Don't know about any bribery, I'm guessing that was after you passed
over into Mexico.
I visited Mexico City in 1976 & saw occasional militarized police on the
streets then.
Thinking about it, the only unusual thing in Dan's photo is that the
soldier was alone. Usually there's at least two patrolling together for
mutual support.
IIRC, you're in east central Texas - that part where it shows up as
green on the satellite photos. Travel I-10 to El Paso, and you'll pass a
permanent Border Patrol/INS checkpoint on the east-bound lanes just west
of Sierra Blanca, near the ghost town of Etholen.
They stop everyone traveling east-bound and the guys BACKING UP the
officer who comes to your window to ask if you've picked up any
passengers since leaving El Paso are armed like the guy in Dan's photo.
But, note - although the Border Patrol agents at that checkpoint are
heavily armed & militarized, they are not U.S. military. Federal Law
prohibits using the Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines for civilian law
enforcement except for extreme circumstances.
Even after 9/11 the soldiers you saw in airports, around New York City &
Washington, DC were National Guard under the control of individual state
governors.
On 5/4/2017 09:48, Gonz wrote:
Never seen 'em around here. I think people in these parts are more
heavily armed than the armed forces, or so it seems.
Traveling to Mexico on vacation many times in my life we always would
encounter road stops with heavily armed military guys that would ask
you where you were going and might even search your car. In the
earliest days, a bribe was expected. Not so much any more.
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:17 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
Have seen those big guns recently in the city -- I think.. mmm.. wall street
area - but frequently see National Guard guys at Union Sq station
these days --... one startling encounter on the street... I guy in uniform
with one of those large guns was wearing all black and a black mask
in the position of a surgical mask... that mask was scary
I think your shot would be stronger in black and white , Dan
ann
On 5/2/2017 8:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
I haven't seen the kind of military presence at US airports or tourist
sites that I have seen recently in Europe.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 7:46 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]>
wrote:
You must not have been traveling much right after 9/11. National Guard
with M16, (full size, not carbines), and dogs were in the oddest places
at
the Airports I traveled through.
On 5/2/2017 4:55 PM, Gonz wrote:
That was the thing that I found most distinct about European airports,
there were military guys walking around with automatic weapons like
this everywhere. I've never seen that in the US.
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]>
wrote:
There were heavily armed military personnel all over Paris when we were
there, in early April. Shortly after we returned, a terrorist shot a
policeman on the Champs-Élysées, wounding a woman tourist.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote:
That looks like the SBR that the israeli security forces carry.
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <
[email protected]>
wrote:
There was a lot of security around the Île de la Cité
https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-
pesos/2017/5/2/the-last-time-i-saw-paris
K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are invited and appreciated.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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