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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Roadblock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In peaceful circumstances, they are usually instantiated by the police, or road transport authorities; they are also commonly employed during wars and are usually staffed by heavily armed soldiers in that case.
The word roadblock is commonly used to refer to any similar obstruction to progress in an activity or task.
A roadblock is also a task in which one person may perform on the CBS reailty tv series: The Amazing Race.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roadblock   (141 words)

  
 YOJOE.COM | Roadblock
Roadblock's waist and legs were re-used in 1993 to create Guile and Guile (v2).
Roadblock's chest, arms, waist, and legs were re-colored and re-used in 1997 to create Rock n Roll (v5).
Roadblock's chest, waist, and legs were re-colored and re-used to create Breaker (v2).
www.yojoe.com /action/86/roadblock2.shtml   (109 words)

  
 G.I. Joe Comics Home Page: Roadblock
Roadblock stepped forward and aimed his.50 caliber machine gun at the man's head, then "politely" asked him to stop what he was doing.
Roadblock played a major role in the Joe team from his arrival until the team was disbanded.
Roadblock later returned to the Joes and was part of a convoy of vehicles escorting a group of young children who turned out to be clones of the original Serpentor.
www.myuselessknowledge.com /joe/roadblock.html   (1793 words)

  
 YOJOE.COM | Roadblock
Originally, Roadblock came with a fl machine gun, a fl knife, a blue disk launcher (spring loaded, actually fired), a fl disk, and a fl figure stand.
Roadblock's entire mold was re-used later that year to create Roadblock (v5) (1993).
Roadblock's head was used on Roadblock (v6) (1993) and Roadblock (v7)
www.yojoe.com /action/92/roadblock4.shtml   (227 words)

  
 Road Block Registry: Your Rights and What to Do at a Roadblock
Roadblocks are usually established in locations that prevent easy avoidance, offer ample parking for interrogating suspected law violators and issuing tickets, and usually in places and during times that will not cause serious traffic tie ups, although there have certainly been exceptions.
The stated purposes of roadblocks are usually legalized excuses to stop and scrutinize motorists for which there would otherwise be no reason to do so.
DWI roadblocks are usually set up at night and can be quite unnerving with the bright lights, orchestrated show of force, and flashlights thrust in drivers' faces.
www.roadblock.org /whattodo.htm   (1301 words)

  
 TOPD Roadblock - State issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Sobriety Roadblock Briefing - A briefing conducted just prior to the operation in which specific instructions were presented to every participating officer.
Of interest are the instructions that absent reasonable suspicion, individuals who choose to avoid the roadblock or not roll down their window and interact with officers after being stopped should be allowed to go on their way.
Sobriety Roadblock Statistics - A Sheriff Dept. report indicating 571 stops were made during the operation and 4 DUI arrests resulted - a hit rate of 0.7%.
www.terrybressi.org /roadblock/state.htm   (1241 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
When the police establish a roadblock on a route that they know or strongly suspect is being used by a dangerous criminal to escape, the probability is high not only of apprehending the criminal but also of preventing him from engaging in further criminal, or otherwise hazardous, activity incidental to his escape.
If the purpose of the roadblock program were to discover such violations, and if a program having such a purpose could be justified under the cases that allow searches and seizures without individualized suspicion of wrongdoing, then the seizure, in the course of such searches, of drugs that were in plain view would be lawful.
A roadblock administered the way Indianapolis handles its program is less intrusive than the search of one's person and belongings at an airport, another familiar kind of "roadblock" (and one that, like the Indianapolis program, is designed to find evidence of crime, such as carrying weapons aboard an aircraft).
caselaw.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=7th&navby=case&no=984124   (5659 words)

  
 Road Block Registry Home Page
Roadblocks, as used in the US, are designed and intended to use fear, intimidation, and inconvenience to expedite a government edict or a political agenda.
The reincarnated prohibitionist movement has seized upon the roadblock tactic as a means to employ fear in their holy war against "Demon Rum." Many of the current DWI laws have nothing to do with addressing drunk driving as a safety problem.
The advocates of DWI roadblocks also admit that roadblocks do offer the opportunity to arrest people for drunk driving who would not otherwise be arrested based on their ability to drive safely.
www.roadblock.org   (718 words)

  
 Roadblocks-Sobriety Checkpoints in New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Roadblocks are being used more frequently in New Jersey and other states as a tool to detect and arrest drivers suspected of being intoxicated.
Roadblocks are subject to Fourth Amendment concerns against unreasonable searches and seizures, and, if challenged the State must demonstrate the constitutionality of the roadblock in a separate court hearing before a judge.
While analyzing the administration of the roadblock is extremely important to the determination whether the roadblock was proper, determining whether officers properly complied with the guidelines of the roadblock in specific stops and detentions of motorists is a very important part of the analysis, also.
www.nj-dmv-dwi.com /parts/roadblocks.html   (287 words)

  
 2-99-1288
He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence because the roadblock was an unreasonable seizure.
Whether a particular roadblock or similar device violates the fourth amendment is a question of reasonableness.
Because the roadblock at which defendant was apprehended did not comply with constitutional standards, the trial court should have granted defendant's motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence.
www.state.il.us /court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2001/2ndDistrict/March/Html/2991288.htm   (1459 words)

