Sleep well, America

[aphid 0]

Rest secure in the knowledge that you have men standing a post to protect your nation.

Article #1: http://tinyurl.com/zfdg2ob

Article #2: http://tinyurl.com/hg5g9bp

I flirted with the idea of posting this in the Women's Forum.

[JohnnyMarko 1]

I slept great last night, thanks.

[RMK 3]

Not surprising for the US Border Patrol; they seem to get the "dregs" of society for these positions.

They seem to be assholes on 100% of my visits to the US. Can you image the professionalism you encounter if you are brown-skinned or from the Mid East?

"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes"

[jgoose71 0]

Been away from DZ.com for a while and I check in and see this. Figured I would comment.

I know that power hungry assholes are drawn to government positions all over the place. They need to know that they are not above the law. This one should have been simple.

Why were these CBP agents not reported to American authorities? City police, county sheriff, who ever has jurisdiction on the US side of the border. Sexual Assault is Sexual Assault. While they may be able to justify the search, their is no way they can justify not having another woman in the room. End of story.

Sad part is unless this lady files a suit or makes a report to the police, nothing will happen. She needs to go outside the agency.

"There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Life, the Universe, and Everything

[billvon 3,172]

>Why were these CBP agents not reported to American authorities?

She tried but:

"None of the officers, one who insisted he was the supervisor, would give out their names."

And

"Gill said she has tried to make a complaint to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and has spent a total of three hours trying to submit a report online. Three times, the report has been deleted."

Unfortunately, law enforcement has gotten very good at "defending itself" against such reports. Unless it shows up in the media in a big way, it is quickly buried, deleted or forgotten. Hopefully this story will cause some action on the issue.

[Coreeece 2]

Sounds horrific. . .

Growing up in Detroit, we often traveled across the border to Windsor - especially after our 19th B-day. We always knew that once on the border, we always lost certain "rights." We were subject to the will of Canadian Authorities.

They often searched us at their will, and however personal they wanted to be about it - tho nothing as abhorrent as the woman in the article - but nonetheless, it was the Canadian authorities that we feared, not the U.S authorities - Hell, back 20 years ago you could cross the border back into the U.S at 3am with two dead Canadian hookers and a suitcase full of blow in the back of your trunk without thinking twice - now you need a passport to even leave this fucking shit-hole.

Damn - how times have changed. . .

Never was there an answer....not without listening, without seeing - Gilmour

[Croc 0]

I no longer recognize the country I was born in.

"Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so."

Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy

[jgoose71 0]

billvon

>Why were these CBP agents not reported to American authorities?

She tried but:

"None of the officers, one who insisted he was the supervisor, would give out their names."

And

"Gill said she has tried to make a complaint to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and has spent a total of three hours trying to submit a report online. Three times, the report has been deleted."

Unfortunately, law enforcement has gotten very good at "defending itself" against such reports. Unless it shows up in the media in a big way, it is quickly buried, deleted or forgotten. Hopefully this story will cause some action on the issue.

That is why I specifically mentioned Police or a Sheriff. Reporting CBP to the CBP as a non-US citizen probably won't get you far. And you don't need to give names to the police or sheriff. They will figure it out during the investigation.

US CBP agents are not exempt from US law enforcement.

"There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Life, the Universe, and Everything

[winsor 236]

Croc

I no longer recognize the country I was born in.

In a lot of ways, this country has improved greatly. None of this is new - you are simply more likely to hear about it now.

Needless to say, we have a long way to go.