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San Diego teacher detained after refusing to answer Border Patrol questions at checkpoint
“Are we crossing a border?” Parmely responded.
“No. Are you United States citizens?” he repeated.
Huge number of comments here.
People seem astonished that some would decline to answer questions at checkpoints set up away from border crossings and ports of entry.
Many examples can be found here and here.
In 2008, the US Border Patrol came to Jefferson County, WA and set up suspicionless checkpoints and bus boardings- away from border crossings and ports of entry.
At a local Border Patrol forum a lady asked:
“What is the penalty for not identifying oneself to federal agents at an internal, suspicionless checkpoint?”
US Border Patrol said they would call in the Sheriff when a person refused to identify themselves.
Sheriff says they will not respond to a non-emergency situation involving a person peaceably refusing to interact with federal agents.
Question about providing ID is at 0:35
State and local law enforcement agencies do not conduct suspicionless checkpoints in Washington State.
Check your state here.
Jefferson County Sheriff says No to federal grant money Re: local Border Patrol Checkpoints:
Border Patrol criticism emerges: Sheriff Brasfield declines BP funding
In 2008, Washington was one of several legal medical marijuana states.
Olympic Peninsula immigration checkpoint-
At a checkpoint- the US Border Patrol stopped a legal medical marijuana user with a legal amount of medical marijuana. He was a passenger in a car:
Small-scale pot busts snared in Border Patrol stops
2017 update:
US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA-
A new, $11.9 million, 50 agent facility, secret arrest statistics, denied FOIA requests, heroin in the community & a Border Patrol whistleblower investigation Re: fraudulent overtime that resulted in further suppression of information- keep the focus on asking questions in these areas.
No cross-border USBP arrest has happened here in more than 7 years.
News links and documentation here.
Newspeople, reporters and journalists are free to ask basic public policy questions and post updated reports at any time.
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Video collection- DHS checkpoints
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High levels of reverence for the flag?
Meanwhile, Heroin-Trafficking Cartels Move Product into Washington State
Newspeople will not question the US Border Patrol at Port Angeles?
Our free and independent press has stopped asking questions.
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Q13 FOX News video:
State tightens restrictions on how marijuana shops advertise
Towns and communities have their local sign ordinances, but that’s not good enough.
Children might wander into a retail shop and pose as someone over 21- then buy product?
The freedom talk is just for federal holidays & overseas military operations.
Will the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?
Why do people believe The Troops are defending American rights and freedoms– as if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?
It took a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of a glass of wine- why no constitutional amendment to authorize a federal war on drugs, drug czar, prohibition of marijuana, etc.
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Same country that made a big deal of celebrating freedom & independence earlier this month.
In the news:
Coast Guard to enforce U.S. pot laws on water
“Federal law says it’s illegal, in any quantities.”
It took a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of a glass of wine- why no constitutional amendment to authorize a federal war on drugs, drug czar, prohibition of marijuana, etc.
The freedom talk is just for federal holidays & overseas military operations.
Suspicionless boat boardings:
Coast Guard Boardings And Your Fourth Amendment Rights, Part 1
Coast Guard Boardings And Your Fourth Amendment Rights, Part 2
Coast Guard Boardings And Your Fourth Amendment Rights, Part 3
Suspicionless boat boardings and 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats fail to keep heroin away from Port Angeles:
Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin
More here:
Coast Guard comes home to Heroin at Port Angeles
Frequent updates here.
Lee Greenwood-
“And I’m proud to be an American
Where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me”
People in uniform give rights?
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Path to the beach – Deception Pass
Questioning failed programs and wondering why newspeople remain silent.
In the news:
19 charged in Mexican Mafia prison gang takedown
Same country that put a man on the Moon in 1969- unable to keep drugs out of prison.
In the case of heroin & meth from Mexico– we’re still trying to figure out how sending US troops to Iraq and Afghanistan was meant to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Pretty weak.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
Imagine yourself at a Marine unit at Camp Pendleton, or Camp LeJeune, NC. Every so often- drug dogs are run through the barracks at 0330, or vehicles moving on or off base are sniffed by drug dogs. A zero tolerance policy in place.
Love to see newspeople go and ask the people who run prisons why all this works on a Marine base- but not in their facilities.
A Navy or Marine CO would be removed if Mexican Mafia drug trafficking was taking place in their unit. Ditto for any person of any rank found to be involved in using or trafficking illegal drugs.
Any high-ranking authorities getting yanked over at the prison for failing to effectively screen for drugs entering the facility? Looks like the three-year investigation may be seen as some sort of success story.
