{"id":104239,"date":"2014-01-08T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/shock-video-border-agent-acknowledges-constitution-at-checkpoint-traffic-stop\/"},"modified":"2014-01-08T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T11:55:15","slug":"shock-video-border-agent-acknowledges-constitution-at-checkpoint-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/shock-video-border-agent-acknowledges-constitution-at-checkpoint-traffic-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock Video: Border Agent Acknowledges Constitution At Checkpoint Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shocking video showing a Border Patrol agent acknowledging the constitutional right to refuse questions has many pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrfY547vaLw?feature=player_detailpage\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The short video begins by showing a group of young individuals driving towards California&#8217;s I-8 Westbound checkpoint as the vehicle ahead of them is flagged for further inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Preparing to opt out of answering questions, the group continues filming as they roll up to the station&#8217;s Border Patrol agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat&#8217;s going on guys? You guys legal US citizens still? Haven&#8217;t given it up yet?\u201d the agent jokes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we free to go?\u201d the driver and passenger respond.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, although almost every similar encounter captured on film results in an irate agent demanding compliance, the border agent never hesitates as he excitedly praised the group for their decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, you know what? You guys are awesome for exercising your constitutional rights. I totally respect that,\u201d the agent says.<\/p>\n<p>The agent continues by commenting on the public&#8217;s growing dislike of checkpoints, a trend that has gained increased attention in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of guys come here and they&#8217;re jerks to us and we don&#8217;t appreciate that, but I totally appreciate you guys who are respectful, who don&#8217;t want to talk and we really can&#8217;t force you to do it. You guys have a good day,\u201d the agent says in closing.<\/p>\n<p>While the encounter appears to be at an unconstitutional internal checkpoint, the agent&#8217;s decision not to harass the group for their refusal is a small step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shock Video: Border Agent Acknowledges Constitution At Checkpoint Traffic Stop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.storyleak.com\/border-patrol\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shocking video showing a Border Patrol agent acknowledging the constitutional right to refuse questions has many pleasantly surprised. The short video begins by showing a group of young individuals driving towards California&#8217;s I-8 Westbound checkpoint as the vehicle ahead of them is flagged for further inspection. Preparing to opt out of answering questions, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}