Steven Seagal is used to going straight to video, but this time it's surveillance video...border surveillance video. The hard fighting star of such Hollywood martial arts fare as Dangerous Man and Born to Raise Hell, was sworn-in last week as the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s department’s newest deputy, according to the Houston Chronicle. Located in West Texas, a short two-and-a-half hour drive from Ciudad Juárez, Hudspeth County Sheriffs patrol a 5,500-square mile area including a 98 mile stretch of border. According the sheriff's department, Seagal, 59, a 7th dan black belt in Aikido, will bring his martial arts prowess to bear in protecting the border, as well as offering up his expertise to train the other sheriff's deputies.
Oh Steven, this isn't going to end well. Just leave Texas to Chuck Norris, the guys got it covered. Sure you may be fantastic at inventing new kick moves that no one has ever thought of, and talking in a deep, nasaly tone on C-grade action flicks, but in the real world, that's not going to buy you much cred with Mexican street toughs.
I'll tell you with 100% certainty, the first time you go to round house kick a drug mule federali to the face, his amigo side kick is going to shoot you. With a gun....You understand this isn't the movies and they're not going to attempt to fight you with Mexican martial arts moves, or just hold the gun out shakily, allowing you the chance to half moon kick it out of their hands. They're just going to shoot you and go about their day selling their drugs. You and your movie career will be dead (oh wait, your movie career has been dead for about a decade).
