Eric Peters on the Aurora, CO incident

[cavalier973]

"The police state is not only here – it is being welcomed with open arms.

Exhibit A: In Aurora, Colorado, police searching for suspected bank robbers locked down an entire intersection, dragooned 40 random motorists out of their cars at gunpoint, handcuffed them and “asked” for permission to search their vehicles. (See here for the ABC News story.)
 
Naturally, no one refused permission."

[Cognitive Dissident]

"The police state is not only here – it is being welcomed with open arms.

Exhibit A: In Aurora, Colorado, police searching for suspected bank robbers locked down an entire intersection, dragooned 40 random motorists out of their cars at gunpoint, handcuffed them and “asked” for permission to search their vehicles. (See here for the ABC News story.)
 
Naturally, no one refused permission."

Meh...it was in response to an actual crime, and if the subtleties of the report is right, they ASKED to search.  This is far less disturbing than suspicionless checkpoints.