WASHINGTON — On Saturday afternoon, Wayne Davis was working behind the counter at Brother’s Food Mart in Kenner, Louisiana when he saw the SUVs come into the parking lot. Out came the vests. Border Patrol.
Davis locked the door.
“You want some chicken?” he said through the glass. “You ain’t getting it here, bro.” And just like that, a convenience store assistant manager in Louisiana did what a lot of lawyers can’t do in a courtroom anymore—he stopped the government cold.
The agents stood there. They tried the door. Davis raised his middle finger. They got back in their SUVs and left.
Now here’s what Wayne Davis knew that a lot of people with law degrees seem to have forgotten: You can’t just walk into a man’s store because you’ve got a badge and an attitude. Not in this country. Not without a warrant signed by a judge.
This is the thing nobody wants to say out loud: Those agents knew Davis was right. That’s why they left. They didn’t have a warrant. They didn’t have probable cause. They had vests and unmarked cars and the assumption that nobody would tell them no.
The law is supposed to be the law—even when they don’t like it, even when it gets in the way of whatever operation they’ve named after a Louisiana parish. Wayne Davis, assistant manager, reminded them of that fact by telling them no and filming himself telling them no.
Sometimes the Constitution lives behind a convenience store counter telling the paramilitaries, “no.”
Huge Shoutout to Rachel Handley at 4WWL Louisiana for her ace immigration reporting.
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