So why are Americans so uptight about their personal rights
being “violated” by law enforcement?
I recently came across a YouTube video showing an American
driver who refused to open the window or show law enforcement his ID. The summary
on the video states that he, as an American “knows his rights” (I’m so sick of
that statement), and does not have to identify himself to law enforcement as it
is his right to privacy. He feels that if he is not doing anything wrong, he
shouldn’t have to identify himself.
That in itself is a ridiculous belief. How would anyone know
if you’re not doing anything wrong if you won’t identify yourself to verify
your claim? If anything, it makes you look even more guilty!
For 27 minutes, this idiot holds up traffic, repeats himself
100 times, refuses to let the agent explain or finish talking, accuses the
agent of pulling his weapon, whines about agents touching his car, and rants
only about HIS rights with absolutely no regard for why ALL drivers are stopped.
What he failed to realize is that while he was busy whining like a spoiled
brat, agents ran his plates and found out all they needed. He drove away
feeling like a big shot thinking he got over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4z3gQYVMBs
I’m all for human
and constitutional rights and don’t believe the government has the right to pry
into our personal lives, but asking who you are at a checkpoint is not much
different than when one applies for a credit card, loan, or government
benefits. As a matter of fact, more information is revealed about you when you
apply for a credit card or a loan than at a checkpoint or border crossing.
People applying for credit will practically throw their
personal information at the requestor because they’re anticipating something in
return, a new TV, car, or new shiny things. Not only that, but the information
they willing give up is sold to others, hence, spam and junk-mail! But, put a badge on the same requestor and
they won’t even show their driver’s license and claim harassment and violation
of their constitutional rights! Officers are called Nazis and abusive thugs.
At a checkpoint, also known as “illegal checkpoints” by
paranoid anti-government zealots, the only thing that is checked is national or
state database to find out if you have any arrest warrants and vehicle license
plates to see if the vehicle is stolen. Border Patrol checkpoints check for
citizenship but way too often encounter drug loads. As federal agents, they are
required to search and seize being that more drugs are being transported more
than illegal aliens. Sometimes, the
driver may have to answer a few more seemingly stupid and irrelevant questions
that drivers feel is none of their business. Most times, drivers take this line
of questioning as harassment or interrogation. On the surface, the questions
may seem stupid or irrelevant, but to the person asking them, the answers tell
a lot more.
It is the answers to these questions that identify the
criminals. You’d be amazed at how much information posture, expressions,
physical reactions, and voice inflections can reveal about someone who is
hiding something. This is how law enforcement finds the bad guys that Americans
demand law enforcement catch! So, you get stuck in one of these checkpoints,
big deal! Answer the stupid questions and be on your way, act like an obstinate
patriotic idiot and you’ll send up the red flags that will send you for a
secondary search. Even the stupid criminals know this!
So how did we end up at the point where Americans must be
asked who they are and where they’re going? Two reasons, Americans’ high demand
for drugs and the Cartels’ insatiable quest for more money, and it’s easier for
terrorists to enter the country than the legal way. Don’t like the answer? Read on.
What is already commonly known is that Americans
like their drugs, everyone from the high school cheerleader to the bank CEO who
likes to “relax” with a little snort after a long week. The issue here is that
Americans don’t understand what goes into getting those drugs into the US. They
only picture the shabby dealer on the street corner or their sharp dressed supplier at the club. The fact is that behind the
shabby street dealers and dapper suppliers is a long line of criminals that
starts in Mexico.
For details on this long line, see the post titled Mary
Jane Comes Home in the December page.
This societal slip into distrust and questioning is the
result of cartel smugglers using, literally, every trick in the book to get
their loads to people who feel it’s their “right” to have it. The only way for
law enforcement to catch these people, who have seamlessly blended into our
society, is to question everyone. The trick is to do it without violation
constitutional rights or laws.
Yes, sometimes officers or agents slip, make mistakes, and
some are even corrupt, but the fact is that many cartel smugglers and criminals
are caught at these checkpoints because they slip up when answering the
“stupid” questions. They contradict themselves, or their stories conflict with other
passengers’ stories. Sometimes, their stories are so ludicrous, it’s obvious
they’re transporting. Some get so scared, they’ll flat out admit they’re
carrying drugs when questioned.
