They now have actual footage from the actual incident wherein Paster Steven L Anderson was tazed by border patrol agents at an internal checkpoint.  Paswter Anderson had never crossed a border.  The border agents smashed his car window and shot him with tazers. In this video first video the police state he is being detained because he refused to "OBEY" the officer.  Apparently, we are supposed to waive our rights whenever an officer orders us to waive them.  In this case, pastor Anderson was challenging the agents demand sot serach his car. 

It will be interesting to see how this case  plays out in court.

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You have to admire these people at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition for coming out and telling it like it is.

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This entry goes into our police abuse files.  In the video below, Judge Napolitano, Gerald Celente and John Stossel interview and discuss the detention of Steve Bierfeldt at a Missouri airport after TSA officials discovered he was in possession of about $4700 in cash.  The law enforcement community apparently considers anyone caught carrying cash a suspicious person.

Steve was able to record his encounter and the full audio is included in an article written in the dailynewscaster.com

As Anthony Gregory notes in his blog on the Campaign for Liberty web site:

Ever since the drug war really picked up steam a couple decades back, the government has tried to criminalize the carrying of "suspicious" amounts of cash. For years, average Americans, often minorities, have been shaken down for having too much money and some of the seized dough has even ended up in the hands of those who confiscated it. It's already illegal to carry beyond a certain amount out of the country. And the war on terror and economic recession have further made it taboo to carry money around. But Steve broke no laws here and perhaps this was just an example of selective harassment.

[N]one of it bodes well for a country that sees itself as a free society. In a free America, carrying literature of any type or cash of any amount would be just another peaceful activity fully tolerated by law. This kind of screening in our airports goes beyond demanding, "Your Papers, Please." Steve already showed his papers when he went through security.
 

Obviously, these law enforcement employees believe their interrogation and detainment powers are limitless.  That shows insufficient training.  Shame on the TSA for subjecting the public to this kind of abuse from inadequately trained personal with no respect for the rights of citizens. This is inexcusable.

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