This behavior is okay if there's drugs involved

[tod evans]

Chinese tourist awarded $461k after beaten by US border guard

https://www.rt.com/news/399075-chine...st-us-lawsuit/





A Chinese woman was awarded $460,800 after suing the US government for an incident in which she was brutally injured and arrested by a border guard during a visit to Niagara Falls. The agent mistakenly believed the tourist was associated with a drug suspect.
Zhao Yan, a business owner and piano teacher from Tianjin, China was sightseeing at Niagara Falls in 2004. Her visit to the popular tourist attraction came after she had arrived in the US on a business visa to study the market for wood in Pennsylvania, according to court documents cited by AP.

The incident began when Zhao, then 38, and two other women ran from an inspection station at the Rainbow Bridge US-Canada border crossing instead of obeying orders to come inside.

The order was issued to the women by officers who believed they may have been associated with a drug suspect they had just detained.

US Customs and Border Protection Officer Robert Rhodes then pursued Zhao, putting his knee on her back and driving her head into the pavement, according to government prosecutors. He also used pepper spray on Zhao.

A photo of Zhao with a face covered in cuts, bruises, and swelling was widely circulated online following the incident, sparking anger in China.

In a 2015 civil trial, US authorities claimed that Zhao’s injuries were her own fault because she ran from the officer and then kicked, punched, and scratched him before two other officers arrived and helped restrain her to the ground. Zhao said she ran because the officers frightened her.

However, Federal Judge Elizabeth Wolford ruled in favor of Zhao on Monday, awarding her $385,000 for past and future pain and suffering, $64,000 in past medical expenses, $1,800 in lost earnings, and $10,000 for false arrest during a non-jury trial in Rochester, New York.

The ruling found the US government liable for Rhodes’ behavior, which amounted to “assault and battery and false arrest.”

Rhodes was initially fired and criminally charged with violating Zhao’s civil rights after the incident. However, he was acquitted at a 2005 trial and eventually allowed to return to his job.

A lawyer for Rhodes did not respond to AP’s request for comment on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Zhao’s award is a small portion of the $10 million she was seeking.

“This incident harmed almost all aspects of my life,” she said in a court filing.

Zhao said the incident humiliated her and left her with physical and mental trauma which prevented her from working. She also said she is now afraid of uniformed police.

[phill4paul]

Rhodes was initially fired and criminally charged with violating Zhao’s civil rights after the incident. However, he was acquitted at a 2005 trial and eventually allowed to return to his job.

With back pay I'm sure.

Edit to add: Yup.

Robert Rhodes will reclaim his position as a customs and border agent in the Western New York District, with a back pay award.

http://buffalonews.com/2008/06/14/fi...eive-back-pay/

[CaptUSA]

This behavior is okay if there're drugs involved

Looks to me like it's ok even if they think drugs may be involved. The officer was acquitted and back on the job and she just got a fraction of what she sought.

[phill4paul]

Rhodes was suspended immediately, then charged criminally; authorities usually take weeks or months to investigate claims against officers. But after the acquittal, he was still not allowed back to work until now.

Cohen said that Rhodes had been singled out because he was an "easy target" and was openly gay. He also claimed that some eyewitnesses changed their story once pressured by the federal government.

He said that the chances of Rhodes' succeeding against the federal government had been slim.

"Someone in Rob's position against the government isn't expected to win, but he did," Cohen said.

Rhodes claims he was unable to find another job following his acquittal. He was forced to file for public assistance and said he wants a return to normalcy once he heads back to work.

He said he waited to go back to work at the border because that is what he loves to do.

"I want to go back to work to protect my country and its people," Rhodes said.

http://buffalonews.com/2008/06/14/fi...eive-back-pay/

[Anti Federalist]

Pffft.

Land of the free, my aching ass, where violent fa ggots in uniform legally beat tiny women near to death for "non compliance" and walk away with pay.

Meanwhile in "communist" China:



Chinese rioters batter police officers unconscious in horrific revenge attack after they (the cops) beat innocent bystander until he vomited blood

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ted-blood.html

Hundreds of rioters battered five Chinese police officers to within an inch of their lives in protest at the beating of a woman and a brutal attack on an innocent bystander.

A baying mob rounded on the officials after hearing reports they had bullied a female street vendor then attacked a man who took photos of the incident.

Eyewitnesses said the photographer was punched to the ground, then kicked and hit with a hammer for more than a minute until he vomited blood.

(This is what was left of the abusive cops after the people got done with them - AF)

[tod evans]

Yeah but our f ag's are heroes...

[r3volution 3.0]

Furriners are dangerous....

[Slave Mentality]

^ Sucks that a "Totalitarian Commie" society like China knows how to take care of their business 1000X better than our hero worshiping pussy asses.

[otherone]

Upsetting a goon is far worse than being suspected of drug possession. Them fellers got fragile egos. It's as if their moms didn't tell them they're precious snowflakes.

[acptulsa]

Upsetting a goon is far worse than being suspected of drug possession. Them fellers got fragile egos. It's as if their moms didn't tell them they're precious snowflakes.

They probably didn't start taking enough steroids to rage on until after they left home.

And you can't begrudge them that. How can they be sure the drug dealers can't beat them up if they don't take illegal doses of 'roids?

[Voluntarist]

xxxxx

[TheTexan]

In a 2015 civil trial, US authorities claimed that Zhao’s injuries were her own fault because she ran from the officer and then kicked, punched, and scratched him before two other officers arrived and helped restrain her to the ground.

She did it to herself

[TheTexan]

People really shouldnt come to a country without knowing its laws and customs.

E.g. its customary for police to beat people who run from them