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Here's one from Australia where some (drunk sounding) guys go through an alcohol test without stopping, which is illegal and with inevitable results. They thought they could use the 'am I under arrest?' strategy without understanding the situation at all.

That said, I can see how the border checkpoints that are nowhere near the border would be frustrating, and good on the locals for protecting their rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsoUArgpo9s




Back in the 90s when parts of the UK were under martial law and armed paratroopers operated late night checkpoints, going through one could be fatal: http://www.1in12.com/publications/archive/stories98/clegg.ht...

(I went to university with a relative of the murdered girl)




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