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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector-We're inundated with so many examples of our official insanity, it doesn't often make sense to mention another one... ...but this one from today's papers about the Chinese business person who was roughed up and pepper-sprayed by U.S. Customs at the Peace Bridge crossing near Niagara Falls, NY because they thought she was with some pedestrian pot smuggler they were trying to bust is particularly noteworthy for the quote from the badly-shaken businesswoman (before she flew back to China after the ordeal, rather than continuing with her visit to the U.S.), who said "I have been to many countries in the past for business purposes, and the United States is the most barbarous": >Tourist beaten at border > >U.S. SECURITY INSPECTOR CHARGED > >By AP >http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/07/24/554962.html >A HOMELAND Security inspector was charged yesterday 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 U.S.-Canadian border in Niagara Falls, after U.S. Customs and >border 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 woman, whose identity was withheld in legal documents, was treated at >a hospital and released. > >"Subsequent investigation reveals (the victim) had nothing to do with the >marijuana smuggling but was merely a tourist who happened to be in the >area," a supervisor's affidavit said. See also, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/26/content_351467.htm . (Of course, this criticism is coming from a citizen of a less-barbarous nation, China, that annually "celebrates" U.N. Anti-Drugs day by publicly executing a couple of dozen drug "criminals" in a stadium for their celebratory pep rally). J [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! </FONT><A HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/aQSolB/TM";><B>Click Here!</B></A> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ---------------------------------- Smash The State WWW http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smashthestate Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smashthestate/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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