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Mystery as Homeland Security is called in to deal with a traffic stop in South Carolina
Daily Mail ^ | 10/30/18 | Emily Crane

Posted on 10/30/2018 8:14:37 AM PDT by ExSoldier

Federal agents have been called in to investigate after the local sheriff's department pulled over a truck in South Carolina.

A pickup truck was stopped by sheriff's deputies on Interstate 85 in Anderson County on Monday.

Sheriff Chad McBride said he could not reveal what deputies found in the truck because Homeland Security had taken over the investigation.

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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: South Carolina; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: terrorism
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To: ExSoldier

During the Desert Storm, a special forces friend of mine was ordered to be at a certain base by a certain time, and that he was authorized to break whatever speeding laws existed in order to do so.

All he had to do was inform the arresting officer by showing an ID and giving him a phone number, which they could use to verify what was up. They were even authorized to ask for an escort out of the jurisdiction.

He gets stopped, arrested, cuffed, and put into the local hoosgow. He’s brought before a judge, all the while begging these people to call the number provided and give the ID number off of his credentials.

Judge, after 9 hours, finally relented and made the call.

4 star Admiral was put on the line by his assistant. Admiral calmly reamed the Judge out, who lost all color in his face. Apparently, the Admiral asked whether there was a helo LZ in the area, as he was sending down MP’s to arrest the sheriff and the judge for violating a federal law. He told the Judge there was a plane on the tarmac waiting for its operator, and that when the helo got there, that a Marine would be driving the operators vehicle back, and that there was to be little trouble.

He was released immediately with apologies. The arrest STOOD, however, and he had to have it cleared a decade later by calling his old command.


21 posted on 10/30/2018 9:40:41 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: csvset
Pain Management? That sounds like an OPIOD bust.
22 posted on 10/30/2018 10:02:27 AM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: fruser1
Could be as simple as MS-13 guys with outstanding warrants.

Yes...and whom DHS/ICE don't want to take a chance might be released by some assclown Obama judge

23 posted on 10/30/2018 10:08:49 AM PDT by montag813
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To: RinaseaofDs
If you've ever read the two series of WW2 era historical novels by W.E.B. Griffin The Corps and The Brotherhood of War that sounds exactly like a plot line from one or both. Awesome books I highly recommend them.

On this item, I have several friends in SOF both Naval and Army and this kind of a prioritization isn't unusual for the tier one units. They're given a sort of GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card for use in an operational immediate situation. If the card is ever abused for a non operational context, the operator would lose their career so I've never heard of any problems. But God help the "color of authority" posing a civilian obstacle to that urgent call.

24 posted on 10/30/2018 10:09:51 AM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: ExSoldier
According to both these articles it was human smuggling:
https://www.foxcarolina.com/investigations/department-of-homeland-security-investigating-after-traffic-stop-in-anderson/article_cb565df6-dbdc-11e8-893e-a7d60d1d3462.html

https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/30/interstate-85-traffic-stopped-linked-probe-human-smuggling/1818287002/

25 posted on 10/30/2018 10:37:25 AM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang
Again, why respond to the scene and not to the detention area for easier pickup?
26 posted on 10/30/2018 10:41:04 AM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: RinaseaofDs
Reminiscent of this.

27 posted on 10/30/2018 10:43:19 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: Oorang
I understand. The Daily Mail article says "Homeland Security". The FoxCarolina article says "FOX Carolina spoke with a spokesperson from ICE who said their Homeland Security Investigations received a call from local law enforcement regarding possible human smuggling activity."

Sounds like a cluster of local Sherriff, ICE, and the Homeland Security division within ICE

Bottom line...we the shepple will probably never really know other than what the media feeds us. Not unless someone has inside intel.

28 posted on 10/30/2018 11:02:00 AM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: ExSoldier

Hummmmm......a pickup truck is too small for human smuggling unless was children????


29 posted on 10/30/2018 12:28:40 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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To: no-to-illegals
Great point! Even if kids, a pickup would be too visible and too easy for an escape by victims.
30 posted on 10/30/2018 1:03:17 PM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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