IMHO, your a nut.
While I agree with oldbill on “if you’re going to come to America, you have to abide by our rules” mentality, the problem is that people aren’t abiding rules. And pulling one’s arm away is not “Assault” on an officer, which should not carry any greater charge than assault period. It would in fact be resisting arrest, unless they weren’t actually arresting him.
The problem is there is a buffet of charges available for infliction upon anyone these days because of a lax mentality among the people.public. We are to keep these people in line, primarily through appropriate elections and civil (public, not courteous) interaction, not the other way around. Officers have both too much discretion and too much power. Either we are a nation of laws, or we are a nation of despots, great and small. Sadly, we’ve almost completed our transition to the latter.
And you have never had to work at the border.
Asking questions which may seem stupid to you are a way to find suspects and people with ominous plans and intentions. Asking them which store they are going to is not out of the ordinary - bad guys can give some pretty stupid and incriminating answers that convey their real identity and intent. It the guy answered “the Bay Company” or “Selfridges”, you might start suspecting something. Or if he’s “visiting his aunt on Chigago’s East side” you know he’s hiding something.
When this guy was asked what store, he could have just said he couldn’t remember. Instead he came out with an attitude. He got what he deserved.
You guys are clueless as to what comes across that border every single day. It is not bishops and rabbis and Mother Teresa.
Agreed, and I second the motion.