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Tennessee highway patrol releases body-cam footage of 2022 traffic stop with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
https://justthenews.com/ ^ | May 1, 2025 | Misty Severi

Posted on 05/01/2025 9:56:02 PM PDT by bitt

The footage appeared to show highway patrol troopers being concerned that the illegal migrant was involved in human trafficking because he had eight other people in his car. He also kept changing his story, and possessed $1,400 in cash.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol on Thursday released its bodycam footage of a traffic stop interaction it had with alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia in 2022.

Abrego Garcia was deported by the Trump administration earlier this year, but has become the face of one of the biggest deportation cases in recent history. Democrats have argued that Abrego Garcia was a peaceful, law-abiding man from Maryland prior to his deportation.

The footage, which was obtained by Fox News through a public records request, appeared to show highway patrol troopers being concerned that the illegal migrant was involved in human trafficking because he had eight other people in his car.

"How many rows have you got in here? Four seats? Four rows of seats?" one state trooper can be heard saying in the video. "Did y'all put an extra one in? Huh? Did y'all put another one in? No? They come like this? I've never seen one with that many seats in it."

Abrego Garcia was initially pulled over for a speeding violation, highway patrol said, but they got suspicious of human trafficking when they saw the amount of people in the car. The migrant also kept changing his story about what he was doing, and carried $1,400 in cash they suspected was his payment.

A source told the outlet that an unreleased part of the video includes officers discussing calling Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to pick up Abrego Garcia, which they did, but ICE did not show. The source also said they were warned the migrant was suspected of being a gang member or terrorist when they put his name into a national database.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2022trafficstop; bodycamfootage; elsalvador; humantrafficking; kilmarabregogarcia; marylandman; tennessee; video

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1 posted on 05/01/2025 9:56:02 PM PDT by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

Cops called the FBI and were told to let him go.


2 posted on 05/01/2025 9:56:49 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Somebody should send a link to Van Hollen or one of his Interns. Maybe they’ll learn something new


3 posted on 05/01/2025 9:58:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: bitt

The FBI under O’Biden was a cesspool.

The whole Garland Justice Department, for that matter.


4 posted on 05/01/2025 9:59:56 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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Body-cams, national crime databases, responsible police officers who immediately inform ICE... all to no avail if the will to enforce the law is lacking.

Sad.

Regards,

5 posted on 05/01/2025 10:03:10 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: bitt

fbi asked if he was wearing a MAGA hat

when they said no

the fbi said let him go


6 posted on 05/01/2025 10:08:25 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: bitt

Checkmate.


7 posted on 05/01/2025 10:09:58 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: bitt

Getting ads....plug for news show about illegal, but no dashcam video.


8 posted on 05/01/2025 10:10:39 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: bitt

Jesse watters on the FBI call

https://1a-1791.com/video/fww1/a8/s8/2/p/I/0/G/pI0Gy.caa.mp4?


9 posted on 05/01/2025 10:14:49 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

The fact that someone has cash should not make them a suspect unless someone else is missing said cash. Everything else is fair game.


10 posted on 05/01/2025 10:47:41 PM PDT by webheart (Why not write out because instead of saying b/c and with instead of w/ ?)
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To: bitt

Failure of Highway Patrol to Notify TBI After Suspecting Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Human Trafficking Appears to Contradict Standard Procedure

April 30, 2025 Tom Pappert

https://tennesseestar.com/justice/failure-of-highway-patrol-to-notify-tbi-after-suspecting-kilmar-abrego-garcia-of-human-trafficking-appears-to-contradict-standard-procedure/tpappert/2025/04/30/

Records Delay Sparks Concerns Tennessee Department of Safety is ‘Concealing’ Role in Releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia During 2022 Traffic Stop, Reporter Says

May 1, 2025 Kaitlin Housler

https://tennesseestar.com/justice/records-delay-sparks-concerns-tennessee-department-of-safety-is-concealing-role-in-releasing-kilmar-abrego-garcia-during-2022-traffic-stop-reporter-says/khousler/2025/05/01/

Tennessee Highway Patrol Officer Says Kilmar Abrego Garcia ‘Hauling These People for Money’ in Body Camera Footage

May 1, 2025 Tom Pappert

https://tennesseestar.com/justice/tennessee-highway-patrol-officer-says-kilmar-abrego-garcia-hauling-these-people-for-money-in-body-camera-footage/tpappert/2025/05/01/

Vehicle Driven by Kilmar Abrego Garcia in TN 2022 Traffic Stop Registered in Texas, Where Human Smuggler Who Owned it Lived in 2019

May 1, 2025 Tom Pappert

https://tennesseestar.com/justice/vehicle-driven-by-kilmar-abrego-garcia-in-tn-2022-traffic-stop-registered-in-texas-where-human-smuggler-who-owned-it-lived-in-2019/tpappert/2025/05/01/

SOURCE:

THE TENNESSEE STAR

https://tennesseestar.com/


11 posted on 05/01/2025 10:48:28 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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Honestly, I’m starting to think this whole thing was a Trump group set up. They purposely made the “mistake” of sending him back to El Salvador because they already had all the information on him and they knew the dems and the media would flip out. They just waited until the left have fallen for it and tied themselves inextricably to defending him and demanding he be brought back to the US, then they start to trickle the information about this guy out, a little at a time, not too much all at once because then the left would flee the field, no, make them double down, make them declare that this in the hill they want to die on, and they open the floodgates wider and wider.


12 posted on 05/01/2025 10:50:36 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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Body camera footage obtained by The Tennessee Star on Thursday as the result of an Open Records Request filed with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) reveals Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) officers discuss their suspicion ...https://t.co/yz728gZIxk— Tennessee Star (@TheTNStar) May 2, 2025


13 posted on 05/01/2025 11:01:41 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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BREAKING: Body cam footage obtained by Tennessee Star shows Tennessee Trooper saying Kilmar Abrego Garcia "hauling these people for money" pic.twitter.com/4FHWOIjSz5— Tennessee Star (@TheTNStar) May 2, 2025


14 posted on 05/01/2025 11:02:24 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: Truthsearcher

I am hoping Trump is doing that and more


15 posted on 05/01/2025 11:16:41 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: freepersup

Thanks for the link.


16 posted on 05/01/2025 11:17:33 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: Getready

You’re welcome!


17 posted on 05/01/2025 11:27:09 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: bitt

I believe that the DOJ is at a minimum investigating the following 3 agencies,

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigation

in how they handled this stop.


18 posted on 05/01/2025 11:31:09 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: freepersup

And/or a sister organization... DHS.


19 posted on 05/01/2025 11:32:06 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: Truthsearcher

“Honestly, I’m starting to think this whole thing was a Trump group set up.”

I prefer the simpler explanation that the dems are mouth breathing lackwits.

CC


20 posted on 05/02/2025 12:15:36 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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