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🚨BREAKING: A U.S. citizen was riding his bike in Laredo, Texas… when Border Patrol agents pulled alongside him and illegally tried to block him in. When he kept riding, they chased him down, physically grabbed him by the arm, and immediately started demanding identification and asking where he was from. He told them he born in Laredo, Texas. But that was not good enough. The agent asked, “What high school did you go to?” He answered that, too… and they still kept demanding ID, over and over again. The Fourth Amendment exists for a reason. In America, law enforcement don’t get to randomly stop people, physically grab them, and demand identification because they feel like it. Being on a bike isn’t a crime. You also don’t have to carry an ID on you unless you are operating a motor vehicle… which he was not. So, demanding an ID, without probable cause, is illegal. And the cherry on top? When the man went to use his phone, an agent tried to stop him by grabbing it… apparently unaware the entire encounter was already being recorded by his glasses. If Border Patrol can stop an American born citizen riding his bike, demand his papers, and put their hands on him without stating a lawful reason… every American should be paying attention.