State Police officer under investigation for doing his job
Only in America! Only in a country with such organizations as the ACLU could this possibly happen. In the ACLU's latest act of indecency against the American people, they have filed a complaint on Rhode Island State Trooper Thomas Chabot for detaining 14 people who he suspected were in this country illegally.
The Providence Journal reports that Trooper Chabot pulled over a van for failing to signal when changing lanes. Upon asking the 14 passengers of the van for identification he learned 11 of them were in this country illegally. The 11 passengers in question were detained, turned over to the proper immigration authorities and now face deportation.
The ACLU stipulates that this "an egregious case of racial profiling, from beginning to end". Lets pretend for a moment that statement is true. Does it change the fact that these 11 people were here illegally? Does this mean now these 11 people have a right to file a lawsuit (with legal representation provided by our beloved ACLU of course) for false detainement? The answer to me is quite simple. NO!
What Trooper Chabot did was his job. He witnessed a traffic violation and proceeded to pull the van over. He asked the passengers for valid identification. Upon learning of their immigration status he turned them over to the proper authorities. What the ACLU needs to be reminded of is that every citizen of this country is required to carry proper identification at all times, and law enforcement officials have every right to ask you to produce such identification regardless if you have committed a crime. I myself have been stopped by a Police Officer while walking down the street ( at 4 am and visibly intoxicated) and asked to produce ID, which I was more than happy to do.
Its time someone reminds the ACLU what the "A" stands for. I would like to invite everyone to visit http://stoptheaclu.com . For the record I am not affiliated with this website except that I am an avid reader of their articles and 100% support what they are trying to do. STOP THE ACLU!
The Providence Journal reports that Trooper Chabot pulled over a van for failing to signal when changing lanes. Upon asking the 14 passengers of the van for identification he learned 11 of them were in this country illegally. The 11 passengers in question were detained, turned over to the proper immigration authorities and now face deportation.
The ACLU stipulates that this "an egregious case of racial profiling, from beginning to end". Lets pretend for a moment that statement is true. Does it change the fact that these 11 people were here illegally? Does this mean now these 11 people have a right to file a lawsuit (with legal representation provided by our beloved ACLU of course) for false detainement? The answer to me is quite simple. NO!
What Trooper Chabot did was his job. He witnessed a traffic violation and proceeded to pull the van over. He asked the passengers for valid identification. Upon learning of their immigration status he turned them over to the proper authorities. What the ACLU needs to be reminded of is that every citizen of this country is required to carry proper identification at all times, and law enforcement officials have every right to ask you to produce such identification regardless if you have committed a crime. I myself have been stopped by a Police Officer while walking down the street ( at 4 am and visibly intoxicated) and asked to produce ID, which I was more than happy to do.
Its time someone reminds the ACLU what the "A" stands for. I would like to invite everyone to visit http://stoptheaclu.com . For the record I am not affiliated with this website except that I am an avid reader of their articles and 100% support what they are trying to do. STOP THE ACLU!
posted by Siggy at 8:35 AM
1 Comments:
Thank you for the correction. I have lived in NYC all of my life and am not very familiar with the laws in other parts of the country. In NYC if a person is stopped by a police officer for any reason, and does not have proper identification, the officer has a right to bring him to the station until someone with proper ID comes in to vouch for him/her. I was wrong in assuming this is the way it was country wide.
However that still does not change my original stance, that this officer did nothing wrong, and should be commened for a job well done.
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