I want to punch him in the mouth and shake his hand.
I think he'd understand why.

That's funny, it seems to me he was neither searched, nor arrested for violating the law. So what are you implying exactly?

He refused to be searched on the grounds of his fourth amendment rights and them needing a warrant. They do not.

Hey dumbtits, he's not at a border. The suspension of the 4th ammendment is only for border searches.

He wasn't on a border, champ. The exception doesn't apply.

What exactly is this, if not a boarder? (ignorant Canadian here)

Yeah... the logic was somewhat of a stretch... if you are a border agent NOT on the border, you probably can't rely on that law.

I'd also like to note that these videos always end the same way: the cop looks irritated and defeated, and the driver leaves with an overblown sense of accomplishment. Don't get me wrong: it makes me happy to watch people stand up to the man, but this isn't the civil rights movement we are talking about here.

Here is a question Cornflakes, it is very simple. It comes in two parts.

Are you saying this man broke the law?

If so, is it standard procedure for a government agent to deal with a criminal at a checkpoint by doing precisely nothing and letting them pass? Why do you think they did that? Do you believe that he was breaking the law, but he wouldn't come out of the car and so they had no recourse but to let him break the law? Is that your position?

Okay, that was several questions. But I demand you answer them all.

what scares me is that there really are people out there like Operation Cornflakes and they're perfectly ok with this shit.

5 for evil

I believe he did technically violate the law, in that they asked him to provide identification when at a border stop within 75 miles of the border, and he did not comply.

Of course, several of the agents' statements and actions prior to that violated the law, and overall he did a good job of asserting his rights, which is always risky and hard to do.

The ID thing was clearly an attempt at intimidation during an unjustified detainment. I'm not a new mexico lawyer though, so I don't know if that would serve as a mitigating circumstance had he been cited or arrested.

Well if he wasn't at a border then I guess its a moot point. I must have missed that part. Carry on.

Damn, and here I wanted to marry him.

Not surprising. Sane people would realize that the best course of action for them is complying. But even if I disagree almost everything he says, I'll defend to the death his right to say it.

...okay, preferably not my death, but that's because I'm one of the sane ones.

I hope you're joking

Can I leave? I just want to be on my way.

Yeah, he's totally being suspicious by twattishly refusing to let them illegally search his car, thereby creating suspicion so they can search his car legally!

You moron.

There's always a few people tarding these right up. Sweet Jesus this could not get more simple.

If he was so goddamn suspicious then why wasn't his vehicle searched? Here's an exercise. The next time you're pulled over by a cop, make them suspicious enough to ask you to get out of the car. Demand to know if you're being detained and refuse to exit the vehicle. Be sure to constantly ask him when you can be on your way. See how that goes. Chances are you're kissing asphalt within a couple minutes.

But these border patrol agents -- armed-- did nothing to force this man to comply. What does that tell you about who was in the legal right? Sure things would have been easier if he'd just submitted to a search -- he didn't want to, and as it turned out, he didn't have to. They had no legal basis to demand a search, so they tried to coerce him for awhile before folding. Which is nice to know. Thank you, crazy border checkpoint guy. You're welcome, internet moron.