HOT TOPIC: Do police have right to, nor right for all motorists’ blood?
Drivers sue states after roadside blood sampling results in infection, permanent injury For years, truckers have fought random requests for roadside urine tests. As it turns out, the government doesn’t want your urine.
Big brother wants your blood.
Several state and local governments have enacted laws allowing police to forcibly draw blood from drivers on the side of the road. And in recent months, the issue has hit courtrooms, with motorist Russell Johnson challenging whether several policemen in Washington and Hamilton townships in New Jersey had the right to use excessive force to take his blood at a hospital.
Johnson claims that officers permanently damaged his wrist in the process.
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