Once law enforcement has identified a potential smuggler,
the next step is to find the contraband. Sometimes, a drug detection dog will
quickly find a hastily stashed load in a door, a suitcase, and under the seats,
no problem. The more seasoned smugglers will sometimes go to extremes to
conceal his loads. Aside from good concealment techniques, they understand US
laws, law enforcement techniques, methods of detections, and how to play the
system.
One simple technique is referred to as “suiciding” a load.
This is when a load vehicle is loaded with, say 5 to 10 pounds of drugs in a
difficult to access location. Little effort is made to mask the odor in the
hopes that a detection dog will quickly alert. Knowing that inspecting that
vehicle will tie up three to four officers or agents, the second or third
vehicle behind the suicide load is the real transporter. If the suicide load is
not detected, great, no loss. Meanwhile, the real load vehicle with 200 pounds
gets through while the agents are busy tearing the suicide car apart.
Another common technique is the ole’ family
vacation ploy. A load car is also filled with “vacation” or “camping” supplies.
The ploy is completed with children and even the family pet. When questioned,
they say they’re going “camping”. Here’s where the “stupid questions” come into
play. With the smuggler feeling confident the appearance of a vacationing
family will get him by, the experienced officer asks the driver where they’re
going, the driver replies “Big Bend Park”, the wife replies, “New Mexico”. At secondary inspection,
95.5 pounds of
marijuana is found in the ice chest, door panel, and axle differential housing.
Another
truck cloned as a US Fish and Wildlife service vehicle. Over 900 pounds of
marijuana was found in the bed of the truck. June 2013, US Highway 191,
Arizona. That’s about $700,000.00 in profit for Mexican Cartels seized.
Think that's extreme? Nothing is too much when millions of dollars are at stake.
Can you spot the fake Wal Mart truck?
In August 2006, the Texas Department of
Public Safety Trooper on routine patrol, stopped this truck and found 3,058 pounds of
marijuana and 204 kilograms of cocaine in the "cloned" Wal-Mart
semi-trailer, driven by a man wearing a Wal-Mart uniform. The fake truck is on
the left. That’s about $ 2,000,000.00 in
profit for Mexican Cartels seized.
A cloned van with DirecTV and other markings was pulled over on a routine traffic stop in Mississippi and found to be transporting 786 pounds of cocaine in the cable spools. The 1-800 number on the van was actually an adult sex chat line. That’s about $ 6,000,000.00 in profit for Mexican Cartels seized.
A
cloned UPS van was found to be carrying 13 illegal aliens in El Centro, CA.
Just a guy who bought a
big screen TV and on his way home to watch the game. His elaborate story was too perfect. An inspection revealed 112 pounds of marijuana inside the TV. $80,000.00 worth of
marijuana seized.
"Yes officer, here’s my
driver’s license and insurance”. “I’m just going to the flea market to sell
some mowers, I fixed”. The driver’s licensed turned out to be fake and the flea
market was in the opposite direction. The truck’s VIN had been tampered with
and thus, probably stolen. The driver was also found to have an arrest warrant.
So you’ve seen a few results of why checkpoints are set up
and why officers, troopers and agents ask some seemingly dumb questions. The
intent is to keep our communities safe from dangerous drugs and the criminal
elements that put our society at risk with their violence, not to harass you.
Let’s take this one scary step further.
Two
illegal aliens hidden under the floorboards of a vehicle attempting to enter
the U.S.
An
illegal alien hiding under the dashboard of a car entering the U.S.
Thirteen
illegal aliens disguised as US Marines caught at a border patrol checkpoint in
California. The van, complete with government plates, was stopped by agents and
checked just like everyone else. The subjects all had military style haircuts
and complete uniforms. Sharp eyed checkpoint agents caught the altered
government license plate and all the “Marines” had “Perez” name tapes on their
uniforms.
Now that you've seen the top 12 inches of the proverbial iceberg, ask yourself
these questions.
