Monday, 16 February 2026

Alex Jones And Mike Hanson Confront Checkpoint Way Back When Part 1 Of 2 [Rmvp95K9BLY]

A midnight confrontation on a Texas highway reveals the friction between independent media and the multi-jurisdictional task forces expanding under federal oversight.

By Mike Hanson Archives | 30m listen | 5 chapters
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About this episode

Alex Jones and Mike Hanson confront a massive roadside checkpoint on Interstate 35 south of Austin, Texas, during the production of the documentary Police State 2000. Jones attributes the surge in highway surveillance to $2.4 billion in federal funding authorized by President Bill Clinton. The footage captures the Texas Department of Public Safety and local police units utilizing night vision and command trailers to intercept traffic on the major thoroughfare.

Jones identifies the officers as members of a Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force (MJTF) and links their presence to the National Seat Belt Use Initiative. During the confrontation, Jones alleges that the CIA and NSA facilitate drug trafficking from Nicaragua while local law enforcement focuses on harassing citizens. He cites previous instances of Delta Force operations in Texas towns as evidence of an expanding federal police state. The exchange highlights claims of revenue generation through traffic stops and the erosion of constitutional rights in the capital city.

Mike Hanson and Alex Jones mock the pack mentality of the officers as they demand to speak with a supervisor. Jones compares the 1999 American climate to 1936 Germany, warning that the officers' own descendants will eventually face enslavement by the system they serve. The segment features Jones using night vision cameras to document police chasing vehicles that attempted to bypass the I-35 roadblock.


CHAPTER 01 / 5 Discussion

Alex Jones Documents I-35 Roadside Checkpoints in Austin

Alex Jones and a camera crew record a massive roadside checkpoint operation on Interstate 35 just south of Austin, Texas. Jones attributes the surge in these checkpoints to executive orders and $2.4 billion in funding signed by President Bill Clinton for 1999. The footage captures heavy traffic congestion and multiple police units pursuing vehicles that attempt to exit the highway to avoid the stop.

alex jones· austin· interstate 35· roadside checkpoints· bill clinton

00:00 Okay, all you gotta do is push that red button. I'm doing a search on everybody huh? Okay i appreciate that there Northbound man! I'm afraid I just got home back to 290. You okay there? Looks like a break about... he said a mile and a half?! Well there we have it left two lanes closed form one here we are ladies and gentlemen federal love right out... It wouldn't land right Did you get it? Yeah, but it wasn't that clear. Doesn't matter Mike we'll go back and get it How do you how do you go zoom in on this thing Oh turn that light off for a second right there, okay Good job Jimmy Okay I see ya all right what line are supposed to be in? I'm gonna get the left one try to get the middle lane so well no slow lanes actually better You're right idiots in front of us obstruction our view yeah get around him Jimmy

01:05 Well, here we are America. Roadside checks just south of Austin on I-35. This is happening all across the country because of Bill Clinton's executive orders and presidential decision directives. Twenty... That's right, Bill Clinton signed 2.4 billion dollars for 1999 to do this Thank you, Bill Clinton our illustrious savior Be sure and give the Chinese military all the nuclear secrets Do you have an extra battery? No

01:48 You only got one battery. We have the whole operation going on, they're pulling people over on the sides of the roads and on the main highway It's pandemic in its proportions. I tell you this is incredible No, they don't mind stacking up traffic for a mile and half. Looks like it's just on top of that thing. Come back to park anywhere around here. Yeah, just go ahead and turn her off, Mike. 77. I probably know him. There goes two of them. Well somebody exited off so the police are tailing them as fast as they can. Two units! Three units? There was another unit going after the guy. There was another guy. We had the camera off then. A fella exited and we saw three units stream after him. That what's goin' on?

02:48 Yeah, yeah. Mike when we get up here get him on top of the bridge. That guy pulled over? Yeah they pulled that guy over Police waiting in the dark. Will be sir Okay hold on Oh my god look I got it! I got it Steady down Jimmy Checkpoint Jimmy just messed me up Hey are we here with the truckers? They're driving Oh I've got a good shot Alex We're all backed up with the checkpoint Alex I've got a good one

04:06 Checkpoint only in America. Checkpoint ahead, only in America checkpoint ahead. You can add that later Ellen. Only in America checkpoint ahead! Only in America checkpoint ahead right here I know what we're going to talk about on Sammy and Bob tomorrow We need this for the shows of tomorrow night. 81 minutes oh this is premium

05:25 I've never seen things this big. Wait till you get up there, mate. Shoot out the side of it. This is what we do every Friday and Saturday now. Well the highway's littered with cars of people that were taken to jail. I guess the checkpoints are good!