Heroin Racket Rolls On-
Local law enforcement agencies may benefit when strict post 911/War on Terror security protocols, a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security, and verification of passports/enhanced & Real IDs- fail to keep heroin out of the US.
Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.
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Coupeville Farmers Market
“Our lovely TSA feeling up the wife”
Video here.
More here:
Video of TSA Molesting Man’s Wife, Exposes What Americans Will Endure for False Sense of Safety
One alternative would be to remove the federal monopoly & allow the airlines to handle security -similar to the way Las Vegas casinos do.
This would maintain an incentive to create a safe and comfortable situation for customers.
Elsewhere on the US troops in distant lands keeping us safe scene:
Law enforcement authorities swing into action after strict post 911 security protocols, a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security & screening for passports/enhanced & Real IDs fail to keep 87 pounds of heroin out of Michigan apartment complex.
87 pounds of heroin found in raid of Novi apartment complex
Welcome Home Troops
More here: Coast Guard comes home to Heroin at Port Angeles
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Just north of Perego’s Lagoon.
Looking north towards Fort Ebey.
A winter view here.
Will the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to safeguard American freedoms?
In the news:
Video of San Diego police dog biting man in handcuffs creates stir
San Diego Police Defend K-9 Mauling Handcuffed Man
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People in uniform give rights?
Lies & Propaganda of the Post-911 Era
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Photo- Oak Harbor, Seaside, Lynden, or Leavenworth?
Vendor info here.
Oyster Mushrooms
Vendor info here.
In the news: Overdose antidote added to county opioid outreach team
Editorial: Life-saving Narcan should be available far and wide
Recovery, rehab, treatment, & addiction are important parts of this story.
What part of the story is missing?
Has anyone ever seen the press question the US Dept. of Homeland Security/CBP on their role in keeping heroin away from the Puget Sound area?
If the State Patrol was awarded many additional millions of dollars each year to go after drunk drivers- & the problem got worse- would newspeople ask questions?
Would any investigation take place?
Any word on how heroin continues to move past strict post 911/War on Terror security protocols, a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security, and verification of passports/enhanced & Real IDs- then, on into local communities?
Newspeople remain silent.
Welcome Home Troops
2014-
Island county to purchase new patrol boat to help with Puget Sound security:
Federal grant money goes to “…gain a better grasp on cross border activity and to prevent illegal crossings.”
“Funding for the boat was issued through the Homeland Security Grant Program under Operation Stonegarden.”
If public meetings were held on Whidbey Island & people were asked to state their top law enforcement priorities- would a Homeland Security-funded patrol boat show up anywhere on the list?
If the Sheriff was interviewed & asked for his wish list- is there any possibility that it would include a Homeland Security-funded patrol boat?
Took a quick look on the web to see if there is a post 911 history of maritime “cross-border activity” on Whidbey & could not find anything. If anyone has info, please post in comments.
Recommendation-
Let the Sheriff & the people he serves set funding priorities for the Island County Sheriff’s Department.
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been able to intercept any inbound heroin?
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been involved in any arrest or seizure related in any way to the US/Canada border?
Newspeople remain silent.
More here:
Coast Guard comes home to Heroin at Port Angeles
Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin
Heroin in Washington’s 6th District – Welcome Home Troops
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
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Photo- Looking towards the Bluff Trail
People in need should be able to get assistance.
Tax money- which some people intend to be used to help others via public assistance programs– also goes for bombing Iraq and Afghanistan. US bombing of Iraq goes back to 1991.
Helping others by donating to churches or private charities, food banks, etc. can avoid these conflicts.
Donors are free to opt out if a charity misbehaves.
People could keep more of their own money to donate to causes of their choosing if the federal government was not taking it to pay for failed wars that never end. The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Are federal public assistance programs working?
Summer feeding programs have been set up to provide meals when school is out.
Summer Meal Program Information
Summer feeding program continues to grow in Peoria
“We’ve gone from 2,000 to 3,000 meals all summer five years ago to 65,000 meals this summer,” he said. The program ends Aug. 4.
Baltimore Co. schools serving free meals this summer:
Coupeville School District
Love to see newspeople ask: If a family qualifies for free and reduced price school breakfast and lunch- wouldn’t they also qualify for year-round public assistance to provide meals at home? Would this reduce the need for summer feeding programs?
USDA Federal School Lunch Program- Virgin Islands:
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Photo- Please Dispose of Properly
Enjoyed this one.
The view from Libbey Beach
Would it be possible to have HOAs enact rules to prevent the improper disposal of items bearing a likeness of the American flag?
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