[AZ-Observing] Re: Sentinel Report
- From: "Lynn blackburn" <LynnRB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:00:17 -0700
Joe, I agree with you about law enforcement people. I just spent 3 days in
Cabeza Preita W.R. along the Camino del Diablo about 2-3 miles north of the
border. The scariest thing we saw was a very young Border Patrol officer
with a machine gun over his shoulder who seems ticked off that we were
camping in his zone. Lynn
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From: "Joe Larkin" <joeclarkin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:15 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Sentinel Report
>I think most people are concerned with drug smugglers and coyotes who
> cross the border for big money and highly illegal purposes. The guy
> looking for a low paying, labour law exempt job isn't the threat.
>
> This is deja vu all over again. I raised the same concern about the
> Vekol site after having an interaction with law enforcement on Vekol
> Road.
>
> I don't want to discount their words, but I tend to think that they
> would prefer that there were no oddball legitimate users of the back
> country. It is much harder for them to do their job if they have to
> use judgement and can't assume that everyone they see at night is a
> bad guy. Or so I think when I am feeling extra cynical.
>
> Joe Larkin
>
> --- Lynn blackburn <LynnRB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It seems strange that these illegal border crossers are deemed to
>> be
>> dangerous when in the desert but not when they are mowing the
>> grass in our
>> back yards. Lynn
>
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