Igoris Makarevich:

    Police attack disabled Native American veteran and wife Toms River NJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZjfzePtHI

  5. Tim Stark:

    people don’t die from dui’s what an idiot. people die from reckless and careless drivers, people unfit to drive for a wide variety of reasons. some of which have the potential to generate revenue regardless of opinion. if someone is truly breaking traffic laws that you can see, pull them over and see if maybe they aren’t just too damn feeble minded to have a license. if they aren’t committing any violations you don’t see 100 times a day from a soccer gramma leave them alone.

    1. Rob Nolen:

      dui: drivers under the influence. im pretty sure they have killed people

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