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We always thought that the difference between local law enforcement and the feds was the latter's strict observance of the laws and regulations guiding their employment and duties.
But now one of our avid seven readers has sent us visual proof thy might share some of the same frailties of their local brethren.
In the photos below, our reader said that the Border Patrol agent aboard the truck was smoking cigarettes in the vehicle and occasionally flicked the ashes out the window.
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The photo was taken tuesday near the airport on Boca Chica approaching Iowa Avenue. When he finished smoking the cigarette, the agent threw the butt out the window and into the grassy side of the road.
The, apparently, he got a phone call and used the hand-held device as he sped along, as can be seen from the reflection in the mirror. in hi government-issued vehicle.
The message that is sent is that these officers would have you do as they say and not as they do. Ain't it nice when the law is selective and they apply it on civilians only, but you better have your papers if he decides to question your citizenship.
Is it a flaunting of the rules or is it merely a privilege that comes along with a federal badge?
We always thought that the difference between local law enforcement and the feds was the latter's strict observance of the laws and regulations guiding their employment and duties.But now one of our avid seven readers has sent us visual proof thy might share some of the same frailties of their local brethren.
In the photos below, our reader said that the Border Patrol agent aboard the truck was smoking cigarettes in the vehicle and occasionally flicked the ashes out the window.
The photo was taken tuesday near the airport on Boca Chica approaching Iowa Avenue. When he finished smoking the cigarette, the agent threw the butt out the window and into the grassy side of the road.The, apparently, he got a phone call and used the hand-held device as he sped along, as can be seen from the reflection in the mirror. in hi government-issued vehicle.
The message that is sent is that these officers would have you do as they say and not as they do. Ain't it nice when the law is selective and they apply it on civilians only, but you better have your papers if he decides to question your citizenship.
Is it a flaunting of the rules or is it merely a privilege that comes along with a federal badge?