  
 6/28/2004 - Appeals Court Finds County Roadblock Unconstitutional - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com
Nevertheless, the particular roadblock at issue in Downey was found unconstitutional because the method by which the roadblock had been established and conducted had been subject to an excessive amount of discretion by the officers at the scene.
Finally, the court turned to the severity of the roadblock’s interference with personal liberty and privacy, noting that "the most important attribute of a reasonable roadblock is the presence of genuine limitations upon the discretion of the officers in the field." Id. at 533.
Obviously, this aspect of the roadblock is in direct contravention of the requirements of Downey and Hicks, because the decisions about establishing the roadblock were made by the same men who were actually conducting it at the scene.
www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_52235.asp   (5097 words)

  
 Cosmic Rust : Toys : Energon : Roadblock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Roadblock (or Inferno Volt in Japan) invokes the presence of G1 Grapple, who was a remold of G1 Inferno, a fire truck, into a crane.
Most noticeable is the head, it is a completely new mold and does a better job of convincingly hiding the head in vehicle mode as well as a better look for the face than the first version.
Overall, Roadblock is a much nicer than his predecessor and is rather striking with his colors.
www.cosmicrust.com /toys/energon/roadblock.php   (446 words)

  
 Jericho's Kids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Roadblock isn't very bright and doesn't quite understand that he can be the dominant one I think.
Roadblock was adopted out of a dark garage, where he was six weeks old and severely malnourished (don't worry, he recovered well..
Until recently, I thought Roadblock was a mutt so to speak, but learned recently that he is actually very likely to be a tabby, despite the alien looks and wide body.
www.attrition.org /%7Ejericho/pix/cats.html   (216 words)

  
 YOJOE.COM | Roadblock
Roadblock was released carded in the thirteenth series (1994) as part of the Star Brigade subset.
Roadblock came with a fl helmet with a removable red face shield, three gold rifles, a gold machete, a silver missile launcher (spring loaded, actually fired), two gold missiles, and a gold figure stand.
Roadblock was created using the same mold as Roadblock (v6) (1993), which included the body mold from General Hawk (1991) and General Hawk (v3) (1993), and the head from Roadblock (v4) (1992) and Roadblock (v5) (1993).
www.yojoe.com /action/94/roadblock7.shtml   (156 words)

  
 [No title]
The District Court dismissed for failure to state a claim, concluding that the roadblock was not unreasonable under the circumstances, and the Court of Appeals affirmed on the ground that no "seizure" had occurred.
In that case, if Brower had had the opportunity to stop voluntarily at the roadblock, but had negligently or intentionally driven into it, then, because of lack of proximate causality, respondents, though responsible for depriving him of his freedom of movement, would not be liable for his death.
Thus, the circumstances of this roadblock, including the allegation that headlights were used to blind the oncoming driver, may yet determine the outcome of this case.
www.tcleose.state.tx.us /Course_Reviews/BPOC/BPOC_618_04/22-ProfPoliceDriving-Case2.doc   (2474 words)

  
 State v. Margaretha Bjorkaryd-Bradbury
Although the Department's log sheets described the roadblock as a "seatbelt roadblock," only one purpose of the roadblock was to check vehicles for seatbelt violations and remind motorists of the importance of complying with Maine's seatbelt law.
She filed a motion to suppress arguing that the roadblock was unconstitutional and in violation of 29-A M.R.S.A. The District Court denied the motion.
The Supreme Court focused on the "primary purpose" of the roadblock and held that the drug interdiction roadblock violated the Fourth Amendment because its primary purpose was indistinguishable from the City's general interest in crime control.
www.courts.state.me.us /opinions/documents/02me44bj.htm   (1558 words)

  
 Roadblock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Roadblock is a world class chef, and equally at ease with preparing a seven course gourmet dinner as he is with laying down a staked-out field of fire for an ambush.
Amiable and well-liked by his fellow team members, Roadblock does not appear to have any irritating faults--other than a tendency to put a dash too much cayenne pepper in his famous crawfish stew.
Roadblock was originally deployed with the G.I. Joe team in 1984 in the United States.
www.siscom.net /~dune/gijoe/roadblock.htm   (445 words)

  
 DEBKAfile - The Myth of the Lone Sniper
The first shots against the roadblock were fired by the marksman armed with the M-14 before 0700 IT Sunday morning.
As they approached the roadblock, four were caught in the crossfire from the two hills.
Reports that the roadblock unit was confused by echoes of gunshots coming from different directs were drummed up to substantiate the sniper tale.
www.debka.com /article_print.php?aid=405   (700 words)

  
 Roadblock (v8) Review - Castledestro.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Double Blast is not Roadblock; he is an entirely different character, and the mold should have been reserved for Double Blast, not reused for this version of Roadblock.
The Roadblock that I have become used to seeing is a rather large, imposing persona; a basic tough as nails member of the GI*JOE team.
This version is rather scrawny looking; it doesn’t represent Roadblock as the massive man that he is. As a figure, I think this mold is quite boring.
www.castledestro.com /reviews/roadblockv8review.htm   (723 words)

