It's not just hip-hop artists. It's all of us. And because this mathemetician got uppity, they swiped $60 out of his wallet.
Pretty much what would have happened if he's been stopped by the police in Mexico.
The way I read that, I figured not only do the pax have to pay, but they have to now pull the trains too!
Sounds a lot like corrupt DEA agents stealing money. If so, they are scum and should go to jail for many years.
That article was full of flagrant abuses of the 4th Amendment. Hell, I’ve ridden the military troop train across the East German and Berlin border areas during the Cold War with less hassle than the story told in the article.
90% of people here will simply not care. They refuse to believe any laws or tactics used against drug dealers (alleged or real) can just as easily be used against others, including gun owners. To them, the Fourth Amendment is an inconvenience & law enforcement never does anything wrong.
You have to give up some rights if you want to continue to fight the WoD. /s
This shows that Amtrak needs more funds for infrastructure improvements.
Not a huge fan of DEA, department of homeland security or the Patriot Act....
That being said, I give absolutely zero credence to anything published in the Marxist rag, The Atlantic.
He didn’t give them permission to search and then they got ugly and threatened him. Over his objections, they made him leave the sleeping car so a dog could sniff for pot; they said he had to leave because the dog would bite. Later when he asked whether he was under arrest, they didn’t answer but threatened him some more. Turns out with him sticking to his constitutional rights, other than threatening him and making him very uncomfortable, they left without doing anything except for taking $60 from his wallet (which he inexplicably left in his room).
They based the search totally with info from a paid Amtrak informant that he was traveling alone, no checked baggage, and with a home address of Oregon, which to them meant he was drug user/runner.
The EXACT SAME THING happened to me while traveling on Amtrak.....in 1991. As a railroad enthusiest, I booked a round trip to the west coast on Amtrak. Sleeping cars and all. On my way back to Chicago, we had a service stop in Albuquerque, I was approached by a US Marshal on the train. He showed me is badge and has me some questions. Laid out on my seat was my camera and several railroad magazines. After seeing that and realizing that I was not a threat, the Marshall explained that because of the effective use for drug sniffing dogs at airports, drug smugglers were traveling by bus and train to get their drugs inland from the southwest. They typically traveled alone and booked sleeping cars. Hence, I was profiled but I understood what he was doing. Apparently this is still going and likely for the same reasons.
Personally, I don’t have problem with it.
We live in a fascist dictatorship. But I knew that.
The FedGov is out of control... we see endless abuses of citizens. Whereas if you are illegal, you are left alone. The borders are wide open. That alone tells you they are lying about security.
This monster uses our patriotism against us. We are still thinking the FedGov is on our side - they aren’t. Haven’t been for a long time. The entire structure of the FedGov is leftist.
Really, we are played for fools. They just use the word patriotism and security etc. as a ploy, they wear flags on their lapels, and we fall like suckers. I used to buy this game - but I refuse to be fooled anymore. They have nothing but contempt for patriotic Americans.
You’re either or for the constitution and rule of law - or you aren’t.
We should all campaign to remove these drug laws and fire 2/3's of the police now working.
“May I see your warrant? No warrant? Good night.”
I once considered taking Amtrak for a cross-country trip, until I learned what a fascist operation they are. Besides disarming you, they are exorbitantly expensive, even for the coach seat that you must make love to for 2+ days.