On 6/8/05, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "No questions asked" ? > > I'd suggest reading the actual story. > Thet detained the guy for over two hours, trying to find some > reason for keeping him out (an outstanding warrant somewhere, etc.). > Absent that, and because the guy is a US citizen, they really > didn't have much of an excuse for refusing him entry. >
I read the actual story. I was just being tongue-in-cheek, using hyperbole to make a point, all the while attempting to make a bit of humour. I don't know about the US of A, but here in Canada, when a guy is found with weapons covered in blood, that's pretty much enough to at least hold him for 24 hours to investigate if he's been involved in a crime. Of course, after 24 hours, he can file a writ of habeous corpus, and be released. But the cops can always think of something to charge him with, even if it's "having a bad hair day", to keep him in longer while they investigate. I know this was at a border crossing, but I can't believe that the crossing guards couldn't come up with something to keep him while they called the cops to come get him. This "we had no choice, we had to let him in" thing is a pile of crap. They f***ed up, is what they did. Big time. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
