Did anyone read the facts of the case? What a weird ass country. Dude ran "Smugglers Inn" and would occasionally help but also snitch on migrants. Edit: I don't like the "everything is a conspiracy" mindset but this sounds like some corrupt shit was happening in the background of this case.
Respondent Robert Boule owns a bed-and-breakfast—the Smuggler’s Inn—in Blaine, Washington. The inn abuts the international border between Canada and the United States. Boule at times helped federal agents identify and apprehend persons engaged in unlawful cross-border activity on or near his property. But Boule also would provide transportation and lodging to illegal border crossers. Often, Boule would agree to help illegal border crossers enter or exit the United States, only to later call federal agents to report the unlawful activity.
In 2014, Boule informed petitioner Erik Egbert, a U. S. Border Patrol agent, that a Turkish national, arriving in Seattle by way of New York, had scheduled transportation to Smuggler’s Inn. When Agent Egbert observed one of Boule’s vehicles returning to the inn, he suspected that the Turkish national was a passenger and followed the vehicle to the inn. On Boule’s account, Boule asked Egbert to leave, but Egbert refused, became violent, and threw Boule first against the vehicle and then to the ground. Egbert then checked the immigration paperwork for Boule’s guest and left after finding everything in order. The Turkish guest unlawfully entered Canada later that evening.
Boule filed a grievance with Agent Egbert’s supervisors and an administrative claim with Border Patrol pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). Egbert allegedly retaliated against Boule by reporting Boule’s “SMUGLER” license plate to the Washington Department of Licensing for referencing illegal activity, and by contacting the Internal Revenue Service and prompting an audit of Boule’s tax returns. Boule’s FTCA claim was ultimately denied, and Border Patrol took no action against Egbert for his use of force or alleged acts of retaliation. Boule then sued Egbert in Federal District Court...
I don’t like the “everything is a conspiracy” mindset but this sounds like some corrupt shit was happening in the background of this case.
I don't think it's a conspiracy that Boule might have been playing both ends against the middle. He could have been helping border crossers if they paid him enough. And I'll assume "payment" could also include sex. At the same time - he could have (un)officially been working for the government too and they could have been paying him or helping him as well.
Agencies and agents can be very lazy. For the Border Patrol (etc) it's very useful to be able to bump apprehension numbers in an easy way as opposed to freezing their balls off in the pouring rain week after week (or month after month) actually nabbing border crossers themselves very slowly one or two there and on or two there.
Did anyone read the facts of the case? What a weird ass country. Dude ran "Smugglers Inn" and would occasionally help but also snitch on migrants. Edit: I don't like the "everything is a conspiracy" mindset but this sounds like some corrupt shit was happening in the background of this case.
Wait the vanity plate said SMUGLER really
I don't think it's a conspiracy that Boule might have been playing both ends against the middle. He could have been helping border crossers if they paid him enough. And I'll assume "payment" could also include sex. At the same time - he could have (un)officially been working for the government too and they could have been paying him or helping him as well.
Agencies and agents can be very lazy. For the Border Patrol (etc) it's very useful to be able to bump apprehension numbers in an easy way as opposed to freezing their balls off in the pouring rain week after week (or month after month) actually nabbing border crossers themselves very slowly one or two there and on or two there.