WV-Cool off on a hot day with some swimming? Pool cops.

[Anti Federalist]

To add to my growing list of things you cannot do without running the risk of being accosted by cops of every stripe.



Swimmers subjected to warrantless bag searches at public pool

Individual rights continue to be discarded at every type of public gathering.

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Site Staff in News

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/dreamland-pool-searches/

KENOVA, WV — A popular summer attraction in West Virginia will now be marred its tight security. Swimmers at the famous Dreamland Pool will now have police officers searching their bags as they attempt to use the public facility.

The landmark attraction has been around for nearly 90 years, and is owned by the taxpayers of the city of Kenova.

Now, upon entry, cops will shuffle through the public’s belongings as they try to use those facilities.

Police are justifying the dragnet searches because of two “incidents” involving drugs on the property during this season’s crowded opening weekend. One incident pertained to a person smoking pot in the parking lot; the other involved ladies getting high in the bathroom.

“In today’s society, people look for anywhere there’s a gathering to try to do whatever it is they’re wanting to do,” was the absurd justification given by Fox Heaberlin, Kenova’s Public Works Supervisor and Dreamland Pool manager.

Cops will also be searching for weapons, because lawful self-defense is not allowed on the property, not even from those licensed to carry. Only police are afforded such privileges.

Police recited the usual mantra about upholding safety and order in a Facebook post, while discarding the very oath they swore to uphold and the individual rights of those they serve.

The fact that people cannot even go swimming without having cops systematically violating their 4th Amendment rights is truly indicative of the America’s trend toward a police state.

[presence]

Bag search?



http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/46/a5/tsa_10.jpg

So is this like a public pool at an international airport or something?


I don't get it.

[dannno]

You know what would be funny?

If all of the non-violent drug offenders got released from prison and we replaced them with all of the most hardcore drug warriors and supporters of the war on drugs.

Then like a couple weeks later after they've had time to think about what they've done they can be released and given a message that they can't just go around kidnapping people because they are doing things they don't like.

[Anti Federalist]

Bag search?

So is this like a public pool at an international airport or something?

I don't get it.

No and no, just a town pool.

What's to get?

The legal precedent has been set, and Idiot AmeriKa is fine with, the idea of cops rifling through your shit, or searching you, whenever and wherever they feel like it, for any reason, or no reason at all.

So, this is what you get.

Look for this type of stuff to increase, exponentially, as time goes by.

Freedom.

[Suzanimal]

“In today’s society, people look for anywhere there’s a gathering to try to do whatever it is they’re wanting to do,” was the absurd justification given by Fox Heaberlin, Kenova’s Public Works Supervisor and Dreamland Pool manager.

Bullshit, when I was a kid the bathrooms at the public pool always smelled like weed, I think it was the lifeguards.

It's gonna take a long time to go through all those bags.

[Anti Federalist]

Updated 2:

Swim in the town pool? Pool cops.
Relax at the beach? Beach cops.
Hike a hill? Park cops.
Waste time online? Internet cops.
Take a drive? Highway cops.
Fly off for vacation? Airport cops.
Do some fishing? Clam cops.
Cruise your boat? Marine cops.
Like to hunt? Game cops.
Take in some target shooting? Gun cops.
Do some home improvements? Code cops.
Maybe work at your business? Regulation cops.
Clean the house? Recycling cops.
Get out of the country? Border cops.
Try to blow your brains out at the insanity of it all and fail? Hospital cops.

[Anti Federalist]

Bullshit, when I was a kid the bathrooms at the public pool always smelled like weed, I think it was the lifeguards.

It's gonna take a long time to go through all those bags.

"You in a hurry, ma'am? Pipe down and wait your turn, or I'll take you to jail." - Officer Friendly.

[dannno]

Updated 2:

Swim in the town pool? Pool cops.
Relax at the beach? Beach cops.
Hike a hill? Park cops.
Waste time online? Internet cops.
Take a drive? Highway cops.
Fly off for vacation? Airport cops.
Do some fishing? Clam cops.
Cruise your boat? Marine cops.
Like to hunt? Game cops.
Take in some target shooting? Gun cops.
Do some home improvements? Code cops.
Maybe work at your business? Regulation cops.
Clean the house? Recycling cops.
Get out of the country? Border cops.
Try to blow your brains out at the insanity of it all and fail? Hospital cops.


