Politics

A Canada Border Crossing Mini-Drama

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This seems to be over a year old, but I don't recall coming across it before. If it is old news, forgive me.

It's an interesting audio clip of what purports to be a Canadian couple curious about why U.S. border officers insist on knowing specific stores in a mall they intend to visit, which of course ends up in arrest of both him and his wife.

My two favorite quotes, from a border officer "I would say three a day [terrorists are caught coming from Canada]" (see around 6:00] and "You did threaten…threaten a federal officer with physical violence. As soon as you pulled away from my officers when they went to grab your arm, that's assault!" [see around 8:45]

The clip: