[jeroenhd]

This person was under "investigation" for protesting against cop city. The authorities were waiting for him to turn up at a place where the law would give them more power.

They were never going to let him just walk in. Eventually, they'd have to, possibly after lawyers and news would get involved, but it's not like saying "no" was going to end the ordeal right away.

[refurb]

Maybe, but being detained for a couple hours is better than committing a felony, no?

[jeroenhd]

It depends on how "native" you look perhaps, but you can be detained for more than a week and a half if the border authorities don't like you: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-j...

Of course they shouldn't do that to US citizens, but they also shouldn't be targetting protestors they have a personal gripe with.

[refurb]

I mean the guy didn’t have proper documentation and admitted to illegally entering the US (not at a crossing I assume).

It’s a completely different situation.

[LtWorf]

A couple of hours sounds like you don't have any knowledge of how these things go.

[refurb]

As someone who immigrated to the US and has been detained in secondary inspection I can assure you I do have knowledge in this area.

[LtWorf]

But you hadn't been at protests against the government before, right? So your situation was completely different.

[refurb]

It seems like your desperation to make a point has caused you to goal pole shift a second time!

[LtWorf]

It seems you hadn't read the article we were talking about and had no idea what the goal posts were to begin with?

It happens, it's not my fault though.