[...] ACLU Says DNA Collection Violates Constitution [...]

[...] ACLU Says DNA Collection Violates Constitution [...]

Last year I lived in Fullerton CA and
my house was broken into while I was at work and a few things were stolen. Called the police, they filed a report and had their CSI van come over and finge print the place and look for evidence and asked us for our swab of our cheeks! We were the ones that got our house broken into and they were asking us for this “in case they found evidence of someone else’s DNA they would know it wasn’t ours”. I asked them kindly to leave.

So goodbye already.

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CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HORTON, it seems that every time I come to one of these articles, you are on here screaming. Why don’t you learn to turn off the all-caps setting?

Wow that guy in the picture accompanying the article has some serious cavities in that mouth.

THE “BOTTOM-LINE” TO THIS DISCUSSION IS LIBERALS’ OBSESSION WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

SCIENCE SHOULD HAVE STAYED AS A TOPIC DEALING WITH THE DISECTION OF FROGS, THE ORGANIZATION OF SOLAR SYSTEMS, THE IDENTIFICATION OF ROCKS AND THE Periodic Table of Elements.

TECHNOLOGY IS THE DOWNFALL OF HUMANS. IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CREATED. I DO NOT LIKE COMPUTERS. I DO NOT LIKE CELL PHONES. I DO NOT LIKE PLASMA TELEVISIONS. YES – I OWN THEM; BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS FORCED TO.

Ridiculous. What about finger prints and eye scans? It’s got to be all or nothing. Where do these, supposed, smart people come from? America had a law book that everybody was subject to, government and civilians. We’ve scraped that and replaced it with whoever’s in power’s laws. Want to change the laws? Change the government but remember, that’s flexible. The trancendental law, God’s law, was the common denominator we held our Constitution up to. Now? It’s God’s law or no law and we are finding that out.

Those that have something to hide are the ones objecting to their DNA being on file. With all that is happening, it would almost seem prudent to have whatever identification things are available right there for reference.
You don’t have to be a criminal to have DNA being on file a good thing. Let that soak in.

I think the problem is that they are gathering DNA from suspects, people arrested for ALLEGED crimes. They should be limited to the criminals that are CONVICTED of a crime.

As long as the DNA is ONLY used in law inforcement investigations, ok.

They the government do not own my DNA, are not to copy it, or use any part without my express permission.

Laus Deo
Semper Fi

If your looking to curb recindisism(sp) institute tougher felony laws with strictly enforced maximum punishment. Federal capital punishment for violent, aggressive, subversive, repeating behaviors. Stop making prison’s so comfortable. They take away civil rights but allow tv’s,computers,radios that doesn’t make any sense at all. Daily executions of DNA proven rapists,child molesters,human traffikers,and the like. There is plenty they can do but don’t. Just like there is plenty they can do about immigration, entitlement fraud, identity theft,etc. But I guess all these are actually wanted problems in our society.

Although I rarely agree with the ACLU, this time the organization is right. What many people fail to recognize is that “Police” rarely arrest an innocent person, and when that does occur it’s usually someone with prior “convictions” and not some random individual off the street. Our Police “INVESTIGATE” innocent people with regard to crime, but most are soon exonerated and no arrest is ever made. However, that’s not always true, so taking the “DNA” of anyone and everyone arrested would, over time, build a HUGE database of totally innocent Americans, and that’s definitely unconstitutional in my State, if not every State.

All of us often make the mistake of looking only to the FEDERAL Constitution for protection against authoritarian infringement of our rights, but we should look first to our State Constitution, since we have many more “STATE” Police Officers than federal officers, and those making an arrest on criminal charges are FAR more likely to be City, County or State officials than federal. Remember, authority not specifically granted to government by the constitution is WITHHELD from the government and remains with “The People.” That information would include “Medical” information, and our DNA profile…

I guess they have forgotten that when you go to jail, you give up your rights.
this isn’t against the Constitution at all. That goes for voting as well they have no right to vote either.

They should not be able to collect DNA. Even though no one has identical DNA, they don’t compare every strand of DNA or nucleaotide. There are similarities that make us too close for comfort. In reality, a monkey’s DNA is only 3% different from ours and even that is too close for comfort.

THE PERSON WHO INVENTED THE ABILITY TO DETECT “DNA” SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAINFULLY MURDERED! PERIOD!

THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO OWN A PART OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S BIOLOGY AND USE IT AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL.

I do not see anything wrong with cops taking a DNA sample from suspects who are booked for a crime. It is not different than fingerprinting them. DNA, however, is apparently not as reliable as fingerprints. It’s my understanding that twins have identical DNA. Their DNA my differ if one is taking some sort of midication, though.