{"article":{"id":235301,"heading":"Checkpoints this weeked \/ Retenes este fin de semana (25-27\/feb\/2010)","author":"Checkpoint response","created":"2010-02-27 00:12:42","modified":"2013-11-11 01:04:14","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:04:14","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p>La investigaci&oacute;n analiza las cifras producidas por distintas agencias de autoridad p&uacute;blica y concluye que el ret&eacute;n es m&aacute;s eficaz para aplicar leyes antimigrantes, como la discriminaci&oacute;n que prohibe licensias a conductores indocumentados, que para contrarrestar los conductores ebrios. Adem&aacute;s, recalca que las encautaciones de autos resulta con grandes ganancias para municipalidades.\r\n<br><br>\r\nThe investigation examines figures from various law enforcement agencies and concludes that the checkpoint is a much more effective tool to enforce anti-immigrant laws such as the discrimination that prohibits licensing of undocumented drivers, than it is to halt drunk drivers. Furthermore, it points out that checkpoints are a cash cow for the municipalities that use them.\r\n<br><br>\r\nCheckpoints this weekend \/ Retenes este fin de semana\r\n<br><br>\r\n<b>\"Throughout February and March\" \"Durante los meses de febrero y marzo\" (impreciso)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nLAS CRUCES (NM) - \"New Mexico State Police will conduct sobriety checkpoints around Las Cruces throughout February and March\" (http:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/las_cruces-news\/ci_14467770)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>Jueves \/ Thursday (25\/feb)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nRANCHO CUCAMONGA (CA) - \"Sheriff's deputies will be conducting a vehicle safety checkpoint at Rochester Avenue and Stadium Parkway in Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday.\" (http:\/\/www.dailybulletin.com\/ci_14455150)\r\n<br><br>\r\nUPLAND (CA) - \"The Upland Police Department will conduct a DUI \/driver's license checkpoint from 6 p.m. Thursday to 1:15 a.m. Friday.\" (http:\/\/www.sbsun.com\/breakingnews\/ci_14463598)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>\"This weekend\" \"Este fin de semana\" (impreciso)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nBUCKS COUNTY (PA) - \"State police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in Bucks County this weekend.\" (http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/news_details\/article\/92\/2010\/february\/24\/sobriety-checkpoint-slated-for-weekend.html)\r\n<br><br>\r\nFORT MYERS (FL) - \"DUI sobriety checkpoint sometime this coming weekend beginning Friday, Feb. 26. The operation will take place at an undisclosed location in the city of Fort Myers\" (http:\/\/www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/514921.html)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>Viernes \/ Friday (26\/feb)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nSANTA ANA (CA) - \"Officers may stop any vehicle at the checkpoint, which will be in the area of 1000 N. Newhope St., near Rosita Park. The checkpoint stops will begin at 7:30 p.m. and are scheduled to go until 1 a.m.\" (http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/news\/checkpoint-236094-police-impaired.html)\r\n<br><br>\r\nLAFAYETTE (Louisiana) - \"A sobriety checkpoint will be conducted from 9 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday. The Lafayette Police Department and Lafayette Parish Sheriff&rsquo;s Office will be conducting the OWI checkpoint within the incorporated areas of Lafayette\" (http:\/\/www.theadvertiser.com\/article\/20100225\/NEWS01\/100225009\/OWI+checkpoint+planned+for+Friday)\r\n<br><br>\r\nSOUTH LAFOURCHE (Louisiana) - \"Sheriff's deputies will man an insurance checkpoint in south Lafourche between 9 a.m. and noon.\" (http:\/\/www.dailycomet.com\/article\/20100223\/HURBLOG\/100229826\/-1\/OBITS?Title=Deputies-to-staff-insurance-checkpoint-Friday-in-south-Lafourche)\r\n<br><br>\r\nVICTORVILLE (CA) - \"San Bernardino County Sheriff&rsquo;s Victorville station officials will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday ...from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., authorities will also check to make sure drivers are properly licensed and have valid insurance.\" (http:\/\/www.vvdailypress.com\/news\/checkpoint-17516-friday-scheduled.html)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>S&aacute;bado \/ Saturday (27\/feb)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nREDLANDS (CA) - \"Redlands police said they will operate a sobriety checkpoint from 10:30 p.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the southbound lane of Alabama Street between Park and Orange avenues.\" (http:\/\/www.dailybulletin.com\/news\/ci_14464274)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>La pr&oacute;xima semana \/ Next week<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nHOBOKEN (NJ) - \"Hoboken police will be conducting a DWI checkpoint somewhere in the mile square city over the course of the first weekend in March.