Update: Leader of Scout Troop Confronted by Armed Border Patrol Speaks Out

[ZakCarter]

"And for our government to take these young men and illegally search them and illegally seize and pull a weapon on these kids -- something is wrong."

"In an exclusive interview with Benswann.com, Jim Fox, the scout leader of the Mid-Iowa Boy Scout Troop 111, explained what happened earlier this month at a checkpoint along the Alaska – Canada border.

At the check point, one of the boys took a picture of the border agent and “threw the agent into a frenzy.” According to Fox, the agent immediately confiscated the camera, told the boy that he could be subjected to 10 years of prison or a $10,000 fine. The boys and driver were escorted inside the border patrol station.

“The border agent tried to bait me. He wanted to get a reaction out of me and I did not give it to him,” said Fox. The border agent didn’t want Fox to follow him while he searched the van because Fox might turn over “search techniques to the undesirables.”

One of the agents asked to see one of the bags of the scouts. One scout knew where the bag was and tried to get the bag to assist the agent. That’s when Fox said an agent had a loaded pistol pointed at the boy."

Read the rest of the story at http://benswann.com/exclusive-leader-of-scout-troop-confronted-by-armed-border-patrol-speaks-out/

This story is blowing up! It's the first benswann.com story to be posted on the Drudge Report, and some of the people leaving comments, just wow!

 

[JK/SEA]

tyranny is popular these days...may as well get the boy scouts involved...

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

The border agent didn’t want Fox to follow him while he searched the van because Fox might turn over “search techniques to the undesirables.”

Well, so much for hiding your contraband under the carpet. These Mensa members aren't your father's border security.

 

[FindLiberty]

Bad sign for America: Escalation from scattered lethal attacks targeting pet dogs to starting to threaten the Boy Scouts.

 

[phill4paul]

Charles Vonderheid with the Mid-Iowa Council Boy Scouts of America said Troop 11 learned a valuable lesson.

“We want to make sure they follow the rules. A Scout is a good citizen. It would be a great lesson in civics for that young man and that troop,” - Charles Vonderheid with the Mid-Iowa Council Boy Scouts of America said Troop 11 learned a valuable lesson.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2...nt-pulls-gun-boy-scout-detaining-photography/
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?456267-Border-Agent-points-gun-at-Boy-Scout

Hope there is enough uproar that this dickweed is culled.

 

[Reason]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?261738-Today-I-put-my-life-on-the-line-for-liberty...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Police State USSA

 

[Anti Federalist]

Fox might turn over “search techniques to the undesirables.”

And, just so we're clear here...

WE are the "undesirables".

 

[CPUd]

I went to Canada about 20 yrs ago with a group. We had a chartered Greyhound bus, and crossing over to Canada was pretty smooth. On the way back, the driver stopped a few miles before the border and told us to toss our "fruits" no questions asked. Then he got real serious and told us we better not play with those guys or they will take the bus apart piece by piece while we get flashlights shined up our asses. When they came on the bus, one was carrying something like a M16 and walked to the back of the bus while the other one counted birth certificates. Another one was walking outside with a dog. They didn't stay long and didn't really say much. We were all holding our breaths until we got back into the U.S.

 

[Danke]

I went to Canada about 20 yrs ago with a group. We had a chartered Greyhound bus, and crossing over to Canada was pretty smooth. On the way back, the driver stopped a few miles before the border and told us to toss our "fruits" no questions asked. Then he got real serious and told us we better not play with those guys or they will take the bus apart piece by piece while we get flashlights shined up our asses. When they came on the bus, one was carrying something like a M16 and walked to the back of the bus while the other one counted birth certificates. Another one was walking outside with a dog. They didn't stay long and didn't really say much. We were all holding our breaths until we got back into the U.S.

Wow, I used to canoe up into Canada from Minnesota. Never saw a patrol.