What if those smuggled
drugs were instead, dirty bombs, biological weapons, or explosives for an
attack on the U.S.?
What if those illegal
aliens were instead, terrorists trying to enter the U.S. in preperation for an
attack?
Do you think Al Qaida can
afford to pay cartel smuggling experts to smuggle terrorists into the U.S.?
Do you think money hungry
cartel members who make billions of dollars off drugs, extortion, alien
smuggling, counterfieting, theft, kidnapping ransoms, money laundering, and
protection fees would turn down any money from a terrorist organization?
If you think these
questions are too far fetched, then, ask yourself this question. Twenty years
ago, was it too far fetched to consider airliners full of innocent passenger
being flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? How about a terrorist
bombing at a marathon or a terrorist attack on a US military base by a Muslim
US Army officer?
We live in a different world today than we did 20 years ago.
The dynamics of violence, terrorism, and war have all changed. As a result, our
way of life has been changed. It has changed in a way that creeps up to our
rights but, does not cross it (yet). Those who refuse to change with the times
and cling to the passed openness we once had, will continue to complain and
wind up frustrated, making their own lives even more difficult. On one hand,
they loudly claim they pay taxes so our government officials and law
enforcement keep us all safe and demand their integrity not be questioned, on
the other, they quickly claim harassment and violations of their rights when
they do get questioned!
Today, our society’s
enemies live among us, they blend in with us and act like we do. They live in
our neighborhoods and have daily routines like ours but, they have evil in
their hearts. Some are sloppy and easy to find, others live like upright
American citizens living the American dream, until the time is right for them
to take action. The only way to find them is to question everyone.
Is it right to stubbornly
refuse to answer two or three questions asked by our front line defenders more
important than catching these criminals who are attacking the core of our
society?
Would you have questioned any of these vehicles if you saw
them traveling alongside you on a highway? Our well trained officers, troopers,
and agents whose job it is to protect our communities see this a lot. They know
what to look for and the stupid questions to ask to find out who is lying.
They’re actually more concerned with keeping narcotics and dangerous criminals
off the streets than prying into your personal life. They really don’t care who
you are if you’re honest and cooperative.
It’s also a well-known fact among law enforcement that many seasoned
smugglers obviously get through checkpoint because they how to control their
expressions, answer the questions properly, and prepare better.
Take the case of the man who was stopped by a Tennessee
State Trooper in 2009. A trooper saw a blue BMW speeding on the northbound
highway. The Trooper stopped the car and made contact with a well-groomed,
sharp dressed driver. The driver claimed to be late for his brother’s wedding
and apologized. He was very cordial with the trooper and even had a wedding
invitation and tuxedo hanging in the back. The driver even asked the trooper
for directions, as he was not familiar with the area. The trooper had that
proverbial gut feeling but couldn’t find any other legal reason to keep the
driver and released him after signing the ticket.
The trooper then notified his partner 10 miles up the road
and told him about the BMW and gave him the details. Sure enough, the next
trooper spotted the BMW speeding and pulled him over again. The driver’s story
was identical to the first stop and even asked the trooper the same exact
questions, only this time, he told the trooper he was bride’s brother. The
trooper continued asking questions until the driver tripped himself up and
lied. This gave the trooper probable cause and he searched the vehicle. During
the search, the trooper discovered maps and diagrams of the Frankfort, KY
airport, notes scribbled in Arabic, $30,000.00 in cash, three bottles of an
unknown liquid in unmarked bottles, and a cigarette pack with a phone number
written on the inside.
The case was turned over to the FBI and agents determined
the subject was a suspect in a terrorist network associated with a group based
in Jordan. On the first night the number was called, a man with an accent
answered but quickly hung up. The number was disconnected within the hour. Once
in custody, the man stopped talking and invoked his right to remain silent. He
never said another word. The liquid turned out to be low-grade acetate, an
ingredient that could be used to make an explosive. The rest of the information
on the items seized was not released. The subsequent investigation led to the
arrest of another man in Frankfort but the full plot was never discovered.
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