Last July, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted a raid of a home allegedly looking for a fugitive alien. Instead, they found a Customs and Border Protection officer.
K-9 officer Jim Slaughter, a seven year veteran of CBP who works at the San Luis, Ariz., border crossing, told KSWT-TV that five ICE agents entered his home without a warrant, but immediately backed off when he told them he was a CBP officer.
His wife, Sheila, asks the important questions:
“Here they invaded my home, think of this, my children weren’t home. What if my husband hadn’t of been home? What would they have done to me?” says Sheila. — KSWT-TV
The Slaughters now believe that ICE agents simply had the wrong address, but he is suing the Department of Homeland Security because, he says, ICE refused to apologize or even explain the incident.
Unfortunately I’m afraid the suit, which cites the Fourth Amendment, isn’t likely to go anywhere. Courts have repeatedly ruled that when police raid the wrong house, citizens have no recourse, as long as the police simply made an “honest” mistake. Police being honest? When does that happen? And this bizarre miscarriage of justice is a direct result (you might say unintended consequence) of Richard Nixon’s war on drugs.
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Karl Marx would love the popular moves among politicians in various state governments and the federal government to ban so-called "junk" food in schools, and to "put healthy food in" convenience stores and on the tables of those they define as poor. It's a very elitist and arrogant mindset that promotes this ideology, and it needs to be addressed.
Ultimately, the war supporters in Congress prevailed in the vote on the resolution. Still, the vote was significant because it places every member of Congress on the record as supporting or not supporting the unconstitutional, costly, violent occupation of a country that never attacked us. This vote should serve as an important reminder to the American people of where their representatives really stand when it comes to policing the world, empire building, and war.
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Raid
Apr 08, 2009
The Raid was bogus but, I am tired of the illegal alien cops using eachothers ids to pull off shit like Cartel drug sales, stealing more ids, killing people for thier cars and houses then using thier ids ect.. These illegal alien bastards must be stopped. They rob all of us everyday. We are paying for them one way or another. I am tired of them stealing my mail, belongings and my freedom. We must send them back especially the Mexican Muslims they are the biggest scum bags!!!
Dunrobin
Apr 08, 2009
And this bizarre miscarriage of justice is a direct result (you might say unintended consequence) of Richard Nixon’s war on drugs.
“Thanks, Dick!”
(Almost 40 years later and I still hate that guy. I can’t believe that I ever supported* him, but in my defense I was only 13 at the time.)
*Youth for Nixon-Agnew, in 1968.
Ray
Apr 11, 2009
Wonder why they didn’t need a warrant.
Sanity
Apr 12, 2009
Commenting on comment 1, I am confused about your statement. I first thought you were talking about the federal agents, but then the “Mexican Muslims” comment threw me a curve ball. So do you mean we should send the immigration cops back to where they cam from or do you mean the actual immigrants should go back? Now is it specifically Muslim practicing Mexicans or any person that might scare you? Although I am sure there are Mexicans that practice Islam, I can not imagine that there are not very many. Maybe your where talking about Mexicans and Muslims separately. I feel as if I can go all day commenting on your ignorance, but I wont. So I am half Puerto Rican (PR), should I go too? Before you answer, remember PR is not a country, but a part of America, you know the country built on Immigration.
Sanity
Apr 12, 2009
If I misunderstood your comment completely, I am deeply sorry.
Highlander
Apr 13, 2009
Referenced Remarks:
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Dunrobin | April 8, 2009 3:52 pm
And this bizarre miscarriage of justice is a direct result (you might say unintended consequence) of Richard Nixon’s war on drugs.
“Thanks, Dick!”
(Almost 40 years later and I still hate that guy. I can’t believe that I ever supported* him, but in my defense I was only 13 at the time.)
*Youth for Nixon-Agnew, in 1968.
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It =MUST= be remembered by anyone and everyone who cares, that at ANY time a politician or political group appeals to children for support, or who resorts to establishing such peripheral groups among people too young and inexperienced to make an informed decision, is nought but the worst kind of machinating and deceitful person.
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Those children might just as well become ‘Hitler youth.’
PeterCT
May 23, 2009
“So I am half Puerto Rican (PR), should I go too? Before you answer, remember PR is not a country, but a part of America, you know the country built on Immigration.”
PR is NOT a part of The USA. You are not a US state. You just come here to benefit from all various breaks government is giving you at the expense of average citizens.
MilitaryFF
May 30, 2009
PeterCT, You are an idiot. Puerto Rico is a part of the USA. It is an official territory and even has representatives in the government. Stop being such a bigot and educate yourself and learn to think for yourself instead of blindly following whatever idiot is telling you to hate everyone different from you.
frank
Jun 06, 2009
DHS lawyers and the ICE stooges that carry out their dirty work are the lowest from of pond scum in the law enforcement food chain. They are at a level somewhere below your average prison guard. They seperate families of citizens and non-citizens alike. Of course, they are just “doing their jobs” but then again so were the obediant servants of the 3rd Reich.
Mike
Dec 29, 2009
Frank,
The lowest form of life is not hte DHS lawyer but the lawers that assist the illegal aliens. They will rob the legals as well as those they are helping.
Illegals will pay a lawyer or an “Immigrant” for the right to be legal when they have no path to legal status.
All these illegals should be removed by ICE, CBP, State and local cops, they help the US in no way.
US America for US Citizens and their families (of all colors and ethnic background.
RedOne
Jan 23, 2010
“Police being honest? When does that happen?”
That has to be one of dumbest things I’ve ever heard anyone say.
Michael Hampton
Jan 23, 2010
Sorry, RedOne, but you’ll have to work very hard to justify that statement. Most police officers are not honest. Most people’s problem is that they don’t yet know this. Sure, you can find an honest cop here and there, but they’re a generally very frightened minority.