CHAPTER 02 / 5 Discussion

Police State 2000 Production and Highway Surveillance

Alex Jones describes the elaborate setup of the I-35 checkpoint, including generators and command units, for his documentary "Police State 2000." Using night vision cameras, the crew documents the Texas Department of Public Safety and local police shutting down lanes on a major thoroughfare. Jones characterizes the scene as the "eye of the checkpoint" and prepares to confront the officers on camera.

police state 2000· night vision· texas department of public safety· surveillance· checkpoints

06:41 There's another checkpoint ahead. Okay, okay, okay. Well this is an incredibly elaborate setup here where they've shut down most of the lanes. Checkpoint ahead. Caution reduced speed checkpoint ahead A major thoroughfare like I-35 The major corridor right through Texas North to South And we've got a huge checkpoint shutting down the southbound lane This is all federal funding. Now let me ask the cops some questions, when I say something just kind of chill out. And this is going in Police State 2000. This it boys! We are entering the eye of the checkpoint. Caution reduce speed check point ahead isn't that loving children? Got a nice big generator running there. Let's go real slow. This is just the blinker getting us over

08:08 Oh, the courtesy patrol's out. Texas Department of Public Safety! That truck back there said courtesy patrol It's a courtes- Got it Here we go Jimmy That's good Get ready Get a side shot out your window too Mike You're gonna have police everywhere Alright We'll walk back Well here is the love ladies and gentlemen America Here to take care of ya

08:47 This happens all the time right here in Austin, Texas. Just south of Austin to be exact Well there's the command unit over there Nice big Winnebago shining their lights in people's face Get them! Turn your camera to the right I am Go ahead and do it Slow down Jimmy go real slow through here Real slow Turn Mike Hello Waffen SS Yeah I got you on camera I wouldn't have said that Alex Get her off I got her Get the searchlights

09:37 Y'all roll my friend! Y'all move! Boy. Well what are they doing? That's ridiculous. Alright, Jimmy go... Move out gentlemen let's go back and confront them It's time to confront them Now we're gonna go back through the gauntlet And we've got him just pulling em back Pulling them off down there Pulling them off here All part of Bill Clinton's funding and they love it Let's get a good shot of all these people. There it is ladies and gentlemen, there is America for you! Giant checkpoints and they're pulling people over right here in front of us we're going back through the gauntlet my friends We are exiting turning around were going down the access road this time theres another one right there. A little too fast. Look at the traffic that got backed up out let's look at it

10:36 All right, here we go. Look at the traffic they got backed up in. It's monumental! Now this night vision camera comes in handy. Jimmy, we have done it tonight. We ain't done it yet. You're just gonna pull over to somebody's yard aren't you? Yeah. Slow down Jimmy, your driving faster than I'm doing that. Right out of the window. Look at the traffic for miles! There was police everywhere. For miles and miles and miles Here's another one- Oh look at that Just look at that Alex

11:16 Get some good shots. Here we go, take a turn. Is that him? Yeah get this one right here I am just don't stop real complete Oh man this is incredible get them all down the sides of the road yeah they will look at this he's everywhere get these I got it i got it i got it just line it up oh my god we are in a police thing I mean, I've never seen anything like it in my life. You got something to talk about tomorrow? Turn on till then. We're not getting this swinging. Everybody's going to swing. Here we go. All right here we are stopping. Go past him Jimmy. Just go past him trust me. Trust me. Find a place. Here is the place right here. Pull up past this red truck. We're part of police watch all the way he's pulling into the woods i'll pay for it all right let's

CHAPTER 03 / 5 Discussion

Confrontation with Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force Officers

Alex Jones identifies himself as a syndicated talk show host while confronting officers he identifies as part of a Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force (MJTF). He compares the current American climate to 1936 Germany and questions officers about federal funding from the National Seat Belt Use Initiative. Jones claims the Delta Force has previously ransacked Texas towns and warns that these federal programs are expanding a "police state" across the nation.

mjtf· multi-jurisdictional task force· bill clinton· nazi germany· delta force

12:24 Get him, get him. I got it. Can they help you? Yes sir! I'm a syndicated talk show host and also make documentaries. I am out here covering this. Let's walk on down handsome. You go- you lead the way. Come on man. Be sure to come over here in a second. Hey this night vision works good. Get a stationary video. Going up road, Chief Ritter? I know Here it is my friends America 2.4 billion dollars by Bill Clinton 1999 for federal checkpoints Federal funding You're seeing MJTF right now Police from all different counties in Central Texas and Austin Working together bringing you the police state It's gonna get a lot worse The war against guns is raging We're in 1936 Germany right now Well

13:31 I'm gonna try to interview one. How much time we got left on the battery? 57. Them shine the lights on people? Here we go guys, we're getting shined on right here. Well we're getting the light shined on us by the...I mean black uniforms everything this is incredible. This is incredible. Look at that aggressive behavior okay and guys America is in deep trouble get back to the checkpoint

