This video shows a fourth amendment violation, harassment, and intimidation by the Border Patrol in Uvalde, Texas. The driver is a military field grade officer, decorated for heroism, with more than two years of combat deployment time. He is driving from one American city to another and has crossed no borders. In the video the BP detains him quickly and without cause later claiming he refused to answer questions concerning his citizenship. The video shows this is clearly not the case. This charge is repeated by the supervisor who then contacts his military superiors in an (unfortunately successful) attempt to leverage his military service against him. He was detained for more than thirty minutes without cause. He was eventually told by the officers that they appreciated his cooperation and was released. The full footage was captured on five different cameras. The footage here is limited in length by upload requirements. Legal action is pending concerning this incident and several previous at the same checkpoint. Fortunately the driver was not assaulted for his oath-required support and defense of the US Constitution. That was not the case for Baptist pastor Steven Anderson who required eleven stitches and new windows for exercising his rights at a Border Patrol station. www.youtube.com As the driver in this video attests, despite having conducted hundreds of operational missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, his routine travels through this checkpoint in Uvalde Texas have …
Thank you so much for adding the names of U.S. Border Patrol Agents J. Lands and Raul Perez.,Hopefully this citizen can recover damages in civil suit against these Agents for Constitutional Violations, and for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress by trying to jeopardize this citizens’ military career. Hopefully these agents can be held individually liable for breach of Constitutional law.
@CheckpointUSA Yes, but hen here comes the part where you need to comprehend… the phrase “any further detention” has to be interpreted by the courts, not you. It is accepted that it pertains to seizures that extend too long, therefore changing from a seizure to an arrest for which pc is required. Too long is determined by due diligence, which doesn’t have a time limit, it has to do with the “flow” of an investigation and how efficiently issues/circumstances are resolved/investigated.
if you really believe in what you are doing why not show you face and put up your name out there. You are a coward and I hope the Border Patrol causes you more inconvenience in the very near future. Find a new hobby your bad at this one.
@bptryp The courts have interpreted the phrase “any further detention” & incorporated it by reference into Martinez-Fuerte:
“an officer, whose observations lead him reasonably to suspect that a particular vehicle may contain aliens who are illegally in the country, may stop the car briefly, question the driver & passengers about their citizenship & immigration status, & ask them to explain suspicious circumstances; but any further detention or search must be based on consent or probable cause.
@bptryp even in Terry stops where reasonable suspicion exists from the beginning, the court has limited the scope & time frame of detentions:
“Terry encounters must be brief; the suspect must not be moved or asked to move more than a short distance; physical searches are permitted only to the extent necessary to protect the police officers involved during the encounter; &, most importantly, the suspect must be free to leave after a short time & to decline to answer the questions put to him”
@bptryp Finally, SCOTUS also ruled against indefinite detentions in U.S. v Place where agents seized luggage, held onto it for 90 minutes & eventually found drugs. The charges were dismissed because the detention was too long:
“The length of the detention of respondent’s luggage alone precludes the conclusion that the seizure was reasonable in the absence of probable cause.”
In other words bptryp, there most certainly is a permissible time limit on investigative detentions. Good try though.
@opsterusa1
I saw you posted this on his(VAPAadmin) channel page:
“You all need to think this thing through and try to understand that the border patrol is protecting your future income by keeping illegal immigrants off of our social programs, welfare and social security. Do you really want to keep paying that bill with your tax dollars. THINK ABOUT IT.”~opsterusa1
Bahahahahhaha!!!! BTW, no security is worth anything at the price of my freedoms in my own country.
we need more videos like this
@opsterusa1 wow..very petty reaction just because you want to see his face. Is that really all the provocation you need to justify taking away someone’s rights?
@tanksandsuch oh please. No matter how much they have seized they have had absolutely no effect on how easy it is to get drugs. That’s not effective. That’s ineffective.
ya that was bullshit, pure harassment and clumbsy immigration checkpoint work, like a bunch of wild monkeys, theres no reason an innocent guy should go through any of that
Awsome job man,they just put a border base here in erie pa and are getting ready to start thier checkpoints…………………this is war
Socialism to the core. “You have no rights, we don’t need to tell you anything, but you must disclose the answers to everything we ask. If you don’t, you will get in trouble, and we will find out anyway.” These “agents” felt justified in demanding information from the driver, even going so far as to state the Constitution allowed for their intrusion. This democratic country is so far gone from the republic I once knew loved, I feel like a stranger in my own land. So sad…
All because he knew his rights.
The Border Patrol agent has no integrity… His argument seems to hang by a thread which is at the first exchange he couldn’t hear the driver talking and for that had to ask him to pull over to the secondary (see the brief exchange 0:22 – 0:40). Lie # 1
All of the agents here lack integrity and if I was a superior they’d be fired and a public statement on the local news apologizing on behalf of the Border Patrol would be made assuring the public this type of thing wouldn’t happen again.
@InfoWarriorMaverick No, you wouldn’t get anybody fired. Govt incompetence is virtually NEVER reason enough for termination unless the higher-ups desperately need a fall guy.
I applaud you for not bending over for these fascists. Thank you for asserting your rights, and thank you for your military service.
This is an abuse of authority. To the service man, I applaud your service to your country.
Notice that he was being suspicious by not rolling the window down all the way, even though you rolled it down a little it is a very uncooaperative moove and is why they asked you to go to secondary. your ass needs to go to some other country if you do not like this one get the fuck out. I dont want you here.
A few questions AnAngryVideoGamer:
* What law makes it suspicious for someone to not roll down their window all the way when approached by an armed stranger along a public highway after being seized absent suspicion?
* Why do you think individuals have an obligation to ‘cooperate’ with armed agents who have seized them absent suspicion?
* Why do you think people who exercise their rights don’t like it here?
* Why do you think anyone cares what you want?
Border patrol agent: “I’m going to call the provost marshal and cid ok?”
Drive (without looking up): “yeah, ok.”
I’m guessing that isn’t the response they were looking for. Awesome.
@calamityjane1260
The woman that sued McDonalds was severely burned because their coffee machine was broken. I guess you are the type of person that doesn’t like facts getting in the way of your preconceived notions. Next time try a google search first retard.
@sshg181
Yeah…. people in the military shouldn’t want privacy. It’s not like anyone in the military has a job that requires anonymity. Moron
Does your whole argument boil down to Military people should just forfeit their rights out of respect?
@AnAngryVideoGamer wow. You sound like a boot liker of the government. Yes master. Whatever you say.
They had no cause whatso ever…if people cant see this is the same they did in Nazi Germany they are completely ignorant of history and damned to repeat it!