Florida lawyer DWI checkpoint signs spark controversy

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) A criminal defense attorney has sparked a national conversation after he began promoting an alternative method to handling DWI checkpoints that include giving authorities the silent treatment.

 

At sobriety checkpoints, motorists are asked to roll down the window and show police identification. But Warren Redlich, a criminal defense lawyer based in Guilderland and Florida, is challenging the checkpoints.

 

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision says you have to affirmatively assert your right to remain silent, but its a Catch 22, he said.

 

So Redlich created a flyer for ten different states, including New York, that states: I remain silent. No searches. I want my lawyer. The flyer also includes sections of the motor vehicle law.

 

I see an awful lot of people making mistakes that get themselves in trouble, innocent people getting arrested for drunk driving, innocent people getting convicted because they make mistakes, said Redlich. The key is you're not trying to voluntarily roll down your window. If the officer orders you to roll down your window, for most people, you should obey that order. The fact that it's an order means you're protected by the fourth amendment.

 

He posted a video on YouTube of him using the sign at a Florida checkpoint. The officer in the video appears to read the sign, ask him to hold his license to the window and then waive him through.

 

According to a CBS News report, his YouTube tutorial on how to use the flier has been viewed more than 2 million times, and now others are filming their own videos to demonstrate the success of the fliers.

 

 

http://news10.com/2015/02/11/fla-lawyer-dwi-checkpoint-signs-spark-controversy/

 

http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/features/featured/stories/local-dwi-attorney-suggest-drivers-keep-windows-up-at-checkpoints-7029.shtml

 

http://www.krcrtv.com/news/florida-lawyer-no-speaking-needed-at-dui-checkpoints/31335536

[USAFASME7]

Hmmm...interesting!

[SnakeEyeSS]

At a DUI checkpoint years ago got yelled at for running a imaginary stopsign.

 

You read that right. He kept pointing at corner, yelling about how I ran it, said I was sorry, didnt know there was one there(almost started arguing but stopped quickly knowing maybe HE was drunk and this would lead to nothing good) He waved me through.....

 

 

Drove by the next day, I was right. No stopsign.