Posted on 10/30/2018 8:14:37 AM PDT by ExSoldier
During the Desert Storm, a special forces friend of mine was ordered to be at a certain base by a certain time, and that he was authorized to break whatever speeding laws existed in order to do so.
All he had to do was inform the arresting officer by showing an ID and giving him a phone number, which they could use to verify what was up. They were even authorized to ask for an escort out of the jurisdiction.
He gets stopped, arrested, cuffed, and put into the local hoosgow. He’s brought before a judge, all the while begging these people to call the number provided and give the ID number off of his credentials.
Judge, after 9 hours, finally relented and made the call.
4 star Admiral was put on the line by his assistant. Admiral calmly reamed the Judge out, who lost all color in his face. Apparently, the Admiral asked whether there was a helo LZ in the area, as he was sending down MP’s to arrest the sheriff and the judge for violating a federal law. He told the Judge there was a plane on the tarmac waiting for its operator, and that when the helo got there, that a Marine would be driving the operators vehicle back, and that there was to be little trouble.
He was released immediately with apologies. The arrest STOOD, however, and he had to have it cleared a decade later by calling his old command.
Yes...and whom DHS/ICE don't want to take a chance might be released by some assclown Obama judge
On this item, I have several friends in SOF both Naval and Army and this kind of a prioritization isn't unusual for the tier one units. They're given a sort of GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card for use in an operational immediate situation. If the card is ever abused for a non operational context, the operator would lose their career so I've never heard of any problems. But God help the "color of authority" posing a civilian obstacle to that urgent call.
Sounds like a cluster of local Sherriff, ICE, and the Homeland Security division within ICE
Bottom line...we the shepple will probably never really know other than what the media feeds us. Not unless someone has inside intel.
Hummmmm......a pickup truck is too small for human smuggling unless was children????
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