Go to school? School cops.

Go to college? University cops.

Go to the mall? Mall cops.

Cook food to sell or give to the homeless? Health cops.

Target shooting out at the old quarry? Quarry cops.

Build a shelter out in the wilderness? Forest cops.

[dannno]

Take advantage of bulk discounts in black market purchases of scheduled substances? Undercover cops.

[presence]

No and no, just a town pool.

What's to get?

The legal precedent has been set, and Idiot AmeriKa is fine with, the idea of cops rifling through your shit, or searching you, whenever and wherever they feel like it, for any reason, or no reason at all.

So, this is what you get.

Look for this type of stuff to increase, exponentially, as time goes by.

Freedom.



WTF??? Really??? Is this necessary???

http://i.imgur.com/7j2FTqm.gif

[Suzanimal]

"You in a hurry, ma'am? Pipe down and wait your turn, or I'll take you to jail." - Officer Friendly.

Pfft, won't catch me at a pubic pool. I have my own and I'll drink all the Franzia Chillable Red and smoke all the fucking weed I want in it ~ I'm a sovereign citizen in my backyard.

[Root]

Bullshit, when I was a kid the bathrooms at the public pool always smelled like weed, I think it was the lifeguards.

It's gonna take a long time to go through all those bags.
I can almost guarentee you it was the lifeguards. :cool:

[Anti Federalist]

Pfft, won't catch me at a pubic pool. I have my own and I'll drink all the Franzia Chillable Red and smoke all the fucking weed I want in it ~ I'm a sovereign citizen in my backyard.

Until your block-captain neighbor reports you.

Then you get a SWAT raid at oh-dark-thirty, they shoot your dog, grenade your cat, wreck your home, haul you off to jail and send your kids to CPS.

This is called "freedom" and "AmeriKan Values".

[Anti Federalist]

Why do you hate AmeriKa and her values, comrade?





WTF??? Really??? Is this necessary???

http://i.imgur.com/7j2FTqm.gif

[Slave Mentality]

"Thank You Police!"

Remember kids, they hate us 'cause of all this freedom coming out our asses.

[Matt Collins]

Simple... don't use a government pool.... remember Ron put a public pool in his town.

[Root]

Pfft, won't catch me at a pubic pool. I have my own and I'll drink all the Franzia Chillable Red and smoke all the fucking weed I want in it ~ I'm a sovereign citizen in my backyard.
I'm out of ammo.


You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Suzanimal again.

[fisharmor]

You know what would be funny?

If all of the non-violent drug offenders got released from prison and we replaced them with all of the most hardcore drug warriors and supporters of the war on drugs.

Then like a couple weeks later after they've had time to think about what they've done they can be released and given a message that they can't just go around kidnapping people because they are doing things they don't like.

It's not poetic justice unless we completely ignore the fact that some of these drug warriors may simply have made a mistake, and keep them locked up for 20 years and make them totally unemployable on the outside.

[Philhelm]

You know what would be funny?

If all of the non-violent drug offenders got released from prison and we replaced them with all of the most hardcore drug warriors and supporters of the war on drugs.

Then like a couple weeks later after they've had time to think about what they've done they can be released and given a message that they can't just go around kidnapping people because they are doing things they don't like.

You lost me at "released."

[Philhelm]

Updated 2:

Swim in the town pool? Pool cops.
Relax at the beach? Beach cops.
Hike a hill? Park cops.
Waste time online? Internet cops.
Take a drive? Highway cops.
Fly off for vacation? Airport cops.
Do some fishing? Clam cops.
Cruise your boat? Marine cops.
Like to hunt? Game cops.
Take in some target shooting? Gun cops.
Do some home improvements? Code cops.
Maybe work at your business? Regulation cops.
Clean the house? Recycling cops.
Get out of the country? Border cops.
Try to blow your brains out at the insanity of it all and fail? Hospital cops.

