Border Patrol (Uvalde, TX) Violation of Fourth Amendment - 18 March 2010

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 U.S. 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD3F6gS7dvI

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 given him the most concern for his personal safety.

To read the letter sent by the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector Chief Robert L. Harris, to the military officer's commander weeks after this incident, please visit: http://www.veteransagainstpoliceabuse.org/TotheBorderPatrol.aspx

If you are concerned about the erosion and ignoring of the very essence of freedom contained in the fourth amendment, please send this video to your Congressman with a request for an immediate investigation into this incident. To learn how you can protect yourself against such blatant abuses of law enforcement power through surveillance technology, please visit VeteransAgainstPoliceAbuse.Org.

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• Uvalde
• Homeland Security
• Veterans Against Police Abuse
• Fourth Amendment
• Constitution

[canofcrass]

All these idiots standing around getting fat salaries with benefits harassing Americans while 50+ million illegals drive drunk, murder, rape, pillage and sell drugs with relative impunity. Just in 5 months, the amount of crime I witnessed daily in just Pacoima, CA. was mind blowing. Try Lennox for a gd time. Incidents like a sex offender smoking crack 15' away from 4- 6-8yr olds playing in an alley...I hook him up and sarge says to cut him loose. Only arrest suspects with rock fist sized.

[djroselli6310]

This makes me so angry. I applaud this man for standing up for his rights.I hope the border patrol jerks lose thier jobs.

[Roper9O]

Such harassment. Hate it.

[kingdobbs1]

how can i see the other half of this video

[rcortez911]

@TheFIXURFACE He's in the military you idiot, that goes way above and beyond being a border patrol agent. Why don't you sign up and take a trip to Pakistan? In America people are innocent until proven guilty, no the other way around.

[rangerwingman]

DIRTY SCUMBAGS IS WHAT THEY ARE. good on you for standing up to these fucks,maybe you should spread the word and let every millitery personel you know about this situation.

[123AmazingVideos]

Thank you very much for making this video, I apologize to you as a citizen of this 'free' country, my brother.

You did EXACTLY what the 'constitution' says you're entitled to do.

Too bad it's about as worthless as toilet paper now.

PART ONE (Since You Tube apparently will only let me reply LOL, or whatever

[khayelitshaissafe]

Green card holder is not good enough on US territory? What would happen if a person stopped has a green card?

[JASONANDTRACI]

wow STUPID NAZI SCUM- FOOLS DECEIVED TO PROTECT THE HOMELAND. The thing is their bosses run the criminal cartels who terrorize and traffic contraband.

[cbsawyer3]

thank you for standing for liberty.

[TwinFlamePics]

To make a complaint about a Border Patrol Agent you encounter you have to start at CPB.GOV and then click on "Questions/Complaints" on the upper left hand side of the page. You will then have to click on "SUBMIT A COMPLAINT" button on the lower right side of the page. Perhaps if they get enough complaints about a particular CPB Agent they will start to get disciplined accordingly. Make sure to do a complaint that requires them to contact you for review. Don't be anonymous.

[S2000F20CVTEC]

Its ur fault, u gave up ur rights by going to secondary and on top of that u got out of ur car...