Huh...what'd she touch the customs person's arm with...these?
Posted on 10/03/2023 6:20:30 PM PDT by algore
A 21-year-old New York college student has been freed from a Dubai jail after previously facing a year behind bars in one of the nation's notorious prisons.
The student, who attends Lehman College in the Big Apple, was passing through the nation from Istanbul on her way to New York when she was detained with a friend.
Instead of the 10-hour layover she was expecting, De Los Santos was subjected to a months-long ordeal after inadvertently tapping the airport security guard.
The female officer accused De Los Santos of 'assaulting and insulting' them, which Santos denied. She was forbidden to travel home, and this week was sentenced to a year behind bars despite paying an AED 10,000 ($2,722) fine.
During her nightmare ordeal inside the airport, De Los Santos said she had tried to alert security that she was wearing a brace with an underwiring on it.
She told airport officials she had recently had surgery and was mandated to wear the surgical brace around the clock.
After she was eventually cleared, De Los Santos was unable to get the brace back on herself, leading her to try and get help from her friend.
But her decision to 'gently' touch a female customs officer's arm to get the attention of her friend sparked chaos, with the staffer accusing De Los Santos of assault.
After hostilities ensued inside the airport, De Los Santos immediately paid a fine and expected to be let go, but was instead forbidden from leaving the country pending a court date after prosecutors asked for the option to send her to jail.
With her case appealed by customs officials, the delay left her in agonizing limbo for months, all while forking out $50,000 to afford accommodation and legal fees in the lucrative nation.
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Had surgery requiring a 24 hr brace and then goes on International air travel? Smart move. And if there’s anything among the few things Arabs really like, it’s being touched by Blacks.
I was hoping that she’d get a little time to cool off, and reflect on her hatred of American society.
What is (The rest of the story) having previously read the original link?
She looks Hispanic, maybe PR.
Wonder if she had the surgery in Turkey?
Good looking girl.
Yeah, PR or Dominican. That doesn’t matter to Emiratis.
I see.
No kidding. It's the same story. I want to know what really happened with the "gentle touch on the arm".
Crap that means now she’s coming back here and she can vote.
The article outlines another person who had problems there. Another black female.
Huh...what'd she touch the customs person's arm with...these?
Clearly done because she was a foreigner. No question.
Trying to get an officers attention for some help putting on a surgical brace, and this is the reaction?
It doesn’t put a very loving and compassionate face on the country, or Islam.
So it was about sending a message.
Most Arabic people here are her color or darker. The country runs with people from India and Pakistan who are far darker. Sounds like an attitude issue either hers, or the guards.
I’m sorry, but gently touching a Customs Officers arm, if in need of help, does NOT get you arrested in ANY country.
How many F-Bombs and “byatch’s!” went with the ‘touch?’
DO NOT GO TO MUSLIM COUNTRIES. DO NOT GO THERE.
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