Violate your oath of office? Crickets.

[DamianTV]

Updated 2:

Swim in the town pool? Pool cops.
Relax at the beach? Beach cops.
Hike a hill? Park cops.
Waste time online? Internet cops.
Take a drive? Highway cops.
Fly off for vacation? Airport cops.
Do some fishing? Clam cops.
Cruise your boat? Marine cops.
Like to hunt? Game cops.
Take in some target shooting? Gun cops.
Do some home improvements? Code cops.
Maybe work at your business? Regulation cops.
Clean the house? Recycling cops.
Get out of the country? Border cops.
Try to blow your brains out at the insanity of it all and fail? Hospital cops.

Missed one:

Have some sex? also Clam Cops or Mushroom Cops.

Welcome to the Swimming Pool and follow the RULES:


No Diving
No Spitting
No Running
No Bare Feet (even while swimming)
No Privacy
No Glass
No Alcoholic Beverages
No Open Wounds
No Garden Tools allowed in Pool Area
No Singing of "I'm On A Boat" due to Copyright Infringement
No Unauthorized Unsponsored "Floaties"
No Pets
No Riding Donkeys backward in pool while reading a Bible during a Football Game
No Horseplay (does not apply to Law Enforcement / Infringement)
No Resisting Police Searches
No Resisting Police Inspections
No Resisting Police Authority
No Resisting Police Orders
No Resisting Police Instructions of who to vote for
No Resisting Police Propoganda of ANY Form
No Resisting Police Brutality while being assaulted by Police
No Resisting Police LIES while in Court (yes, thats a Swimming Pool rule)
No Display of American Flag as it is offensive to Immigrants
No Not Paying Taxes
No Blocking Ads


Disclaimer: We have the Authority to use your Image or Likeness for Advertising and Tracking purposes without compensation.

Im sure there are a bunch that I've missed here as well, especially on the whole "No Resisting Police for" paradigm.

[PaulConventionWV]

WTF??? Really??? Is this necessary???

http://i.imgur.com/7j2FTqm.gif

LMAO!

That picture cracks me up.

[LibForestPaul]

No and no, just a town pool.

What's to get?

The legal precedent has been set, and Idiot AmeriKa is fine with, the idea of cops rifling through your shit, or searching you, whenever and wherever they feel like it, for any reason, or no reason at all.

So, this is what you get.

Look for this type of stuff to increase, exponentially, as time goes by.

Freedom.

One al laki issa quida "terrorist" bomb attack is all it will take for 95%+ boobus americana calling for random stop and frisks, bag checks, porno scanners, on the streets, in public venues, in taxpayer funded halls, everywhere in NYC, BOSTON, CHICAGO.

[PaulConventionWV]

Pfft, won't catch me at a pubic pool. I have my own and I'll drink all the Franzia Chillable Red and smoke all the fucking weed I want in it ~ I'm a sovereign citizen in my backyard.

Hell yeah. Private pool parties are the best kind.

[PaulConventionWV]

Simple... don't use a government pool.... remember Ron put a public pool in his town.

He put a put a public pool in his town? How did he do that? And why is it public?

[pcosmar]

Simple... don't use a government pool.... remember Ron put a public pool in his town.

Like that makes a damn bit of difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqlH4pK7eHY

People are being harassed everywhere. All over the country.. Private parks or public beaches..

There are Too Many Stasi.

https://i.imgur.com/DqrYnC0.jpg

[DamianTV]

Pfft, won't catch me at a pubic pool. I have my own and I'll drink all the Franzia Chillable Red and smoke all the fucking weed I want in it ~ I'm a sovereign citizen in my backyard.

But only if you are given permission to have a pool by the City, County, Homeowners Association, Home Insurance Company, Nosy Neighbors, have current Liability Insurance, have at least TWO Six Foot Fences with barbed wire and an armed security guard, and have to privately pay for a Lifeguard, and agree to not go skateboarding in an empty pool without proper helmets, knee pads, cameras, and agree to fluoridate your pool through out the entire year.

