Shots Fired at the Peace Arch Border Crossing [Suspect In Custody]

NEWS1130.com ^ | Jul 09, 2010 18:08:01 PM | Dave White/Jill Drews

[Cindy]

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) -

SNIPPET: "Mike Milne with US Customs and Border Protection says a man using the NEXUS lane approached the window, and began acting strange. "The officers ordered the driver, who was the sole occupant, out of the vehicle. The driver refused and dangerously accelerated the vehicle southbound. One CBP officer fired his service pistol because of the imminent and apparent danger to the general public."

No one was hurt, but the suspect initially managed to speed off. He was later captured by State Troopers..."

[Celerity]

Media labelled Right-Winger in 3...2....1...

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Candor7]

From the article:

“Milne won’t say whether the man was Canadian or American. His name has not been released.”

My bet is this non disclosure is because the man is Amish.

[Cindy]

It can go either day, but Mr. No Name is the new John Doe.

[Cindy]

sp= either way

[Gay State Conservative]

Too bad he made it over the border.Let the Canadians deal with him.They seem to welcome our criminals with open arms as it is.In the future if someone wanted for murder in the US makes it into Canada we should let him stay there and refuse any requests by the Canadians to take him back...UNLESS...they refrain from putting any limits regarding what penalty he can or cannot receive.

Ditto with Mexico.

[ElkGroveDan]

a man using the NEXUS lane approached the window/i>

Is that a lane you can only use if you are driving a LEXUS?

[Cindy]

This is a description of the NEXUS program:

http://www.getnexus.com/

[NonValueAdded]

"You can't fight in here, this is the War Room"

You can't shoot a gun here, this is the Peace Arch.

[Magnatron]

NEXUS is a program that the U.S. and Canada set up so that you can get background checked for pre-clearance through customs.

I have a NEXUS card. It really cuts down on the wait getting through customs, and most border airports even have special lanes for you to go through security. It took some time to get, but I’m happy I did. I travel over the border a lot.

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[Clint Williams]

Good thing he wasn't an intelligent terrorist or something better than what they've been sending us.

Guess we need Checkpoint Charlie-style crossings now.

[Hillbillary]

They seem to welcome our criminals with open arms

Quite the opposite actually. They run NCIC's on everyone crossing and do not accept even DWI priors. The only dirtbag I've ever seen them accept was Ubambi.

This incident would cause the Mexican border media to yawn.

[maica]

Too bad he made it over the border.Let the Canadians deal with him.

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He was traveling south INTO the United States. That is why US Customs and Border Patrol were interested in his behavior, and why he was later picked up by State Police. Canada does not have State Police.

[Former Proud Canadian]

I must have missed it when that extradition treaty between the US and Canada was abrogated.

[cripplecreek]

Agreed, we have actual cooperation from Canada.

Mexico actively works against us.

[Paladin2]

"Canada does not have State Police."

I thought the Mounties were state police.

[Paladin2]

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fbi/is/ncic.htm

[maica]

The Vancouver report would have said RCMP apprehended the suspect, not State Police.