Wake Forest NC Home http://wakeforest.nchome.us NC home media network trust Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:27:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 NC communities devastated by killer tornadoes http://wakeforest.nchome.us/2011/04/19/tornado-damag/ http://wakeforest.nchome.us/2011/04/19/tornado-damag/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:27:10 +0000 admin http://wakeforest.nchome.us/?p=30 Here is just one of many videos from Youtube, some in Raleigh. This video includes a compilation of a walk through a hard hit area near Saunders Street, then some footage appearing to be from Sanford and Wilson. Many areas were badly hit and at least 23 people were killed, by what appears to have been an attack of at least 60 tornadoes on Saturday, April 16, 2011.

]]> http://wakeforest.nchome.us/2011/04/19/tornado-damag/feed/ 0 NC bill clarifies roadblocks illegal http://wakeforest.nchome.us/2011/03/27/nc-bill-clarifies-roadblocks-illegal/ http://wakeforest.nchome.us/2011/03/27/nc-bill-clarifies-roadblocks-illegal/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:42:59 +0000 admin http://wakeforest.nchome.us/?p=4 (AMP) Raleigh
If HB 375 passes the NC General Assembly and becomes law, those roadblocks which stop traffic and violate everyones’ rights might become just a bad memory of a state which was rapidly becoming a police state rather than a free state.
House Bill 375 introduced in the NC General Assembly by first-term representative Glen Bradley of Youngsville would clarify that checkpoints are illegal in the state. Law enforcement refers to roadblocks as checkpoints, check points, or safety checkpoints. US Supreme Court has ruled checkpoints are seizures without a warrant and without probable cause, and as such are unconstitutional in violation of the 4th Amendment of the Bill of Rights, but the court specifies there are exceptions which allow police to violate the law in the name of public safety. For example, if police received a tip that there are religious extremists with a bomb on the way to blow up a building, there may be good reason to conduct a roadblock. It would still be illegal, but it would be an allowed exception to the Bill of Rights.

Rep. Glen Bradley explains, he hands out copies of the US Constitution to police when he is stopped, saying they obviously “need them” (to know they are violating peoples’ rights). The US Constitution is law which limits the powers of government in order to preserve the rights of the people.
In the embedded video, Wake County Sheriff Harrison clearly wants to continue the rights violations, and opposes the bill. The Sheriff is in favor of continuing to accept federal funds (which come from taxpayers) to set up checkpoints.

The General Assembly will also review a much weaker bill regarding roadblocks and checkpoints. HB 381 would prevent police from setting up checkpoints in order to profile specific types of vehicles.

Make no mistake about it, those federal funds used to fund states to set up checkpoints do come from taxpayers wallets. The US House of Representatives is currently considering House Resolution HR 904 which would prevent the US Department of Transportation (DOT) from providing federal funds to create motorcycle only roadblocks (MOR).

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