Aaah so much Freedom I could go swimming in the stuff.

[echo1]

I believe in many ways, this thread points to the reason the United States of America, home of brave, land of the free, has the largest prison population on the face of the planet.

Then again, that may be because our prison system has been privatized.

Just a thought.

[CPUd]

http://i.imgur.com/vZG4Tku.gif

[otherone]

LOL!
The gub'ment is a bunch of idiot neighbors kowtowing to what the rest of your idiot neighbors want.

"People deserve the government they get, and they deserve to get it good and hard."
-Mencken

[Christian Liberty]

I believe in many ways, this thread points to the reason the United States of America, home of brave, land of the free, has the largest prison population on the face of the planet.

Then again, that may be because our prison system has been privatized.

Just a thought.

There's a difference between private prisons and "private" prisons.

A truly privatized prison system, along with a privatized justice system, would be great. Bob Murphy is great at explaining how that could work.

On the other hand, "private" prisons (ie. fascistic, state-corporate conglomerations) are terrible.

[presence]

http://i.imgur.com/vZG4Tku.gif


LOL


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[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

When this was done at the airports, I did not say anything because I stopped flying.

When this was done on the trains, I did not say anything because I stopped train travel.

When this was done on the buses, I did not say anything because I stopped riding the bus.

When this was done on the roads, I did not say anything because I stopped driving.

When this was done on the sidewalks, I did not say anything because I stopped walking.

When this was done in my home...

[CPUd]

http://i.imgur.com/a7itA1c.jpg

[DamianTV]

Until your block-captain neighbor reports you.

Then you get a SWAT raid at oh-dark-thirty, they shoot your dog, grenade your cat, wreck your home, haul you off to jail and send your kids to CPS.

This is called "freedom" and "AmeriKan Values".

You forgot to flashbang the baby.

(Sadly, flashbanging babies is also very real for anyone else that doesnt know that...)

[Anti Federalist]

There's a difference between private prisons and "private" prisons.

A truly privatized prison system, along with a privatized justice system, would be great. Bob Murphy is great at explaining how that could work.

On the other hand, "private" prisons (ie. fascistic, state-corporate conglomerations) are terrible.

No.

The natural efficiencies and effectiveness of the market should never, under any circumstances, be applied to throwing people in cages.

[phill4paul]

One incident pertained to a person smoking pot in the parking lot; the other involved ladies getting high in the bathroom.

The sheer horror. Someone could have gotten stoned.

[Occam's Banana]

The sheer horror. Someone could have gotten stoned.

Annnnnnnnnnnd thisgoeshere ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Zxd5jp-lI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Zxd5jp-lI

[Anti Federalist]

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[echo1]

I believe in many ways, this thread points to the reason the United States of America, home of brave, land of the free, has the largest prison population on the face of the planet.

Then again, that may be because our prison system has been privatized.

Just a thought.

I was asked to expand on this thought, so I thought while I actually have a moment, I would.

One of the most shocking things I've learned about my country, is that of ALL the counties on the face of our planet, the USA is #1. Think about that for a minute. Honestly, I feel a bit stunned every time I think about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate

I wondered how in the world this was possible.

Well, as it turns out, there is money to be made by keeping people in prison. The rise of private prisons has exploded over the last several years.

https://www.aclu.org/prisoners-rights/private-prisons

The subject of the OP is that these days, no matter where you are, or what you are doing, their is a special branch of the police there to ensure you are not a terrorist, and to get as many people as possible into "the private system", where there is plenty of money to be made.

Personally, I don't like it.

[Christian Liberty]

No.

The natural efficiencies and effectiveness of the market should never, under any circumstances, be applied to throwing people in cages.

I understand what you are saying here, but here's the thing. There are some people who are just plain bad and need to be either locked up or killed so that the rest of us can live without unnecessary fear. I'm talking about people that are committing murder or similar crimes. Who should do this? We know the State is itself a gang of thieves and criminals, so I think its clear that they are disqualified. How should it be done?

I don't know the answer to this, but it doesn't matter. When there is a need for something, the market provides it.