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To: skeeter
"I haven't heard a thing about this incident, and find it hard to believe a customs agent would jump a chinese woman for no reason."

He thought she had drugs. He was wrong. Personally I think we should just handcuff the guy, give the lady some pepper spray and let her go at him. She could give him the same treatment he gave her.
27 posted on 07/30/2004 9:37:19 AM PDT by monday
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To: monday
She could give him the same treatment he gave her.

Will we can dream, can't we.

28 posted on 07/30/2004 9:45:56 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: monday
He thought she had drugs. He was wrong.

To put it more precisely, he had probable cause to believe that she had drugs, assuming the facts reported are correct. And he didn't just "attack" her for that reason. He ordered her into the inspection station, and she refused to comply. So he went and got her. So far, these are all legitimate parts of the procedure. If you have a problem with that, then you have a problem with whoever drew up the procedures, not the agent himself.

As for what happened beyond that, it gets fuzzy, but what seems clear is that she started fighting him when he tried to detain her. Maybe he overreacted at that point, but realistically, what was he supposed to do? Just let her go? That would have been a dereliction of duty.

29 posted on 07/30/2004 9:48:50 AM PDT by inquest (Judges are given the power to decide cases, not to decide law)
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