According to Homeland Security Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has forged “a new partnership” with “the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Amtrak to battle the trafficking of humans.”
DHS will train “over 8,000 frontline transportation employees and Amtrak Police Department officers” on how to recognize and report trafficking indicators and suspected traffickers. Those frontline employees include anyone who comes into regular contact with the public, including ticket sellers. If Wikipedia can be trusted, there are currently about 450 Amtrak police who handle law enforcement and security for the government-owned passenger train system.
Soon, over 8,000 Amtrak employees will overtly or covertly examine passengers for the validity of their identification, their level of stress, how they interact, and their conversations. It is so necessary to treat Amtrak customers as criminal suspects because, according to HS Today, an “estimated 100,000 children are trafficked in the sex trade in the United States each year,” with the average age being 11 to 14, and some being as young as 9.
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Stucky says:
I linked this story in another thread, but I’m glad you made it a seperate post.
Any one who has been to Europe or some Asian countries realizes that the American rail system — I’m talking just about passangers, not freight, is a complete and utter joke.
I take Amtrak to NYC. It’s about 20 miles. It takes about an hour. The trains are often, but not always, filthy and smelly. The ticket whores are rude and often condescending. I take the train because it’s $15 fucking dollars to cross the bridge, and then $18 an HOUR to park the car … and that’s a cheap lot.
So now I have to decide if I want to have my nuts groped vs. shelling out a ton of money. The ironic thing is I used to go to NYC in order TO HAVE my nuts groped. Ahhh, the old 42th Street, more whores and prostitutes than in Congress. Fuckity. I MUST get away from this shithole northeast NY/NJ corridor pretty soon.
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13th October 2012 at 9:43 am
Muck About says:
@Stucky: How is your son doing? I hope well..
This is just another Government Stupidity Program, spending fake money on a fake program that will accomplish nothing..
MA
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13th October 2012 at 10:39 am
Kill Bill says:
Soon DHS and TSA will find a reason Motel6 guests must be groped for your protection and their security..
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13th October 2012 at 12:27 pm
Ron says:
Between the police state and the coming drones i still think of that tv show Dark Angel,they had checkpoints.Watching Jessica Alba was good also.
Move away from the citys,the future killing fields of the usa.
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13th October 2012 at 2:12 pm
Eddie says:
Trains? We have trains in this country?
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13th October 2012 at 10:00 pm