waterhouse
I for one want to thank you for your service to this country.
I imagine you guys have (in your case had) a harder
and more dangerous job than most us civilians can imagine.
In this situation, it has become obvious to me this preacher guy just wants to be a hard ass.
Had he rolled in, put his window down and said 'how's it going officer'...
He would of probably been waved through.
None of us may like interior check points by the BP.
But it's obvious they needed to set them up.
The fixed check points seem to serve as a deterrent more than
a 'catch all', and that's ok with me.
At first glance, I though it was pretty stupid to let the
human traffickers KNOW where the fixed check point are.
(So they can avoid them)...
But I now see, it serves it's purpose.
After considerable thought, I conclude that the non co-operative preacher
was being unreasonable. Whether we like it or not,
SCOTUS has given the tools to the BP to perform their function.
After all, aren't we all screaming for more border control?
I'm really impressed how the officers restrained themselves.
I can't say that enough.
This could of gotten real ugly real fast.
I came away from this thread learning a few valuable things.
One of them being, it's ok to exercise your rights and if LE
wants to conduct a search of a vehicle, it behooves them to have all their ducks in a row.
Will I consent to a search if going through any check points in the future?
The answer is a resounding no.