DNA Dragnet of Men in Louisiana

	posted by Scott on Thursday January 23, @04:53PM from the News dept.
	Bill Kuhl writes "I saw a report on national TV news about a dragnet of men in Louisiana and then later found this article on the same story. Apparently there is a serial killer of women at work in the Baton Rouge/Lafayette area. Police have identified the murderer as male and have commanded hundreds of men in the area to show up to prove themselves innocent through a DNA test. How unbelievably unconstitutional can you get?!!! The same would never be done to women, I believe. One man refused to show up for the test and his name was put in the paper." To me, the most disturbing thing is the number of men who are willingly giving up their rights. [Question to readers]: When will these dragnets hit the town that you're in? Will you submit to the same, given that you have "nothing to hide?"

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Yep... is it any surprise? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday January 23, @09:34PM EST (#1) Indeed. And were the suspect black, would they insist all blacks or black men show up for DNA testing to exonerate them? Again, this would not be happening in *any* crime where the perp was suspected to be female. Male = suspect -- no other characteristics are necessary... Men, we gotta start getting MAD AS HELL!! If it ever happens where I live, I will not cooperate and will in fact gladly make a federal case out of it. I do hope the ACLU gets involved in this somehow. Reading, Mr. Ashcroft?? Huh, huh??

Re:Yep... is it any surprise? (Score:1) by The Gonzo Kid (NibcpeteO@SyahPoo.AcomM) on Thursday January 23, @11:07PM EST (#2) (User #661 Info) I'm jiggy with it. I'm there. No. Not just no, but hell no. I don't have to prove my innocence, you have to prove my guilt. Want my DNA? Come with a warrant, or go whizz up a rope, you jack-booted, fascist stormtroopers. Oh, please, please, please come to Indiana. I dare you, you scumsucking bottomfeeders. Please, oh please, come knocking at my door. I double dare you, you chickenhearted jackasses. You don't have the cojones. ---- Burn, Baby, Burn ----

Re:Yep... is it any surprise? (Score:2) by Thomas on Friday January 24, @12:05AM EST (#3) (User #280 Info) Every time I think that I would like to relax about these matters, something happens to remind me that relaxing would be immoral. They will NEVER get my DNA without forcing or stealing it from me. Is the government satan?

Practice of Law (Score:1) by fightbigotry2002 on Friday January 24, @08:35AM EST (#4) (User #1093 Info) Lousiania is unique in the country as to the type of law it practices. If I am not mistaken, it is the only state in the union that holds to Napoleonic Law. Guilty until proven innocent. So I am not surprised that the police are being consistent with the tradition and practice of law in their state.

Outrage (Score:1) by Ragtime (ragtimeNOSPAM@PLEASEmensrights.ca) on Friday January 24, @06:26PM EST (#5) (User #288 Info) This is an outrage. (Sorry for using so weak a term to describe how I feel.) And what do you think will be done with those DNA samples once the police have them, and you've proven your innocence? If you think they'll be destroyed, you're delusional. They'll be kept for future surveilance. Just in time for the Brave New World of 'Homeland Security.' Subcutaneous GPS locators for all men will be next. In the interest of national security, of course... Time to act. Ragtime The Uppity Wallet The opinions expressed above are my own, but you're welcome to adopt them.

Re:Outrage (Score:2) by frank h on Saturday January 25, @09:43AM EST (#6) (User #141 Info) "The Uppity Wallet" Uppity Wallets Unite!! Obsequious yet engaging. No?

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