• lingh0e@sh.itjust.works
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    Nah, they REALLY buried the lede with this bit further down. Emphasis added.

    Most travelers are unclear of their rights when it comes to airport searches. In order to be admitted entry to the airport’s gated areas, passengers must submit themselves to TSA security screenings. That’s a fact.

    However, the random searches by DEA agents at the Atlanta airport give passengers pause, but it should be noted that they’re not mandated. The DEA officially calls its stops and searches at airport gates “cold consent encounters,” and passengers are free to end the encounter and walk away if they’d like.

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      free to end the encounter and walk away if they’d like.

      Well I know what I’m going to do. “Get fucked pig” and walk off.

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        Willing to bet just about anything that the second you try, they’ll find probable cause to detain you

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            Might end up on a no fly list and with federal charges, but you’ve surely showed them.

            They have the upper hand, and no amount of imagined badassery will fix this systemic problem.

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              You do you and I do me. Let’s not judge each other and instead remember we’re on the same side fighting for the same thing just in different ways.

              After all, I’m not asking you to do as I do. That should mean something right?

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            You’re welcome to try, but your whole attitude seems rooted in the idea that at the end of the day, the justice system is on your side and that you can beat them at your own game.

            More likely you’ll get arrested, probably have some BS charges thrown at you that the judge will happilly pass through, you’ll never fly again, and maybe even see some jail time.

            There are many valid and important ways to fight back against police injustice. Yelling “get fucked pig” - while satisfying, and even justified - is definitely not one of them, even if talking about doing it does make you feel like a badass lol

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              You’re making an assumption that I believe in the justice system.

              You’re very likely (95%) correct that I’ll get fucked over by the entire system, and I’m willing to accept that. I don’t care if I lose. I care that I tried.

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                Seems like a waste to me, if you’re literally willing to give up your freedom to fight the system, it’d make a lot more sense to do it in a way that might actually lead to change

                But hey, it’s your life to throw away 🤷🏼‍♂️

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        You ever had. Real encountered with the police? They’ll just make some shit up and search you anyway best case scenario. More likely is you now upset them and they arrest you for whatever they make up on the spot, I believe there was just a supreme court ruling that they can make up a reason for stops/arrests after the fact and that’s perfectly fine as well.

        So, while I agree with the sentiment, I wouldn’t try anything like that. The police state is real and oppressive. You want to avoid any interaction with it and the US system at all costs.

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          Lol I’ve been given a breathalyzer by the fucking police all because I stopped on the side of the road after avoiding getting hit by traffic 7 times.

          Yeah I’ve dealt with the pigs. Fuck em and if I’m the process of fucking I get arrested on bullshit charges and convicted then so be it.

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          DEA isn’t real police though. Mind you i wouldn’t try that shit, i like having teeth and dislike dealing with violent gangs.

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            DEA isn’t real police though.

            Yeah they are and they’re usually even WORSE than regular cops. ACAB means federal cops too.

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        Probably safer to at least try “sorry, I don’t have time for this” while just walking away

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          Probably but my intent isn’t to go for peaceful. If your intent is, I hope it works out for you.

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            Oh, I see… You want to get arrested.

            I’ll pass on that since I’ve been through the experience more times than I can count already but good luck with that.

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              Less so want to get arrested. More so, willing to deal with the consequences of my own actions.

              If that means getting arrested for telling a pig to fuck off then so be it.

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      Yeah because that’s how encounters with cops ever happen 🙄

      If I had a dollar for every time a cop has murdered someone for failing to obey an unlawful order, I would be rich enough for cops to let me get away with anything!

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      The DEA is a failed experiment filled to the brim with corruption and toxicity. It should’ve been dismantled decades ago. Redundant executive agencies have gotten out of control in the US (e.g. Dept of Homeland Sec (DHS), NSA, DEA, etc). There’s nothing the DEA does that the FBI isn’t capable of doing. Same with DHS. And I won’t even get into how the DEA violated the Constitution by essentially writing their own laws regarding drugs (i.e. Controlled Substances Act states that determination if drugs have medical use is to be conducted by the Surgeon General, yet the DEA repeatedly ignored SG and just labels drugs however the fuck they want).