\" (http:\/\/www.nj.com\/hobokennow\/index.ssf\/2010\/02\/hoboken_police_to_conduct_dwi.html)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>Viernes \/ Friday (5\/mar)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nATWATER (CA) - \"The Atwater Police Department said it would conduct a DUI and driver's license checkpoint March 5.\" (http:\/\/www.mercedsunstar.com\/2010\/02\/24\/1325981\/atwater-pd-to-conduct-duidl-check.html)\r\n<br><br><br><br>\r\n<b>En dos semanas \/ In two weeks (17\/mar)<\/b>\r\n<br><br>\r\nMONTGOMERY COUNTY (TN) - \"The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting driver license roadside safety checkpoints during the week of March 17 on SR-149 at Montgomery\/Stewart County Line in Montgomery County.\" (http:\/\/www.theleafchronicle.com\/article\/20100224\/NEWS01\/2240323)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"noretenes@gmail.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Por fin la cuesti\u00f3n de los retenes ha salido a la luz, debido a una investigaci\u00f3n llevado a cabo en la Universidad de California y publicado a trav\u00e9s del <i>New York Times<\/i> y PBS, entre otros.<br>\r\nAt last, the issue of the checkpoints has come to light, thanks to an investigation done at UC Berkeley and published in the <i>New York Times<\/i> and PBS, among others.","numcomment":6,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2010\/02\/checkpoint.jpg7pj6fj.jpg","filesize":"42.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2010\/02\/235301.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2010\/02\/checkpoint.jpg7pj6fj.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2010\/02\/checkpoint.jpg7pj6fj.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2010\/02\/checkpoint.jpg7pj6fj.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":235309,"heading":"Alejandra Martinez","article":"Police use these checkpoints to collect money from college students just having fun at local bars. But they also use these to seperate families and deport the true natives of this land!","author":"Alejandra","parent_id":235301,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-02-27 06:16:12","modified":"2010-02-27 06:16:12","fileurl":""},{"id":235325,"heading":"UPDATE: Friday night in Coachella","article":"COACHELLA - &quot;Coachella police plan to conduct a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint tonight from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.&quot; (http:\/\/www.mydesert.com\/article\/20100226\/NEWS0801\/100226005\/-1\/newsfront\/Coachella-police-plan-DUI-checkpoint-for-tonight)","author":"Checkpoint response","parent_id":235301,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-02-27 18:48:17","modified":"2010-02-27 18:48:17","fileurl":""},{"id":235332,"heading":"UPDATE: Friday night in Oxnard","article":"OXNARD - &quot;The checkpoint will be held in multiple locations throughout the City of Oxnard between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.&quot; (http:\/\/www.keyt.com\/news\/local\/85519117.html)","author":"Checkpoint response","parent_id":235301,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-02-27 19:57:12","modified":"2010-02-27 19:57:12","fileurl":""},{"id":235361,"heading":"UPDATE: Saturday in Napa","article":"NAPA (CA) - &quot;The Napa Police Department will conduct a DUI\/driver\u2019s license checkpoint somewhere in Napa Saturday.&quot; (http:\/\/www.napavalleyregister.com\/news\/local\/article_0d6fe0b0-2375-11df-ac27-001cc4c002e0.html)","author":"Checkpoint response","parent_id":235301,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-03-01 01:53:42","modified":"2013-11-11 01:04:15","fileurl":""},{"id":235455,"heading":"stand up for your rights","article":"zIt's a little known fact that if you are in a DUI check point. and have had a few there is a way out!\r\ndo the following:\r\n\r\n1 stop your car\r\n2. get out of the car\r\n3. open a sealed bottle of alcohol (half pint works best)\r\n4. drink some (in view of the officers)\r\n5. quickly pour the rest on the ground\r\n\r\nthis will contaminate the breathalizer results,making them inadmissable in court. (or the flip side they will get tossed by the judge)\r\nsince you have poured out the rest of the bottle, the police can't prove in court how much you drank.\r\nthe only thing they can do is to give you a ticket for drinking in public (this is a minor fine) and won't go on your license!\r\njust remember you can't go back and drive your car.\r\nhave a friend come and get it for you. The cops will be Pissed but too bad. \r\nthis does work but you have to be quick to pull it off\r\n\r\n","author":"Bill","parent_id":235301,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-03-04 00:37:15","modified":"2010-03-04 00:37:15","fileurl":""},{"id":235464,"heading":"yeah","article":"Bill knows how to get \r\na. handcuffed\r\nb. arrested\r\nc. incarcerated\r\nd. jailed\r\ne. fined\r\nf. reamed with ancillary consequences, like losing your license, having higher insurance rates and enjoying a lesson in stupidity...","author":"Bill knows","parent_id":235301,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-03-04 04:40:04","modified":"2010-03-04 04:40:04","fileurl":""}]}