[drzaiusapelord]

>but stopping everyone on an interstate to talk with them is insane overreach.

Especially when they aren't really looking for drunks, but people like your father to victimize as police fundraiser.

Anything that monetizes police action will lead to massive abuse. It blows my mind people won't accept that. The cops and the unions aren't stupid. They want that money for salary, pensions, and toys. The politicians want that funding without having to raise taxes.

So now the electorate is literally being bullied and mugged by the police. I'm really starting to like the lame-duck version of Obama. His recent moves are very much needed: encouraging municipal fiber, workers leave rights, sanctioning Russia, immigration amnesty, etc.

[cmurf]

Unfortunately as executive orders, rather than laws, they can easily be undone by the next executive.

I think it's overly diplomatic to call this action a police fundraiser. These were highwaymen. Note they aren't doing this to their locals, they know better and that's why they're on the interstate, they're doing it on behalf of the locals. The rot is with the town itself.