Police set up roadblocks to 'voluntarily' collect DNA, blood samples from innocent Americans

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. You CAN be swabbed even if no charges are brought.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of DNA databases to
collect genetic information from suspects arrested but not yet charged,
without any requirement that officers first show probable cause. The 5-4 ruling overrules a state court determination that Maryland’s DNA collection law permits unconstitutionally invasive searches.

In the short term, the ruling means that law enforcement officials can collect DNA from anyone accused of a violent crime or burglary and upholds existing DNA collection laws in about 28 states. This DNA stays in a database and can serve as the basis for later accusing people of other, unrelated crimes. As the Maryland Supreme Court pointed out in their ruling, only 16 percent of people arrested for some felonies are eventually convicted, and more than one in four people charged with crimes that are much easier to prosecute are not convicted. This means widespread DNA testing ensnares a whole lot of innocent people. But even those who believe they could never be suspected of a violent crime may not be insulated from testing. Justice Antonin Scalia warns in a dissent joined by three of the court’s more liberal justices that the court’s reasoning would apply equally to someone accused of any crime or violation at all:

When there comes before us the taking of DNA from an arrestee for a traffic violation, the Court will predictably (and quite rightly) say, ‘We can find no significant difference between this case and King.’ Make no mistake about it:
As an entirely predictable consequence of today’s decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason.

Story date is 11 days ago....

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/03/2091741/the-police-can-now-access-your-dna-without-a-warrant-even-when-you-cant-access-it-at-all/?mobile=

Notice you can be arrested but not charged...so cops can grab you, put you under arrest, swab you, then not charge you, and let you go.Even for littering, failing to signal a turn, any reason they can think of.