Where is the MSM stories about this? Our citizens being assaulted on the border and there's no outrage? (except here, of course). I'd say someone trying to run a person down with a vehicle warrants a lot more attention than someone having to hold up a T-shirt! Glad to hear the MM got the license number and are pressing charges.
This is really common on the border- it usually happens to the Border Patrol or other Law Enforcement agencies, but I have heard of it happening to ranchers or others who got in the way of smugglers. When the Border Patrol does a concentrated effort on a certain area and pretty much closes that area down then the smugglers will get desperate and try to run officers down, crash vehicles and even have a shoot-out.
These incidents are talked about locally- but seldom make it in the news. Officials are not allowed to talk to reporters about things like this and if a private person tries to tell about it- the media doesn't believe them.
Another thing that I never hear about- though it has happened to me, my daughter and a friend on different occasions- illegals that are abandoned by a coyote on a secondary road will literally try to car jack people.
I was on a secondary road that is not well traveled and came upon a group of about 10 illegal men- some of them got in the road to force me to stop and some stayed on the side of the road to try to get the doors opened- I did not weaken and they jumped out of the way at the last minute...my daughter came upon a mixed group and a woman actually jumped in front of her holding a baby- my daughter slowed & went to the ditch and a man grabbed the door handle- the door was locked and he fell away. The friend lived on a ranch and slowed down to stop to open a gate- illegals jumped out of the ditch & ran toward her truck- she gassed it and drove through the gate. These incidents were all reported to authorities and they tried their best to convince us they did not happen...we were mistaken about the illegals actions. Right.
This proves that the minutemen are being effective- and shows how dangerous it really is on the border. Those of us who live here try to tell others about these things and you might as well try to tell people you just returned from Mars. Without any support either from LE or even other people who don't live on the border- you just go on about your business and the story never gets out.
People who do not live on the border refuse to believe these things happen- because they don't see it reported on the news. I see a lot of this additude from some posters here on FR since the minutemen project started.
People who do live on the border and deny these things have an agenda- they may be involved with smugglers- or have a business or are involved in politics- they need to keep everyone happy so they won't admit what is going on.