US Border Patrol checkpoint on I-10 in west Texas
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Fair enough Boggie. Do you also see racism, sexism, religious discrimination, or any other form of discrimination under every rock and bush?
I am annoyed and mad over just about every asinine thing that TSA does but I don't see it rising to the level of the trampling of civil rights.
I am annoyed and mad over just about every asinine thing that TSA does but I don't see it rising to the level of the trampling of civil rights.
Having to show ID to the Federal Government just to travel is a civil rights violation.
The government collecting your travel information each and every time you travel is a civil rights violation.
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That station has been in place since 1983 when I started working in ELP. There also is one north of Las Cruces on I-25 with the same setup. Always with a few questions and on one or two instances a ream of them. No rhyme or reason other than to aggravate the drivers.
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Pure racism, absolutely disgusting. I find it ridiculous that any prosecutor would take a case to court based solely on the testimony of the officer with such scant evidence. I find it ridiculous that any jury of 12 people would convict on such scant evidence. I think is more an example of racism than deliberate trampling of civil rights.
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Every time I hit one of these checkpoints my accent gets me in trouble. If someone else is driving, I keep very quiet.
My accent doesn't match my address. Don't they know that people move?
My accent doesn't match my address. Don't they know that people move?
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What would happen in this scenario?
CBP: "How are you today, sir?"
N965VJ: "I'm one fine US citizen!"
CBP: "Where are you heading?"
N965VJ: "I'd rather not say because I value my privacy"
CBP: "Do you have ID?"
N965VJ: "Yes."
CBP: "Can I see it?"
N965VJ: "No, because I value my privacy."
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
Meanwhile, the dog doesn't alert to any drugs, aliens, or some other Threat To Security after wandering around my vehicle.
CBP: "How are you today, sir?"
N965VJ: "I'm one fine US citizen!"
CBP: "Where are you heading?"
N965VJ: "I'd rather not say because I value my privacy"
CBP: "Do you have ID?"
N965VJ: "Yes."
CBP: "Can I see it?"
N965VJ: "No, because I value my privacy."
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
Meanwhile, the dog doesn't alert to any drugs, aliens, or some other Threat To Security after wandering around my vehicle.
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Pure racism, absolutely disgusting. I find it ridiculous that any prosecutor would take a case to court based solely on the testimony of the officer with such scant evidence. I find it ridiculous that any jury of 12 people would convict on such scant evidence. I think is more an example of racism than deliberate trampling of civil rights.
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What would happen in this scenario?
CBP: "How are you today, sir?"
N965VJ: "I'm one fine US citizen!"
CBP: "Where are you heading?"
N965VJ: "I'd rather not say because I value my privacy"
CBP: "Do you have ID?"
N965VJ: "Yes."
CBP: "Can I see it?"
N965VJ: "No, because I value my privacy."
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
Meanwhile, the dog doesn't alert to any drugs, aliens, or some other Threat To Security after wandering around my vehicle.
CBP: "How are you today, sir?"
N965VJ: "I'm one fine US citizen!"
CBP: "Where are you heading?"
N965VJ: "I'd rather not say because I value my privacy"
CBP: "Do you have ID?"
N965VJ: "Yes."
CBP: "Can I see it?"
N965VJ: "No, because I value my privacy."
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
Meanwhile, the dog doesn't alert to any drugs, aliens, or some other Threat To Security after wandering around my vehicle.
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Oh I would have absolutely voted not guilty. No way would I accept the only evidence of a drug sale as being the handwritten scrawl on the officer's leg. Investigations are just not run that way.
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Even after being told all of the things that that Coleman character did, the jurors interviewed still believed that the people they convicted were guilty.
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And I've heard before that being "cool as a cucumber" can be considered suspicious.