Former Governor of Arizona DETAINED at Border for 45 mins - can you guess why?

[jillan]

Last edited Thu Jul 5, 2012, 07:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Yep - you're right! Of course that's not why - so they say.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/former-arizona-governor-raul-castro-detained-border-checkpoint_n_1652020.html

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Detained for 45 minutes in the Az sun AFTER knowing who he was And AFTER he told them that he has a pacemaker.


On edit - here is a more detailed, and sad, report of what happened
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582496-raul-castro-96-year-old-former-us-ambassador-and-arizona-governor-detained-at-border-patrol-checkpoint?lite

[leveymg]

1. Not Anglo. Last name Castro. First name Raul. Ticking inside. Hmmm . . .

Arizona had an Hispanic Governor?! How things have changed.

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. In the 70's. When AZ was still largely populated by westerners. It really

was a pretty decent place to live before "God's army" started moving in.

[leveymg]

4. A real shame how things have changed. America was a pretty decent place in the 70's.

I used to stick out my thumb, and usually within 10-15 minutes a nice person would come along and broaden my horizons about America from the rocky coast of Maine to the panhandle of Texas.

I feel really bad for older people, like Governor Castro, who have seen their part of the world FUBAR. But, you know, despite all that, I bet he'd probably still stop and give you a lift.

[TrollBuster9090]

7. "Where the hell is my brother with my shipment of 'Just For Men!'"

I sent him out three days ago, and my roots are beginning to show, dammit!

[leveymg]

9. I think Fidel and Ronnie used the same hair treatment.

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[jillan]

13. Me thinks the border patrol couldn't believe him that *he* was once the Governor in Az!

You were governor? Yeah - right buddy - good one. You wait right here.

[bornskeptic]

3. He's 96 years old - the oldest living ex-governor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_H%C3%A9ctor_Castro

[onethatcares]

5. maybe they thought he was bringing in

an anchor baby.

[progress2k12nbynd]

6. I don't get the pacemaker part...

what does that have to do with it?

[Voice for Peace]

8. if you've ever stood for 45 minutes in the arizona sun...

it's brutal

[jillan]

10. When it's that hot, and you are perspiring, your heart rate can go up because

your body is working harder to cool itself off.... especially at that age.

[UTUSN]

18. Some heart procedures/testing (like stress tests) use radiation and this sets off radiation alerts

at checkpoints for three or so days after the procedure. The medical provider should provide a notification for the patient to carry with them in case this happens.

Maybe the checkpoint people still have to perform wand sweeps for the radiation, but the medical notification plus identification should end the detention within a couple of minutes.

[UTUSN]

11. It would be the perfect case for SCotUS, but if he doesn't "think being Hispanic had anything to do

with it" and he "downplayed the detention" and "didn't file a complaint" even though "he wasn't pleased with the way he was treated" and thought they would be satisfied with his identity and knowledge of his medical condition -- OH WELL!1


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.... Castro told The Associated Press on Thursday that [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]he believed the stop was prompted[/FONT] by a monitor being set off, [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]not on his appearance[/FONT].

"[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]I don't think being Hispanic had anything to do with it[/FONT]," Castro said. He said he was detained for 40 to 45 minutes; the federal agency said it lasted 10 minutes.

The former governor [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]downplayed the detention[/FONT], noting that he [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]wasn't pleased with the way he was treated but didn't file a complaint[/FONT]. He said that he understands Border Patrol agents are "there to do a job" but that they need a better system for dealing with elderly people. He said he was exposed to the sun during part of the questioning.

"[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Once I identified myself[/FONT], who I was, and that I had been to the doctor, I was under medical care, I [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]have a pacemaker[/FONT] on my heart, (I would have [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]thought) that they would have[/FONT] been more considerate and [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]said, `Keep on going[/FONT].' But that didn't happen," Castro said.

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[jillan]

12. You forgot to highlight the last sentence. They didn't care who he was.

[UTUSN]

15. Adding here what I put in the e-mail

This would have been the perfect case but the Hispanic don't wanna play.

This is called: Denial, passivity, go-along-to-get-along, ostrich-burying-head, Stockholm Syndrome. Well, he’s 96 and not our family's (sharp as a tack) kind of 96, is probably one of the tool-Hispanics of the past (and present), doesn’t “get” he could be the Rosa PARKS.

[jillan]

16. In the msnbc link it sounds like the people that were with him were much more upset than he was.

He just had a medical procedure, was on his way to a birthday party - and I'm thinking that he just didn't want to deal with it.


Hopefully the msm - people like Rachel - will get ahold of this story and make it part of the discussion. If that happens, then I will be even more hopeful that the family surrounding him will come out and scream.

This story should have legs. We cannot let it disappear.

[vaberella]

14. Now this is EPIC racism.

Arizona...one of the states on my special Shittiest States Ever list.

[47of74]

17. What I would do if I was in the Oval Office...

As of 1 minute after learning of this there would be an executive order issued giving Gov. Castro his own very heavily armed Secret Service detail that have orders not to let any member of the Border Patrol within 1/2 a mile of the former Governor. And I would also tell people what part of my anatomy they could kiss if they didn't like that.

[jillan]

19. Actually - that should be requested by McCain or Kyl - or even Bruja.

[hack89]

20. Medical radiation setting off sensors is a frequent occurence

on the US - Canadian border as Canadians get treatment in the US. Most doctors give their patients letters to give to Customs describing their treatment.

[PatSeg]

21. This is outrageous

The story needs more exposure.

[PatSeg]

22. I still haven't seen anything

about this on TV.

Kicking to give it more exposure.