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Shampoobra

(423 posts) Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:03 PM Jun 2014

"No Thanks" ... best Homeland Security checkpoint refusals ever [View all]

This is probably a repost, since the video is dated Oct 27, 2013.

But I hadn't seen it until today, and I had no idea these checkpoints were voluntary. (I wonder, though, if these types of refusals still work if the driver is not recording the DHS officer.)

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"No Thanks" ... best Homeland Security checkpoint refusals ever [View all] Shampoobra Jun 2014 OP

Kicking to watch later! arcane1 Jun 2014 #1

brave people, and paid interrogators...............nt at this time Leme Jun 2014 #2

What a #%^*ing disaster MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #3

huh? Who is pulling what in YOUR thinking? nt Leme Jun 2014 #4

The government is playing games MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #7

I thought you meant the authorities, just not sure........nt Leme Jun 2014 #8

My bad, my writing was definitely unclear. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #9

no problem, I expected a civil answer...and if not it would show things also : ) nt Leme Jun 2014 #11

they ARE of dubious legality, and many have been challenged dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #6

An idea whose time has come... You have no rights unless you exercise them. Kip Humphrey Jun 2014 #5

yeah, I was afraid for those people..even tho a video .nt Leme Jun 2014 #10