They already shot three innocent citizens with that line.
Thank goodness they stopped that diabolical Tiffany Jones in her quest for rocks - God knows what could have happened had these highly trained and heavily armed, vigilant public servants not intervened.
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Yesterday: complain about lax border security.
Today: freak out over a police state in the desert.
Tomorrow: Forget all about the freedom we are giving up to gain security and return to complaining about lax border security.
Six armed officers? I saw only one, and he seemed to be polite and professional. Could he be checking out people that are helping the rogue cop? Is there another crime being investigated in the area?
This is a mixed video.
It is unclear to me why the cop stopped in the first place. Was she on someone’s land?
The cop asks her is she has something (a permit?) and then radios in her info to a dispatcher.
He finds out she had a prior weapons charge of some sort (she says “a long time ago”).
He then begins searching her w/o her consent. I think he was intimidated by her taping video of the incident.
When you posted this and stated that she was being harrassed b/c she was picking up rocks, I thought this was the Paleontological Protection Act in action. That law forbids collection of vertebrate fossils on public land - makes it a federal Felony, in fact.
A brave new world we live in. ‘Pod
Of all the people in that helicopter, the only one to get out was the pilot ... what were the rest of those guys doing? Just soaking up flight time?
WTH??? What was that all about??? Was he aware that he was on video???
I only counted one polite officer but then again, I never was very good at arithmetic.........
A chick and her friend walking around in the California desert.......I can think of three possibilities:
1. They might be illegals (from the air they all look alike)
2. They might be looking for a drug drop....
3. They're picking up rocks......
Since the first two never occur in California, the Sheriff should have automatically assumed the third and ignored them.............
I am confused. Is this area close to the Mexican border? Are we concerned about border security or would we prefer no one be needlessly stopped and identity requested? I don’t see how one can be for greater border security (i.e. stop the illegals) and at the same time against someone being stopped and asked for id (i.e. police state). You can’t have it both ways, can you?
It may have been related to the LAPD Killer Cop manhunt, or it could have been something else, but no, the officers were not out on a joyride in Uncle Sugar's helicopter and decided to harass an innocent rock hound.
Hopefully with sequestration, the Feds won't be able to afford to buy new Jackboots for their thugs.
So do we want them to crack down on illegals or not?
Here's one: Six armed officers? I saw only one, and he seemed to be polite and professional. Could he be checking out people that are helping the rogue cop? Is there another crime being investigated in the area?
I think that all the houses in North Dakota should be searched for Christopher Dorner, because there's a crime being investigated in the area (California is near North Dakota - at least nearer than, say, Connecticut...).
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What?!?!?!? She didn't have a dog they could shoot?
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Gee, that might look like these patrols are a big waste of money, & that would risk several people's jobs - the pilot & ground crew, at the least. Plus, it's probably safer flying in a helo that patrolling the mean streets, & a lot more fun.
As good citizens, it is our duty to do more rock hunting in the desert. Just to spice up the daily report, wear a hoodie & carry a black squirt gun.
This story would be funny if it wasn't so depressing.
We complain about bad security in the desert and then complain about good security in the desert. The Police were on patrol probably. There are sections of the desert that have signs regarding the fact that the area is overrun by criminals. What is a “sweet lady” doing there? Question is,Did she have ID?