Le Minarchiste Québécois

Cette histoire a commencé à faire le tour de la blogosphère. Pendant la journée vendredi, Pete et Jason ont publié ce billet racontant tous les détails de leur détention. Voici l’extrait qui explique la raison pourquoi les douaniers leur ont refusé l’entrée:

7:45pm – Pete was instructed to accompany the same border bureaucrats to Interrogation Room #127. There, it was explained to him by border bureaucrat #17225 that there are two reasons why they can deny people entry into Canada: due to goods that are prohibited/deemed hazardous and due to immigration reasons. Pete was told that early on the border bureaucrats believed they would deny him and Jason entry due to the former reason, but that after searching for Motorhome Diaries online and they found it was “not as heinous as we thought at the beginning.” Pete was told that “We [the border bureaucrats] were given reasons to go further [hold Pete and Jason and continue the investigation].” Border bureaucrat specifically mentioned the “flyer that talked about escape” [one of the topics covered by an Alliance for the Libertarian Left pamphlet] and the “anarchist signs.” The border bureaucrat then explained that, per the immigration rationale, Pete was being detained due to 36.2.c of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which notes that entry can be denied due to “committing an act outside Canada that is an offence [sic] in the place where it was committed and that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an indictable offence [sic] under an Act of Parliament.” The acts that were referenced came from a FBI print-out (ID #MS05956188) that noted that Pete had been charged in Jones County Mississippi for possession of beer in a dry county. On that document (which Pete was shown but not allowed to keep) that lone offense was listed as the charge. There was one statute cited. Yet in the remarks both this charge and “possession of firearms across state lines” was noted. Pete pointed out that there was only one statute listed, which obviously wasn’t applicable to two charges, underscoring his point that he was only charged with one thing – the possession of beer in a dry county. Pete further explained that, while deputies of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department had threatened to involve the ATF in the case due to his firearms but that he was never charged for them, and that he had could prove as much by getting the Appearance Bond out of MARV that he received when he was released from the Jones County Adult Detention Facility. Border bureaucrat #17225 responded that she was going by what the FBI printout noted. Pete encouraged her to call the Jones County Adult Detention Facility (who’s number was listed on the sheet) but #17225 declined. Pete noted that he had only been charged, not convicted and noted that the burden was on the State to prove him guilty. He was told “No. The burden for this is on your shoulders.” Pete was told that if he is found guilty in Jones County then after five years pass after the end of that sentence he can petition the consulate for permission to enter Canada or he could wait ten years (if it’s the only accusation during those ten years) and it would be expunged. The border bureaucrat #17225 noted that in her previous conversation with Jason she had been told that some friends of friends knew some people in Canadian government and that if and when Pete and Jason attempted to cross the border again it would help their chances to have an invitation from such people. Pete was also told that if he and Jason had a different image – “If you wore a tie” – they likely wouldn’t’ have been questioned/investigated so heavily. Pete was presented with a document that had been printed out. It cited “Paragraph 42(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.” Border bureaucrat #17258 had signed under the statement that read “I am allowing you to withdraw your application to enter Canada and to leave Canada without delay.” Pete was told that he could sign under the statement “I hereby voluntarily withdraw my application to enter Canada and agree to leave Canada without delay.” He asked what the punishment for refusal to sign was and was informed that it would be noted in his file but would not increase any other penalties. Pete refused to sign.

Donc apparemment, nos valeureux douaniers, visant à nous protéger de ces dangereux criminels, les ont bloqués à la frontière à cause d’accusations résultant de cet incident à Jones County au Missisippi au cours duquel les shérifs du comté les ont arrêtés sans justification, ont fouillé illégalement leur véhicule et effacé les vidéos pris de l’incident par un membre de l’équipe (destruction de preuves) et finalement relâchés avec pour seul chef d’accusation: possession de bière dans un comté où l’alcool est proscrit (Eh oui, apparemment Il y a encore des endroits aux États-Unis où avoir de la bière dans son frigo est illégal.). Puisqu’ils n’ont pas encore comparu pour cette accusation bidon, il n’y a pas encore eu de condamnation. Il est donc clair pour nos valeureux douaniers que ces dangereux criminels essayaient de s’évader vers le Canada pour échapper à la justice! Après tout, avoir une seule et unique Corona dans son frigo, en plus d’avoir toutes sortes d’autocollants et de littérature libertarienne et anarchiste, prêchant les libertés individuelles (dont j’imagine, le droit de boire une bière, tellement contraire aux valeurs québécoises et canadiennes ), en fait une menace concrète à notre sécurité! Hourra pour ces défenseurs de notre sécurité contre les idées subversives de ces sombres individus venus nous parler de liberté!