Posted on 08/19/2014 7:04:40 AM PDT by Rusty0604
MISSION, Texas (AP) — On a recent moonlit night, Border Patrol agents began rounding up eight immigrants hiding in and around a canal near the Rio Grande. A state trooper soon arrived to help. Then out of the darkness emerged seven more armed men in fatigues.
Agents assumed the camouflaged crew that joined in pulling the immigrants from the canal's milky green waters was a tactical unit from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Only later did they learn that the men belonged to the Texas Militia, a group that dresses like a SWAT team and carries weapons but has no law-enforcement training or authority of any kind.
The situation ended peacefully with the immigrants getting arrested and the Border Patrol advising the militia members "to properly and promptly" identify themselves anytime they encounter law-enforcement officers. But the episode was unsettling enough for the Border Patrol to circulate an "issue paper" warning other agents
"How do they identify themselves? Do they have badges? How do we know who they are?" asked J.P. Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. "If they're all just dressed in camos, it's kind of hard to distinguish whether they're law enforcement or not. ... There's a lot of potential for stuff to go wrong."
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Privateers. There should be a bounty on illegals.
Those dastardly militias.
Indeed, they are complicating the slimy left’s attempt to make a third world out of the US...whilst still letting their unedereducated moron class stay on top.
There is only one place for progressives....doesn’t have a lot of light, or air...and is usually accompanied by tombstones a few feet above them.
Really.
How does one “complicate” what is already the biggest circle jerk the world has ever seen?
Osama Bin Laden walked across the border and no one even looked at him. The Border Patrol just needs to thank Obama for predicament they are in.
Just doin’ the jobs American LEOs won’t (or can’t)....
“”How do they identify themselves? Do they have badges? How do we know who they are?” asked J.P. Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office. “If they’re all just dressed in camos, it’s kind of hard to distinguish whether they’re law enforcement or not. ... There’s a lot of potential for stuff to go wrong.””
Where is this concern when mexican soldiers cross the border and fire on border patrol agents?
If there’s anything that “complicates” the border situation, its the incomprehensible, inept, and incompetent federal government.
those militia groups are reminiscent (and actually bear same name) of those who fought to free the tyranny of Britain and create this new country called America.
They may be needed next in Ferguson.
Complicates it for those up to skulduggery.
Gasp! How dare they dress up like that? SWAT teams should be the only Ninja Turtles!
This is the AP. We know they are trying to defame the militias. If they say it complicates the matter, we can rest assured the militias are proving to be very helpful in staunching the illegal flow.
Blah, blah, blah. The potential is that the militia which dos not answer to the Feds might actually stop some illegals from crossing.
Characterize themselves as “special deputies.”
End of story...
I agree.
I was thinking the same thing about Ferguson. If the baiters want a race war, maybe it’s time we give them one and settle this shyte once and for all.
“:If they’re all just dressed in camos, it’s kind of hard to distinguish whether they’re law enforcement or not”
ROFLMAO! Gosh, I guess we can’t tell if the Sheriff deputies are military or not...they are all dressed in ‘camos’.
Bzzzt. Wrong. Citizens can make an arrest.
If the illegals start fearing the militia more then the cops do I say that’s a good thing.
Red Herring.
We have had Militia on our borders before with no serious incidents.
We already have daily incidents of crimes committed by illegals from vandalism, robbery and rape up to murder occurring on border every day.
That’s the real problem.
The only reason we American civilians on the borders is because the Government is not doing it’s job.
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