The 4th Amendment applies here. Heck, even the Supreme Court verified that

[lu5tic]

you recorded a youtube video with your camera... wow...

[marcus502414]

he brought all that on his self he should of just got out and shouwed them his was in the millitary and they would of let him go

[Pafoofnik1]

@marcus502414: You have to be a member of the military to travel in the U.S?

[CubanStrike]

All he had to do was show his identification to the agents. clearly he has been through that check point before. why else all the cameras. DUMB ASS!

[Pafoofnik1]

@CubanStrike: No requirement to show identification here. I'm not sure why the agent sent the driver to secondary before he even asked about ID.

[CubanStrike]

The 4th amendment protects us as citizens against illegal searches and seizures. However, there are times and places where the 4th amendment does not apply, and the border and any where near it is one of those places. These guys are out there to protect us from foreign trafficers and smugglers. This guy clearly has been through the check points before and obviously has a problem with authority and being told what to do. It blows my mind as to how he has made it this far in the military.

[Pafoofnik1]

@CubanStrike: The 4th Amendment applies here. Heck, even the Supreme Court verified that when they made major decisions about these checkpoints:

CITE: "We understand, of course, that neither longstanding congressional authorization nor widely prevailing practice justifies a constitutional violation."

SOURCE: 428 U. S. 543 (1976)

[GhostFishSlayer]

@CubanStrike I live in Northern San Diego County, we have two similar check points. If they were really protecting us, they would patrol the border. By having a check point 40 miles from the border, BP isn't protecting our borders; they're harassing citizens. The guy did cooperate with the officers; you only have to show your DL and registration, and he did. You are not obligated to answer any of the officers questions; yet the guy did answer the officer's questions.

[Pafoofnik1]

@GhostFishSlayer: "you only have to show your DL and registration,"

In the 30 years of going through these things, II have never shown a single piece of paper to anyone at these checkpoints.

The rest of your comment is spot-on.

[kb5zcr]

The driver was being an idiot. All he had to do was cooperate with the officers and he would have been on his way.

Try to look at the situation from all sides.

Is it OK with you that a terrorist might slip into our country because the officers are not allowed to simply ask a few questions and determine that all is OK?

Law Enforcement are actually on our side, they are citizens too.

[Pafoofnik1]

@kb5zcr said "All he had to do was cooperate with the officers and he would have been on his way."

I am living proof that this is not true. The last time I went through a temporary checkpoint, I cooperated with the agents. I was directed to secondary, threatened with having the sheriff come down and arrest me, held without probable cause, then finally released with an empty threat that they would call my employer.

[lesliejay63]

I'm from Uvalde. They are NOT NAZIs you idiot. Do you know how close this check point is to the MExican border? Do you know all of the trouble in the area? No, I didn't think so. SHut your stupid pie hole then.

[Pafoofnik1]

@lesliejay63: I also live very near the border. The driver did nothing wrong. The agents were not following the laws as set down by the Supreme Court.

Agreed about the Nazi reference. That term is tossed around willy nilly.

[LIQUIDDEMONS]

INFURIATING TO WATCH THESE NAZIS IN OUR HOME