FrankRep
03-19-2010, 10:40 AM
Ill-conceived immigration control policies lead to the Border Patrol arresting a man for crossing the street in his hometown of Derby Line, VT.
Arrested for Crossing the Street? (http://www.jbs.org/component/content/article/1006-quick-hits/6114-arrested-for-crossing-the-street)
Dennis Behreandt | John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/)
18 March 2010
The Empire strikes back — at common sense.
A man in Derby Line, Vermont has been arrested for crossing the street. The town is perched precariously on the border with Canada. On one side of the street, you're in the good old USA, formerly the land of the free. On the other side of the street, there you are in Canada. And if you are an American crossing the street, say, for a pizza, don't even think about coming back.
That's what Derby Line resident Buzz Roy found out recently when he tried to do exactly that.
"I walked over to Canada on a Saturday night around quarter to nine to get a pizza," Roy told local NBC affiliate WPTZ. On his way home, though, he was stopped by state police and told that crossing back was illegal.
"Steam was coming out of my ears from the treatment by the state cop. I felt that he had been misinformed about my ability to enter the country on Church Street. I've done it my entire life many many many times," Roy said.
Naturally, he tried again. And then he tried one more time. He recounts what happened next:
"I went back and did it again, and this time I was met by the border patrol and he frisked me and handcuffed me, put me in the back of his cruiser, took me to border patrol headquarters, put me in a cell, held me for three hours, then let me out and told me I was going to be fined $500 dollars," Roy said. He's planning on fighting the fine, but is understandably irritated that he's been touched by tyranny: "I firmly believe that to this day ... they just make up rules from day to day."
Watch and listen to him describe his experience here (http://www.wptz.com/news/22826310/detail.html).
SOURCE:
http://www.jbs.org/component/content/article/1006-quick-hits/6114-arrested-for-crossing-the-street
Arrested for Crossing the Street? (http://www.jbs.org/component/content/article/1006-quick-hits/6114-arrested-for-crossing-the-street)
Dennis Behreandt | John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/)
18 March 2010
The Empire strikes back — at common sense.
A man in Derby Line, Vermont has been arrested for crossing the street. The town is perched precariously on the border with Canada. On one side of the street, you're in the good old USA, formerly the land of the free. On the other side of the street, there you are in Canada. And if you are an American crossing the street, say, for a pizza, don't even think about coming back.
That's what Derby Line resident Buzz Roy found out recently when he tried to do exactly that.
"I walked over to Canada on a Saturday night around quarter to nine to get a pizza," Roy told local NBC affiliate WPTZ. On his way home, though, he was stopped by state police and told that crossing back was illegal.
"Steam was coming out of my ears from the treatment by the state cop. I felt that he had been misinformed about my ability to enter the country on Church Street. I've done it my entire life many many many times," Roy said.
Naturally, he tried again. And then he tried one more time. He recounts what happened next:
"I went back and did it again, and this time I was met by the border patrol and he frisked me and handcuffed me, put me in the back of his cruiser, took me to border patrol headquarters, put me in a cell, held me for three hours, then let me out and told me I was going to be fined $500 dollars," Roy said. He's planning on fighting the fine, but is understandably irritated that he's been touched by tyranny: "I firmly believe that to this day ... they just make up rules from day to day."
Watch and listen to him describe his experience here (http://www.wptz.com/news/22826310/detail.html).
SOURCE:
http://www.jbs.org/component/content/article/1006-quick-hits/6114-arrested-for-crossing-the-street