You decided to come to South Carolina to visit your family, and you set aside time to enjoy a few days with them. While you were here, you made plans to head to a local bar and grab a few drinks with them. Everyone drove home on their own, but you were the one who ended up having a cop pull you over.
Do sobriety checkpoints violate your basic civil rights?
The police officers working in South Carolina want to reduce the number of drunk driving crashes, which claim hundreds of lives each year, and they will often take drastic steps to enforce the law and keep the public safe.