Anderson may be a religous bigot, but on both videos he was well within his rights and broke no laws. Calling him “anti-government” may be technically correct, but not in the sense you are trying to invoke. He stood up to a government that routinely tries to undermine the rights of it’s citizens. If we don’t assert our contitutional rights then we will soon see them nullified.

I agree that, “They are behaving like naughty children and ought to be treated that way.” That’s pretty much what happened in the most recent incident and I applaud the restraint and professionalism of the officer involved. In the earlier confrontation with the Border Patrol breaking windows and tazing are hardly appropriate ways to treat “naughty children.” Yes Anderson was ridiculously provocative but frankly the Border Patrol overreacted and the personnel involved ought to be disciplined. I must admit that, when traveling in the southwest, I considered these checkpoints an affront that should be abolished entirely. It does seem that Anderson learned that he should limit his provocation to behavior that will not get him tazed. That’s actually a bit surprising for someone so obstinate.

They are behaving like naughty children and ought to be treated that way. It’s obvious they are spending considerable time figuring out how to get some cash out of the public coffers by agitating and using frivolous lawsuits.

In many LE positions the various mistakes result are not only personal travesties; but the continuing “no win” feeling that gets really GOOD law enforcement to either go to smaller agencies or cut it loose all together.
The best answer for LE is to have robots doing that job but unfortunately that option’s closed. Human’s make mistakes.
When a human being is called upon to do something that demands the severing of emotional responses, problems always arise.

A decent doctor who works in an ER long enough & has to deal with split second judgment calls and decisions wherein mistakes result in death generally remove themselves from that type of practice & get a gig where they won’t get sued & deal w/ the aftermath of self-doubt. So society generally always looses the best in high-stress positions; that’s a realistic fact.
But the good news is that John won’t be coming to Arizona.

So again, he (Anderson) was doing what some say is accurate, however, I truly believe that if a minority did this, the charges would not be dropped, and he/she would be prevented from filing a lawsuit.

And yes I agree that Americans are cowed serfs, which is why you NEVER see any protests in America of any kind, at least since that undetermined time in the past when they became cowed serfs.

Frankly, though, he makes no less sense than the average Tea bagger and they will all be pulling levers tomorrow.

If citizens are prepared to cooperate w/ the enforcement element (City, County, State, Federal) here in AZ, they generally have little problem. but you mouth off and don’t cooperate & you can expect some “active” interaction.

If this is not for you; stay OUT of Arizona. There are U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints at various areas around the Southern area of the State. Those officers were Federal so they were gentle & only acted after they said they were going to act. Other times if an individual gives a non-cooperative agenda to a Sheriff, State Highway Patrol officer, City Policeman, etc there is very little “warning” that they WILL be made to cooperate.
If you enjoy taking a non-cooperative stance with law enforcement; Arizona may not be the best place for you.

Aside from everything else; I actually don’t understand what this guy was trying to prove. The dog alerted, the normal procedure is to check on what the dog alerted for…..what’s the big deal?
If it was a small amount of marijuana; the sheriff usually just throws it out. If it’s hard drugs; the likelihood is that it’s a misdemeanor charge (small amount). But if the guy has large weight [of drugs] or some other thing the dog would be trained to sniff; he’s going to be taken to a facility.
If he has nothing, he would be on his way in a few minutes. Dogs alert occasionally by mistake. It’s not a big deal.

I kinda felt bad for the cop involved, because he clearly can’t even get where the guy is coming from. I can’t help but think, if we are indeed seeing a rise in this sort of thing, that law enforcement needs to be better equpped to safely and effectively interact with sovereigns.

Even though the pastor may be a loon, perhaps we should recognize that “first they came for the loons…”

Then they came for…