  
 Scenes from a roadblock
One morning she heard in a newscast that a 50-year-old man with a heart problem had begun to feel chest pains but that the Palestinian ambulance conveying him to the hospital was detained adjacent to an Israel Defense Forces roadblock.
The ordinary kind of roadblock consists of a few concrete or plastic blocks, with or without tire-piercers, but with a number of soldiers.
The permanent, obstructive kind of roadblock is the "last word" in the tactics being used to suppress Intifada 2000.
www.zmag.org /meastwatch/hassroadblock.htm   (980 words)

  
 ROADBLOCK: How people power is wrecking the roads programme. London: Alarm UK, 1995.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Roadblock has been republished on the Web in September 2004 by kind permission of the authors.
But London is the essential starting point for the Roadblock story because it was the protest in London that was to set the trend for the campaigns that shook the nation in the first half of the 1990s.
Roadblock was written and compiled by John Stewart, Jonathan Bray and Emma Must.
www.antiroads.org.uk /roadblock/roadblock.html   (13711 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
They were accompanied by ambulances from Rafah that have been forced by the roadblock to take a circuitous eastern route to Khan Yunis extending the journey from 7 minutes to up to half an hour.
Beyond the roadblock was a stretch of road that had been rendered impassible to non-military vehicles.
Having obtained this promise and realising that any further work they did dismantling the roadblock could be instantly undone by an Israeli military tractor, the ISM activists retired to their base in Rafah.
www.jfjfp.org /5rafah.htm   (526 words)

  
 roadblock - Definition of roadblock by Webster's Online Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
roadblock - a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
To see a roadblock in your dream, signifies obstacles in your business or personal life.
You may be more persistent and diligent in trying to overcome the obstacles that come your way.
www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/roadblock   (99 words)

  
 TOPD Roadblock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This web site provides details regarding the Tohono O'odham Nation roadblock that occurred on Arizona Highway 86 in December of 2002.
I was stopped, threatened with lethal force, dragged out of my vehicle, and detained for several hours for no reason - other than requesting to know what law authorized the police to stop me and demand ID after admitting I wasn't suspected of violating any law and I wasn't being detained.
If you are concerned about the growing disregard those in authority have for the individuals they allegedly 'serve and protect', please read through this account.
www.terrybressi.org /roadblock/roadblock.html   (442 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The 8 legislature finds and declares that it did not intend this 9 outcome in enacting sections 286-162.5 and 286-162.6 of the 10 Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The police departments of the a Page 2 4 H.B. 1 respective counties are authorized to establish and implement 2 intoxication and drug control roadblock programs in accordance 3 with the minimum standards and guidelines provided in 4 section 286-162.6.
In the case of internal police 11 procedures that do not fall within the definition of "rule" under 12 section 91-1(4), failure to comply scrupulously with such 13 internal police procedures shall not invalidate a roadblock that 14 otherwise meets the minimum statutory criteria provided in 15 section 286-162.6.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov /session1999/acts/Act183_hb4.htm   (205 words)

  
 HNS - Introducing RoadBLOCK Security Firewall - An Advanced Intelligent Network Security Appliance for the 21st Century
The RoadBLOCK appliance based on ISA Server 2004 will be on exhibit at the Microsoft Tech-Ed 2004 Conference in Amsterdam from 29 June 02 July in the Microsoft Ask the Experts Pavilion ISA booth at Tech-Ed EMEA.
Because RoadBLOCK is based on Microsoft ISA Server 2004 it provides new levels of advanced application protection, ease of use and fast, secure access in a dedicated, cost effective solution.
The RoadBLOCK firewall will be available in the third quarter of 2004 from strategic European \ Global VARs and Directly from RimApp beginning at an estimated SRP price of $2,300 or 1,900.
www.net-security.org /press.php?id=2248   (1155 words)

  
 Food Allergy Roadblock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The roadblock for us turned out to be a food allergy.
Our two and a half year old usually well tempered little boy Austin got a cold and I was treating him at night with Triaminic nighttime.
That's our roadblock and I wanted to share it with you.
www.aolff.org /food_allergy.htm   (426 words)

  
 Sandhill Solutions RoadBlock
RoadBlock is an easy to set up and use Internet Site monitoring and blocking program.
Below is an example of the main screen that is presented when RoadBlock is run.
Now that you have installed the RoadBlock program and configured to work with your Internet provider, you must configure your computer's networking configuration to use RoadBlock and you must configure your computer to run RoadBlock each time it starts up.
www.sandsol.com /RoadBlock/help.html   (864 words)

  
 CBS.com
This Roadblock required one Team member to choose a traditional Vietnamese fishing platform and use the wooden winch to raise a net out of the water.
Once the net was raised, they or their partner could grab the clue dangling underneath.
In this Roadblock, one Team member had to choose a totem pole with various animal faces.
www.cbs.com /primetime/amazing_race3/show/episode12/a3route_roadblk.shtml   (132 words)

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