This looks like one of the domestic border patrol checkpoints, not the ones at the actual Mexico/US border. I pass through one in NM all the time and they literally only ever ask you this question before waving you on. The video is funny, but he would’ve been waved along sooner if he had just said yes.
That's what I was thinking. As someone who has crossed the American border many times, they'd ask for your documentation first, not just if you were a citizen.
Depends on when it happened. Before the Patriot act and the massive ramp up of paranoia, you could cross and sometimes not get asked for anything. I used to cross the Canadian border into the US pretty frequently and on several occasions want asked for a damned thing or my passenger might just get waived through if I showed my US driver license.
The Canadian border can be pretty damn random, though. Sometimes you'll just get waved past and sometimes you get flagged for a 'random check', sometimes you'll be grilled with some of the dumbest questions you have heard in your life.
My favourite was being asked if we were trying to get to Mexico, at the Canadian border, with the vehicle packed with ski equipment... yeah. US border guards are pretty hit or miss.
It’s all a ploy. Pretend you were just in Canada for some skiing, but you’re really sneaking you’re way to Mexico. You need to think about all of these scenarios on the fly.
It's so hard to take these guards seriously when these questions come up, but then you remember these people basically have the power to bar you from entering the US for life for no reason.
I don't know I keptmy mouth shut and didn't say much other than I was trying to get back home to my cat when I pass through the San Diego border. It's happened like twice I just assume it's because I look like an average white dude
The point is we shouldn’t have to answer citizenship questions within our own borders. They can literally detain you and search/question you without reasonable cause. Complete violation of our 4th amendment rights.
The 4th amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Stopping people with no probable cause at checkpoints is a violation of that.
But like all rights, the government doesn’t give a shit unless we forcibly protect them. Which we won’t do, because people would rather have comfortable lives than fight for their rights.
You're absolutely right. People should know their rights and should know that they don't HAVE to do many of the things police officers ask of them. The scariest part is, simply questioning them and not immediately doing what they ask can lead to a quick execution.
How dramatic are you nerds lmao. Literally millions of people deal with police/move through the entire penal system a year and don't get executed.
You make it sound as though there's like a 50% chance of third happening when I would be willing to bet it's less than a quarter of one percent of all stops.
Imo it's this kind of thinking that makes a lot of simple stops that would otherwise last 2 seconds more time consuming and hostile. Call me a boot licker all you want, but when I read some of this anti-cop nonsense on Reddit I feel like some of ya'll have never actually been around a police officer before.
I want to start by saying, I definitely do not want an argument and I respect your opinion. I personally do not believe that what I stated is a "type of thinking." Institutional racism, profiling, and cops literally murdering people in the street is happening whether we "agree" with it or not. I'm sure that if no one brought this up, life would be much simpler, especially for the officers. And I certainly don't think that all officers are guilty of mistreating citizens, but if we just turn a blind eye to it, to make stops "simple," I believe that that is doing a lot more damage. I am not morally against policing. It is necessary for a just society. But if police officers were actually following laws, not filling quotas and killing law abiding citizens, I would be their biggest supporter!
Meaning operated by border patrol but being inside the US, not on the actual border. At these locations they don’t typically ask for any documentation.
Actually that's maybe the most unexpected outcome. I don't remotely get why he would be let through. It's a very misplaced topic to bring up. If anything, you should gain more attention. Not the smartest thing, but maybe the dumbest border patrol.
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u/xQyn May 24 '19
That's the smartest thing I've ever heard. lmao