I went there last night and one of the stunters told me that the Grapevine Cops had showed up a week earlier and gave everyone tickets who had expired tags, insurance etc. Whatever they could ticket for they did.
That's illegal and Un-Constitutional! We have a RIGHT to Peacefully Assemble! Someone should start a petition to the Mayor of grapevine and the Grapevine police department; maybe even consult an attorney. There has to be probable cause for them to do something like that and only to a specific individual. Not the entire gathering. That's just Communist! We are losing more and more rights as time passes!
aparently you havent been through the suspicionless checkpoints in Arlington. They set up roadblocks at an intersection and random places and stop EVERYONE that drives through asking for ID and insurance.
A ticket for expired tags is not unconstitutional and you dont have to be operating the vehicle to get the ticket. Riders should just be responsible and renew your damn registration and tags, and inspection, and keep yourself completely legal, so you cannot be harassed by officers. ID'ing you and detaining you w/o wrongdoing against your will, and seizing your insurance documentation is however IMO illegal.
In my opinion if its private property like the lot at cutiepies, and you arent even on your bike, I would refuse to hand over ID. I would just walk away or ask if Im being detained or under what suspicion or wrongdoing I am being detained for. If you are not operating a motor vehicle, and you havent commited any crime, technically there is no reason or cause for an officer to detain you against your will and violate your fourth amendment right to unreasonable searches and seizures....and YES....your PAPERS and PERSONS are SPECIFICALLY mentioned in the constitution, so any rebuttal is futile and holds no merit.
on the otherhand, if you dont want to be treated like a douche by the police, then dont attend the squidfests on a weekly basis.