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U.S. officer arrested for beating a Chinese
by Hijexx at 8:26 am EDT, Jul 29, 2004 |
A Homeland Security inspector of the United States was charged Friday with violating a Chinese tourist's civil rights following an altercation that left the innocent woman's eyes nearly swollen shut and bumps and bruises on her face and head. The incident occurred late Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge on the US-Canadian border in Niagara Falls, after Customs and Border Protection officers confiscated marijuana from a male pedestrian. Officer Robert Rhodes, mistakenly believing the Chinese woman standing nearby was involved, allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray, threw her against a wall, kneed her in the head as she knelt on the ground and struck her head on the ground while holding her hair, according to witnesses. ... The picture of her says a thousand words. Moral of the story: If a Homeland Security inspector asks you to come to the "inspection station" (whatever that is,) don't run. If you do, they'll grab you, spray you with pepper spray, and issue you a beating. I'd like to think officer Rhodes is just one bad apple, but after the systematic prison abuse in Iraq, for this to be popping up on the radar domestically, this is not boding well for our image. |
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RE: U.S. officer arrested for beating a Chinese
by Dolemite at 10:39 am EDT, Jul 29, 2004 |
Hijexx wrote: ] The incident occurred late Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge on
] the US-Canadian border in Niagara Falls, after Customs and
] Border Protection officers confiscated marijuana from a male
] pedestrian. Why was there a Homeland Security officer doing the work for US Customs, or is this report blurring the lines between those agencies? Not having crossed a US Border on foot or by car, I'm not aware of the logistics involved, but in air and ship terminals, Customs is in a completely different area than Homeland Security. If the Department of Homeland Security is trying to take on the roles of all the other agencies, it just makes me even more afraid of our loss of rights. Next thing you know they'll be beating someone up for crossing the border with $1 bootleg DVDs from China. Dolemite |
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RE: U.S. officer arrested for beating a Chinese
by Hijexx at 3:07 pm EDT, Jul 29, 2004 |
Dolemite wrote: ] Why was there a Homeland Security officer doing the work for
] US Customs, or is this report blurring the lines between those
] agencies? Not having crossed a US Border on foot or by car,
] I'm not aware of the logistics involved, but in air and ship
] terminals, Customs is in a completely different area than
] Homeland Security. If the Department of Homeland Security is
] trying to take on the roles of all the other agencies, it just
] makes me even more afraid of our loss of rights. Next thing
] you know they'll be beating someone up for crossing the border
] with $1 bootleg DVDs from China.
]
] Dolemite Customs was rolled into the Department of Homeland Security, so it wouldn't surprise me if people are slightly confused about their roles. And now one of the recommendations of the 9/11 commission is to appoint someone over the FBI and CIA. The whole FBI looks inside, CIA looks outside thing (not that I believe that facade for a second) they just want to do that away too. How long before each individual unit of intelligence and enforcement gets rolled into DHS? One large monolithic "piece of code" if you will. Yeah, that will run like a well oiled machine, fershure. |
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RE: U.S. officer arrested for beating a Chinese
by skullaria at 8:03 pm EDT, Jul 30, 2004 |
Oh, but we are so FREE in America. Dolemite wrote: ] Why was there a Homeland Security officer doing the work for
] US Customs, or is this report blurring the lines between those
] agencies? Not having crossed a US Border on foot or by car,
] I'm not aware of the logistics involved, but in air and ship
] terminals, Customs is in a completely different area than
] Homeland Security. If the Department of Homeland Security is
] trying to take on the roles of all the other agencies, it just
] makes me even more afraid of our loss of rights. Next thing
] you know they'll be beating someone up for crossing the border
] with $1 bootleg DVDs from China.
]
] Dolemite Customs was rolled into the Department of Homeland Security, so it wouldn't surprise me if people are slightly confused about their roles. And now one of the recommendations of the 9/11 commission is to appoint someone over the FBI and CIA. The whole FBI looks inside, CIA looks outside thing (not that I believe that facade for a second) they just want to do that away too. How long before each individual unit of intelligence and enforcement gets rolled into DHS? One large monolithic "piece of code" if you will. Yeah, that will run like a well oiled machine, fershure. |
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