http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJF5cUWXA_A
This is the actual footage from Pastor Anderson's camcorder
as well as from the surveillance cameras at the Border Patrol Checkpoint.
Visit Pastor Anderson's wife's blog at http://www.stevenander...
Presbyterians, Creation Days, and Evolution
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In 1830, Sir Charles Lyell argued for uniformitarianism (interpreting the
earth as something formed by continual and uniform processes) in his *Principles
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2 weeks ago
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This is not the first time thie man has been abused by the INS inland checkpoint in his area. He lives near there and has to drive past it. Seems the Constitution does not apply within 100 miles of an international boundary..... or so the Congress think. I am all for securing our borders against unlawful intruders and contraband. But this sort of thing goes way beyond what is necessary, or even lawful. I understand there is legal work un progress to redress this specific, and generic, abuse by INS. I've also heard that higher officials in Washington DC are concerned... what they will DO about it is another matter. We shall see.
I've also seen a very recent (shortly after this happened) Supreme Court decision that establishes that the trunk of a vehicle is not ordinarily subject to search without a written warrant. Had this decision come a couple weeks earlier, this pastor could have cited it as legal grounds for refusing to allow the search of his trunk.... but somehow I doubt the officers at that checkpoint would have honored that refusal.
I've also learned that when a drug-detecting dog "hits" on a find, his behaviour is distinct and unmistakable. In other words, had the dog actually detected drugs, it would have been very obvious to all present. The "excuse" that the handler "saw" will not stand. It was an obvious attempt to "justify" this destruction of this man's car and subsequent arrest for failing to submit to the unjustified order to allow the search.
It seems likely, though I've not yet seen the proof of it, that at least one of the guards working this checkpoint remember this man from prior incidents, and had decided to "make an example" or get some "payback". I've had something like this happen to me personally in the past... some cops have a long memory and a twisted sense of "justice", keeping "personal scores" needing "settled" as opportunity presents.
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