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Travis_0004

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6. Maybe if they were not harassing citizens they wouldn't have a problem

Reply to lumpy (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:55 AM

Aug 2013

I have no problem with border patrol at the border, but what is the point of having it 20 miles away?

They should not be able to just stop somebody with probably cause. I feel the same way about DUI checkpoints. I wish everybody would harass them, and make them so ineffective they stop doing them.

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Border Check Point Officer vs Young Woman in Car 'IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS' [View all] Segami Aug 2013 OP

depends on whether this is real or acting out a script nt msongs Aug 2013 #1

brave young woman grasswire Aug 2013 #2

I had to go through a stupid check point ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #3

20 miles? The Station from Sierra Vista to Tucson is about 50 miles from the border. panader0 Aug 2013 #19

This was the checkpoint ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #24

She should have asked why she was being detained and under what probably cause. NutmegYankee Aug 2013 #4

Nice girl trying to prove a point. She didn't get a citation but the only point she proved is that lumpy Aug 2013 #5

Maybe if they were not harassing citizens they wouldn't have a problem Travis_0004 Aug 2013 #6

DUI checkpoints have probably prevented a lot of accidents from happening. lumpy Aug 2013 #8

And stop and frisk catches a lot of criminals. Travis_0004 Aug 2013 #9

not the same thing JI7 Aug 2013 #11

You have 'stop and frisk' check points?...where's that? Tikki Aug 2013 #13

Off subject, sorry. To quote the young lady at the checkpoint "It's none of your business." lumpy Aug 2013 #16

Except the efficacy of DUI checkpoints has never been proven. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #10

They aren't the police.... ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #12

Oy vey. eom TransitJohn Aug 2013 #22

No - They weren't doing their jobs - which is why the supervisor told her to go bananas Aug 2013 #27

As a general rule, I don't go to fizzy-drink ads for credible legal advice. My own advice, struggle4progress Aug 2013 #7

Michigan has an Enhanced DL. dmr Aug 2013 #14

Didn't know about that, but it looks like only four US states offer it, all of them along struggle4progress Aug 2013 #15

This girl is being completely obnoxious Marrah_G Aug 2013 #17

That's what they said.... ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #18

actually I don't think it is Marrah_G Aug 2013 #20

If you ever had to go through those damn ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #25

Good. As a U.S. citizen, I'm proud of her. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #26

A brave woman Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #21

While the woman is correct and while there are other videos MineralMan Aug 2013 #23