Reason: In April 2017, [Priscilla] Villarreal, who reports near the U.S.-Mexico border, broke a story about a Border Patrol agent who committed suicide. A month later, she released the surname of a family involved in a fatal car accident. The agency that confirmed...
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News Roundup 6/5/20
George Floyd Protests Minneapolis is considering a number of proposals to restructure the city’s police force including stripping money from the police. Another proposal called for disbanding the police. [Link] Customs and Border Patrol used an unarmed Predator drone...
Federal Confiscation Reflects Mission Creep and the Expanding Police State
In 2019, the Transportation Security Administration seized $181,000 in cash from an employee of a Tampa trucking company while he was going through a TSA checkpoint for a flight from Tampa to Cleveland. According to the employee and his employer, the worker...
Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care
Ah, you can see right there, he was reaching for his "waistband." https://youtu.be/YN_CXOS3yuc
Episode 294: Former CBP Agent Josh Childress on the Ever Increasing Police State
57 Minutes PG-13 Former soldier and Customs and Border Patrol agent Joshua Childress returns to the show to talk about the ever expanding scope of CBP and ICE's jurisdiction and power. He talks about American citizens getting swept up in this new "war," and how he...
‘Paperz Pleaze!’ – How the Immigration Crackdown is Expanding the Police State
A common trope in American-made, Nazi propaganda movies, was that in their police state, at any moment and for no reason, you could be stopped and forced to show your “papers.” Well, maybe not forced but if you didn’t the implications were obvious. You might be “black...
Episode 230: Former Soldier and Border Patrol Agent, Joshua Childress
71 Minutes Some Strong Language Pete invited Iraq/Afghanistan War Vet, and former Border Patrol Agent Joshua Childress to come on the show. After coming home from the wars, Joshua joined the southern Border Patrol. After hearing podcasts like Thaddeus Russell's and...
News Roundup 9/19/18
The Space Force will cost $13 billion over the first five years. [Link] The US will not permit Canadians who work in the legal marijuana industry to enter the US. Customs and Border Patrol plan to continue to enforce marijuana laws forcefully. [Link] Trump imposes new...
News Roundup 7/6/18
USPS ordered to pay the owner of the Las Vegas statue of liberty $3.5 million after mistakenly using a photo of it on a stamp. [Link] EPA head Scott Pruitt resigns. [Link] The US Border Patrol has boarded ten Canadian fishing boats in the past week. [Link] South...
News Roundup 4/25/18
Jon Schwarz explains how the Senate's proposed new AUMF will increase presidential war-making powers. [Link] Lawmakers in the House introduce a new AUMF. The House version of the AUMF includes sunsets the Senate version leaves out. [Link] The Senate approves Lt. Gen....
Digital Privacy at the U.S Border: EFF’s New Guide
Protect Yourself While Traveling To and From the U.S. San Francisco - Increasingly frequent and invasive searches at the U.S. border have raised questions for those of us who want to protect the private data on our computers, phones, and other digital devices. A new...
All Law Enforcement Officers are “Heroes” — Including Slave-Catchers
Given the rarity of the surname, it is likely that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is related to deputy federal marshal Edward Gorsuch, who was killed in a violent episode that left the nation shocked and terrified, and was an overture to a long and bloody military...
Tax-bloated Border Bandit Fuels Mercedes on Taxpayer Dime
Juan Fernando Barajas was arraigned this month for using ten government fuel cards to pump more than $1,700 worth of fuel into his personal black Mercedes-Benz SUV. The Nogales-based U.S. border officer also appeared to be fueling his personal F-150 extended cab...
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