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Empire Magazine writer goes through CBP at LAX
- Thread starter MikeHattsu
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Pretty damn scary. I sure don't remember that Trump portrait from my NZ trip back in March.
I never heard of a Journalist Visa before, and this guy was from the US right?
But yeah don't under-estimate the Trumpers here in Cali, they're really out and proud here. I see someone with a Trump shirt and/or hat at least once a day.
I never heard of a Journalist Visa before, and this guy was from the US right?
But yeah don't under-estimate the Trumpers here in Cali, they're really out and proud here. I see someone with a Trump shirt and/or hat at least once a day.
Yes. It is required. I picked up some freelance assignments a few years back when one European outlet had their editors turned back at LAX because they arrived for E3 on tourist visas. Empire is based in London, IIRC. A US citizen wouldn't have a US visa.
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I flew to LA from Canada for E3 this year as press and the customs guy was asking what games I was excited to see etc.
Why is it that people put these stories out but for some reason never put the piece of shit's name out there. They are a journalist so you know they got it down. Name and shame these fucking flaws and expose them. The story without the name , yeah sorry bad time but what is the point without the information?
i guess that's better: trying to parse the title my guess was "complete body probe".
Before 45, there was a mural that stated "Welcome to the United States" that hung over the escalator on the way to passing through customs at the airport here.
The last few times I've gone through the airport, I noticed that it has been covered over with a tarp. I mean I don't know what the deal is but I noticed it happened after 45.
The last few times I've gone through the airport, I noticed that it has been covered over with a tarp. I mean I don't know what the deal is but I noticed it happened after 45.
When I go to the embassy here in Bangkok, I have to look at his dumb smirking portrait (and Pence right next to him) staring down at me. Horrible douche chills.
Isn't part of that to try to verify that you are doing what you say you're doing? Or was he just a fan of games or something?
It was in a very casual and fun context. He didn't come off gruff or suspicious at all, barely looked at my passport.
They like to rail that all opposition is communist while exercising communist style tactics.
The irony.
The irony.
For those saying he failed at his job...he writes for a movie magazine. Not much room to write about the shitty politics of a customs officer between the reviews for Angry Birds 2 and Crawl. He highlighted the issue on his social media account, not much else he can do other than giving interviews to those in the media that actually cover things like this.
As for posting the person's name and badge number publicly, that's just inviting all sorts of shit in this age of doxxing and harassment.
I do hope he at least puts a complaint in against the aggressive little shitbag, and I hope said shitbag gets fired for his intimidation tactics, but twitter isn't the place for those kinds of specifics.
As for posting the person's name and badge number publicly, that's just inviting all sorts of shit in this age of doxxing and harassment.
I do hope he at least puts a complaint in against the aggressive little shitbag, and I hope said shitbag gets fired for his intimidation tactics, but twitter isn't the place for those kinds of specifics.
I was at the US embassy in Ukraine and didn't notice a picture of Trump, thankfully. At least where I went. They probably had it somewhere else and I just didn't notice it.
Anyway, this story is sad. All the worst people have been emboldened to act like complete douche bags.
Yeah, Dyer is pretty awesome. I met him at SW Celebration in Chicago earlier this year.
What an unfortunate incident, but I don't blame him for pushing it further. He's since followed up that he wasn't physically detained or mistreated other than the fake news diatribe that he'd received, but it's still a worrying state of affairs that cases like this are becoming commonplace nowadays.
Cheers. People just assuming everyone knows their acronyms really gets on my tits.
This isn't even the first time I've heard about customs officers harassing journalists this way... at LAX.
CBP has also been pulling over journos and activists near the border and threatening them.
Even if you somehow ignore the human rights abuses, they are power tripping thugs.
CBP has also been pulling over journos and activists near the border and threatening them.
Even if you somehow ignore the human rights abuses, they are power tripping thugs.
I didn't catch the next follow-up until the Empire Podcast mentioned it today, but it looks like the incident was addressed by the CBP:
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