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In reply to the discussion: Freak out at Texas border patrol checkpoint [View all]
Cosmocat
(15,333 posts)12. Everytime we see POC get brutalized or killed by LEO
these people go on about "just comply!"
That standard never seems to apply to people like this.
Further, these people have gone on and on and on and on about THE BORDER for many decades now.
These folks are the people who are working to secure said border, so if these fucksticks are the great americans they fancy themselves to be, why are they not dutifully doing what was asked of them to make their jobs easier and thanking them for what they are doing?
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I don't live that far from the border (150 miles from three crossings) and I wonder if that jerk lives near me!
LeftInTX
May 2024
#4
Looks like it's at the Eagle Pass Checkpoint. They only reason anyone goes to Eagle Pass is to go watch the border.
LeftInTX
May 2024
#8
The border patrol agents would have let the racist pos go if he simply said he was a US citizen.
we can do it
May 2024
#57
I'm not. The way the border patrol treated my Tohono o'Odham students in Arizona made me despise every single
AZLD4Candidate
May 2024
#22
One of those people who have to shout everything - it makes them more right, I guess.
Liberal In Texas
May 2024
#13
Plus the repeated use of the f bomb. Not sure why he seems to think that it enhances his credibility.
wnylib
May 2024
#61
I used to do the same thing and I'm a Democrat. I'd ask them to prove they were Americans in Arizona
AZLD4Candidate
May 2024
#21
I would posit that this type of attitude and behaviour is extremely problematic (to understate it):
Celerity
May 2024
#26
I normally had a bag with a shirt or a dress I'd buy for my wife. I never went for medication unless I needed it there
AZLD4Candidate
May 2024
#39
These idiots are first one to say "we need to protect our borders from illegals!
imanamerican63
May 2024
#19
I don't answer questions. 9th amendment right to travel, 5th amendment right to remain silent
AZLD4Candidate
May 2024
#20
Would love to know how that all ended up. Clearly he was able to post the video somewhere.
Fla Dem
May 2024
#25
Obiously set up with his phone recording so he could look supper cool and dangerous.
Biophilic
May 2024
#32
What is ironic is that the same bastards that get in the Border Patrol's face about trying to "protect the border" are
Chainfire
May 2024
#40
Absolutely. Right wing douchebags like this are why we have these internal checkpoints.
Hassin Bin Sober
May 2024
#52
These guys look like Texas Minuteman idiots who patrol the border looking to shoot people crossing without id.
Westcoast4life
May 2024
#53
He is a disrespectful asshole, but why the hell are there immigration checkpoints
ecstatic
May 2024
#54