14:22 I work for you, Alex. Of course you do, money. You do it. No? We got a vehicle coming. Don't get too much of it or the night will be good. Hey are y'all MJTF is this an MJTF operation? Actually we're Serbian soldiers over here in the United States taking over. Do you even know where this funding comes from? Yeah yeah

15:01 Now I've been researching this for eight years. I've been laughed at, now on the front page of The Statesman This stuff is real sir and y'all can rationalize what you're doing there'll be more decisions for you in the future Just came back from California where they are building concentration camps They got military uniforms on? You're telling us your serving soldiers we don't buy that We are not crackpots were being serious uh... This is an MJTF operation correct multi-jurisdictional task force We will in a minute, Mike. They're taking us over? They are. Well it's to stop the bad guys! You know the CIA brings in the narcotics my uncle did for 10 years after Vietnam and these guys just don't know it I tell you its something else And it is days like these that reinvigorate me to redouble my efforts I want to talk to the camera My friends we stand at the threshold This is it Here we go Yeah yeah My friends we stand at the threshold

16:18 What you're seeing here is federal funding, $2.4 billion signed by Bill Clinton four months ago. It's expanding nationwide under Bill Clinton's National Seat Belt Use Initiative They're going to be searching vehicles for any other parameter reasons and the mainstream media will say it's for stolen cars or seat belt use to guarantee your safety The Federal Government has already destroyed federal buildings The Delta Force has ransacked Six different Texas towns, Chief Alley, Philippus threw out the Delta Force back in May. We covered that for you for the attempted bribery. We also got it in The Associated Press and of course two dear officers over here just average Americans who are not very deep I guess their understanding of history scoff at the reams of data and evidence of what's happening And of course I'm speaking loud for them to hear as well This is the police state America It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better

17:15 We've been treated to wake-over rules of engagement. The FBI's own footage is a machine gun, men women and children. We've been treated the armored personnel carriers being delivered all your police departments we've been treated to be scores up federal programs hate crimes legislation this is the night circle hell in America just preparing to be expanded. Alright let's go back over there talk that cop was talking to us. Let's go come on look at this could you see him through that thing? Yeah it's picking everything out

CHAPTER 04 / 5 Discussion

Allegations of CIA Drug Trafficking and Government Corruption

Alex Jones engages in a heated exchange with checkpoint officers, accusing the CIA and NSA of smuggling drugs from Nicaragua. He criticizes the officers for accepting federal funds and pensions while allegedly violating the god-given rights and liberties of American citizens. Jones argues that the checkpoints treat all drivers as "guilty until proven innocent," which he describes as a total travesty in the capital city of Austin.

cia· nicaragua· drug trafficking· bill clinton· constitutional rights

17:58 All right, let's just go ahead and walk on. Sir! Are you the supervisor here? What is his name? Okay How are you doing? Oh my name is Alex Johnson, I'm a talk show host. Thank you very much Yeah well we're just curious about the different details of this multi-jurisdictional task force operation here or it was just an Austin operation 10 o'clock. Target. Where is he? We can talk to him in like two minutes. How many people have you all apprehended? This is America! NSA and CIA bring in drugs? Boy, that's open wide.

19:00 Tell me about how you ship the drugs out of Nicaragua, all the rest of places. It's a great little system that has been set up there. Fantastic job! Yeah so American... You know Clinton is passing out 2.4 billion just this year alone to help y'all take care of it now. No one's not giving the weapons to Chinese. Oh, that's tough. Disgusting. We're across the street sir? Across the street. Alright so because we're not picking blue bonnets so he can't be here. Across the street. Understand thank you very much. Not picking a blue bonnet. You know I just want to get out of my home. So easy! It's not American. No, we've been extorted. Well y'all told me I could talk to your superior and i'll be waiting over here thank you thank you very much like the people like you. Why aren't ya wearing combat boots? Oh he is wearing his combat boots give us give us a shot. We like that hey yeah

20:16 According to the Texas code, you're not shooting for them. But hey who cares about rules? Clinton gets his picture delayed. That is happening. Chief Phillips has been throwing a Delta warning out in front of the driver. I tell ya this is it guys they're laughing get shots up there over there laughing about the death of this country look at him over there laughing about the death of our nation okay over there thinking it's funny you guys want to clean the drugs off the street go after the CIA You guys want to clean the drugs off the street, go after the government. I wouldn't use that government bill for a million dollars but i won't lose my liberties and god-given rights." Total cowards! Total complete cowards going along to get along... That is shameful right here in Texas! Right here in Texas! My God! Yeah they get their thirty to forty thousand dollars a year there twenty pieces of silver to sell us down the river

21:31 Boy, pensions and the rest of it. Selling our country out! Well here they are selling America out for 20 pieces of silver for their 30-40 thousand a year in their pensions. Selling us down the river taking the federal funds pulling people over randomly It is a complete total travesty And you know it is. See this type thing happening? You see this going on? Look as soon we got here they're waving people through a little quicker

