Yeah so what...I went through one driving from El Paso to Georgia...big deal. They aren't looking for me....
that border patrol agent needs to grow a set
This type of protest is totally pointless. Nothing was accomplished. I look at this as different then the video of the guy that won't answer if he's an American citizen when asked becasue the patrol unit knew who he was and were just fucking with him. But these guy screaming, "Are you God?!" is immature grandstanding. Should these guys be right at the border? Yes. Should people be concerned that they aren't? Yes, but go about protesting the right way.
I didn't have a problem with it. Yes the protest you mention is good, but this one isn't bad. I think they should keep getting the message from people that checkpoints aren't cool by us. They contacted DHS and asked permission. They probably needed to check with the state too so they might have fucked up there. The guards could have escorted them to the point outside of their checkpoint that they wanted to be but they were just being dicks. Looks like the highway patrol sent them onto railroad property too which they don't have permission to be on. Not sure but I'm guessing that was a railroad owned access road with the railroad being right there.
I don't like it either, but it is nothing new. Driving to Los Angles from Houston in the 1980's on Interstate ten I was stopped at a check point in Arizona. Driving back, same thing...
I don't have any proof, it was 1985, but it did happen.
how viral have these videos become?
I clicked the first vid you posted it already has 72K views!
maybe it was state looking for somebody. I mean there is valid reasons to have a checkpoint and those are reasons we would all understand. Where I draw the line is at a general checkpoint to just check the status of every person passing. That's nazi shit imo and 100% not remotely American. If there is a valid reason for a checkpoint, they should state it.times I drove through the southern states was from 86 to 93.
I was asked for ID, my citizenship... I cooperated humbly.
Green uniform, Border Patrol, an anglo with that Drill instructor lilt to his voice. Same guy both times, 3 1/2 weeks apart. I spent 3 weeks in Los Angeles in an apartment above an actor and his wife who rented it to me short term.
where did this happen?