What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position. I made no effort to hide my public loathing of the agency, what it stands for, and the administration that runs it. And they offered me the job anyway.

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  • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    The Border Patrol agent said that while a significant minority of his colleagues agree with him, they are not comfortable speaking out given the political climate.

    There’s also this important qualifier that its just a minority according to the person interviewed.