22:13 Hey, it comes down to this. We're all being treated guilty. Guilty until proven innocent! That's not the American way any idiot can see that. Man I have never been this angry. These are the people America these are the cowards that go along with it we're gonna have to face them. I'm saying of the police out there they're good place you better stand up with us I know you will this is a travesty Total and complete, unprecedented travesty right here in the capital city of Austin Texas. Now they're... Guys we've been out here for a while now that we've been here they're pulling them through two lanes at a time not one lane at a time They are not doing it You saw all the aggressive activity earlier in the truck Jimmy what should we do? Want to get some more footage or get out of here? Yeah Here you have it

CHAPTER 05 / 5 Discussion

Nazi Comparisons and Criticism of Law Enforcement Conduct

Alex Jones continues to film the checkpoint, calling the operation reminiscent of Nazi Germany and accusing the police of engaging in "revenue generation" through harassment. He mocks the officers for their perceived "pack mentality" and their refusal to provide a formal interview with a supervisor. Jones concludes by warning that the officers' own descendants will eventually be enslaved by the very system they are currently helping to establish.

nazi germany· bill clinton· revenue generation· law enforcement· constitutional liberty

23:36 Yeah, you drive down the roads. You pay for your tax out of more than half everything you make. You work more than half a year and then when you drive down the road you get this. Oh we got to get the criminals off the street! I have nothing to hide! Welcome to Nazi Germany welcome to Stalin's Russia welcome into Mao's China. Here he comes. In your channel right there. What are we doing sir? Hello, I'm a two-kid radio talk show host, Lee Malach Jones. How you doing? Okay What's your name sir? Shane It's night vision camera Uh... Sir This is reminiscent of Nazi Germany! I'll get somebody to talk to you for that Well they were telling us the person in charge would come I'll get him Okay Look left Left where Oh here we go Yeah the pack mentality Mmm Yes Yes Deal with it Nice crew cut

24:41 Why don't you fight for America? Alex. These little innocent people paying over half they got in taxes, out here harassed for revenue generation... You know who you guys work for? Know what's happening to this country? Turn your camera off, Sleek. Oh, they were chuckling a minute ago when you had the camera on! It was all a big joke and pointing at us. Dutch man I tell ya', this country is so evil. But y'know people that have cameras- their federal cameras are good though

25:18 We've been asking for an interview for 30-40 minutes and they're standing over there. And the head guy walked over then ran off when I talked about how they're a bunch of Nazis. I didn't call them Nazis, I just said Nazi like activity. Nazi like activity! How much time you got left? 44 minutes. That's plenty. How much tape?

26:00 I'm not going by the tape, I'm going by battery. What's battery? 44 minutes! What does tape say? They don't save tape on here. Man on them... You know a whole city and people just love it Look at him shot right in their face look at that And he follows them along too Alex look how they follow him along So what?! Look how he follows them along Doing a fine job there. See the people they wave little scared sheep Yeah I didn't wave! Ye boi

26:39 I can woozen by nook and doll. Ein wolf, ein reich, ein führer! You know he'll be in town on the 7th huh? Alex? Huh? He'll be here on the seventh. Yeah your ruler's coming on the seventh Bill Clinton hope you enjoy his visit never knew you had such a friend in Bill Clinton where this funding comes from how does it feel to be funded by bill clinton How does it feel to be funded by Bill Clinton? We won't check into who funds this from the federal level. Certainly not, it's easier to giggle! That's what men do in the face of the destruction of their country they just laugh. Jimmy, you're working up... Oh no they're just leaving. Hey we were told somebody would come talk to us. They don't care are they gonna go home? Well good night's work see ya Captain It's The Easy Life

27:59 being one of the King's men. 45 years, I'm out here! I'm an eye! I'm Fiona! Tom just backed up for miles harassing the peasantry. Hmm... it's good to be a member of The King's Men with new powers we're getting. Mmmmm! We got 40 minutes. That's what real men do. They don't defend the weak they squeeze them It's so much fun

28:39 Well, is y'all superiors afraid to talk to us or what? One guy came over here. Oh we're not afraid! Jolly men of the SS Everything's a joke They are going to be slaves in this country They go ahead They are gonna help bring it to them Their kids are gonna get harassed by the grandson of this system that it being set up I tell you America It's time for you just redouble your efforts I am so angry You go Texas

29:29 Oh no, this is a city operation. Fun flowing in from Comrade Clinton through the Pinewoods I guess when a citizen requests you to look at him you just ignore them? Is that the... Y'all told us somebody come over here and talk to us is that all we're getting just the cold shoulder? Oh heck yes! Are y'all gonna talk to us or are ya'll just gonna ignore us