Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

This article from CNN tells the tale of a man who bought a device from Canada that could change traffic lights. Local law enforcement eventually noticed that every time his car passed certain intersections, there was a disruption in the normal traffic signal routine. Here’s the important part: According to the CNN article, the man was cited for suspicionof interfering with a traffic signal.

That’s right. If the police suspect that you’ve messed with the stoplight, you apparently can be ticketed. They don’t necessarily have to prove that you’ve done anything, they just need to be suspicious of it. How does the unfortunate victim of this abuse of power prove that they are not guilty of the officer being suspicious of their actions?

When do we start locking people away for suspicion of murder? How about the lacrosse team at Duke… Will we send them to prison for suspicion of rape?

Of course, this is all based on the wording of the drive-by media, who are suspicious in their own right. I have no direct knowledge of Colorado law. If a correction to the premise of this post is needed, we can easily change the subject to inaccuracies in the news.