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Seattle-based journalist Dave Neiwert posted this video today of a "border patrol" down south taking pot shots at alleged border crossers.
The video is not produced by the Minutemen border freaks who have an outpost up in Blaine, Washington, but it's a spinoff of that group and Dave uses it to illustrate the fact that these guys are not fucking around. Q: What do you shout at a Canadian before you shoot at him?
Dave says:
This is how far-right "Patriot" groups organize: one or two organizations introduce and mainstream the concept by playing the straight man, while dozens of independent offspring go about wreaking havoc on their own agendas. We've seen this with groups like Laine Lawless' Minuteman spinoff, which strategized with neo-Nazis on the kinds of brownshirt tactics they could apply against Latinos; and with Minuteman support groups like California's Save Our State, which coddled neo-Nazis and neo-Confederates at their rallies and within their ranks. More to the point, the Minutemen themselves have been infiltrated since their inception by white supremacists, though they have announced their efforts to drive out such elements with much fanfare (without, exactly, being very convincing on the matter).
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One day on my way home from Mount Baker, I stopped in the Northfork Brewery to have dinner and struck up a conversation with a self-described "old school" border patrol guard stationed in the area. He was almost in tears telling about how much freedom and leeway he had at his former post on the Mexico border, and how different it is on the Canada border. He told stories of beatings, pistol-whippings and general lawlessness he participated in on the Mexico border, how different it is on the Canadian border and how much more difficult of a time he has doing his job. I asked him about the Minutemen, and he told me that they don't really do much on the Canadian border, but they were instrumental on the Mexico border. I feigned courtesy and respect (he was buying me beers after all), but the guy was quite despicable.
Just got an email:
It's like the Irish Invasion all over again!