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US Government Pays $475,000 For Illegally Searching Woman's Vagina


by Tyler Durden

Jul 28, 2016 4:00 AM





Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
Have you lost that loving feeling? If so, the United States federal government might just be able to help.
Before you swipe right on Tinder or update that eHarmony account, consider instead taking a quick trip out of the country.
Because on your way back home into the Land of the Free, US Customs and Border Protection will have agents standing by ready with heaps of government stimulus.
It happened to a Jane Doe (the name has been withheld to protect what little remains of her dignity), a 54-year old US citizen who had recently been on a trip to Mexico.
As she was returning home via the Cordova Bridge border crossing in El Paso, she was randomly selected for extra special screening and escorted to a private area.
I’ve been there. It’s not fun. They don’t tell you anything, and they don’t say why.
They act very aggressively and start barking orders at you as if you’re already a prison inmate.
Quite frequently you can sit there wasting away for hours. Fortunately for me, nothing particularly sinister ever happened. For Ms. Doe, it was quite the opposite.
According to the published case files, she was frisked, and then ordered to squat so that a drug-sniffing dog could check out her nether regions.
Apparently the dog liked what he smelled, because Ms. Doe was then taken to yet another room, ordered to pull down her pants, and crouch.
At that point an agent from Customs and Border Protection “inspected her anus with a flashlight.”
She was then ordered to lean backwards in a crouched position, after which another agent inserted a speculum into her vagina to search for drugs.
Another agent then “parted Ms. Doe’s vulva with her hand, pressed her fingers into Ms. Doe’s vagina, and visually examined her genitalia with a flashlight.”
They then took her to a hospital for a further 6 hours of involuntary testing, which included forcing her to have a bowel movement as they all watched, plus X-rays, CT scans, and more.
I know what you’re thinking– they probably found a treasure trove of cocaine and methamphetamine shoved deep inside Ms. Doe’s womanhood.
Except they didn’t.
Ms. Doe was “brutally probed against her will” for hours and hours without judicial oversight, due process, or even reasonable suspicion. And they found nothing.
Here’s the really disgusting part: at the end of this ordeal, they released her without charge… with one catch.
They told her that if she signed a consent form, retroactively giving her permission to be abused and violated, that the government would pay for all the tests and various medical expenses.
But if she didn’t sign the consent form, she’d have to pay for them all herself.
Ms. Doe refused to sign, and the United States government sent her a bill for more than $5,000, essentially demanding that she pay for her own sexual assault.
Emotionally shattered she went home feeling like a rape victim. She sued.
And, as the pitiful justice system in the Land of the Free is far from swift, it took over three years for the case to gain any traction.
Finally, as of a few days ago, the case has been settled. And the US government agreed to pay Ms. Doe $475,000.
But as you can imagine, there were strings attached, specifically that the settlement should “not be taken as an admission of liability or fault.”
I guess it’s Ms. Doe’s fault. She must have been asking for it. It’s like a classic rape story from the 1950s. Absolutely appalling.
But just think about what this means–
Gun-toting government thugs are running around committing sexual assault on US citizens so they can continue waging a costly and utterly ridiculous war on plants.
Apparently doing so is quite typical. So typical, in fact, that they have a consent form ready to be signed by their gang rape victims in the hopes of keeping it quiet.
And even if it doesn’t stay quiet and one of the victims goes public, the government refuses to admit its own culpability and pays them off with taxpayer funds.

Just think about that:



YOUR tax money is going to pay off the US government’s sexual assault victims.




This is so disgusting, so vile… I would ask you just one simple question: have you reached your breaking point yet?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-0...-womans-vagina

[fisharmor]

I would ask you just one simple question: have you reached your breaking point yet?

That's not the question.
The question is, where can we have an honest discussion about real solutions, which discussion will not result in midnight black-baggings?

[tod evans]

[/B]
That's not the question.
The question is, where can we have an honest discussion about real solutions, which discussion will not result in midnight black-baggings?

Only in person away from cities.

Even then such matters are fraught with danger.

[Brian4Liberty]

More:

CBP will pay $475,000 settlement for 'illegal body cavity probes'

Albuquerque, New Mexico — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay $475,000 to New Mexico woman who accused agents of forcing her to undergo illegal body cavity probes.

American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Texas and New Mexico announced the settlement Thursday that also requires training for Customs and Border Protection officers.

A 2013 lawsuit said the unnamed 54-year-old U.S. citizen was "brutally" searched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in December 2012.

Court document said the woman was selected at an El Paso Port of Entry after a drug sniffing dog jumped on her.

The lawsuit says no drugs were found but the woman was transported in handcuffs to the University Medical Center of El Paso where doctors subjected her to an observed bowel movement, a CT scan and vaginal exams without a warrant.

News Release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection

HOUSTON – Today, the ACLU of Texas and the ACLU of New Mexico announced a record settlement in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) paid a New Mexico woman $475,000 for illegally subjecting her to vaginal and anal searches after she was detained at the Cordova Bridge point of entry in El Paso.

Also today, the four ACLU affiliates at the nation’s Southwest border dispatched letters to 40 healthcare providers that cover 110 facilities — from San Diego to Houston—detailing the rights and responsibilities of hospital personnel when confronted by federal agents who request they perform invasive and illegal body cavity searches. Last year the University Medical Center of El Paso paid the same woman — referred to in the lawsuit as Jane Doe to protect her privacy — a $1.1 million settlement for its collusion in the invasive searches.

“While we are pleased to have obtained justice for our client, this is really a victory for residents of border communities, who shouldn’t have to fear interactions with the thousands of border agents in their midst,” said Rebecca Robertson, legal and policy director for the ACLU of Texas. “Of course, this result could not have been achieved without Ms. Doe’s courage and perseverance. Had she succumbed to the threats of CBP agents and remained silent, who knows how many others might have suffered a similarly despicable experience.”

The ordeal began when a drug-sniffing dog allegedly “alerted” on the ACLU’s client as she attempted to return from Mexico to her home in the U.S. Agents subjected her to a strip search at the border station, examining her genitals and anus with a flashlight. No contraband was found. The agents nevertheless transported Ms. Doe to University Medical Center, where over the course of six hours she suffered an observed bowel movement, an X-ray, a speculum exam of her vagina, a bimanual vaginal and rectal exam, and a CT scan. These procedures were conducted without Ms. Doe’s consent or a search warrant.

Having found no contraband, CBP agents offered Ms. Doe a choice to either sign a medical consent form or be billed for the cost of the searches. Ms. Doe refused to sign, and was later billed $5,488.51.

“It is inexcusable that government agents, men and women sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution, violated Ms. Doe in such a horrific manner,” said Peter Simonson, executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico, “This settlement puts border agents on notice that brutality against border residents will not be tolerated, and stands as a reminder to hospitals of their rights and responsibilities towards the communities they serve. No one should ever again have to endure a protracted and agonizing nightmare like Ms. Doe did.”

“Doctors and law enforcement officers are entrusted with the sacred responsibility of looking after our health and safety, and Ms. Doe’s unspeakable ordeal represents an unforgivable violation of that trust,” said Terri Burke, executive director of the ACLU of Texas. “These atrocities were committed with our money and in our name, and it’s not enough to hold those who committed them to account. We must also ensure that that every law enforcement officer and every hospital staff member understands the consequences of so intimately and egregiously violating someone’s rights.”

In addition to the financial award, the settlement requires CBP to undertake additional training for hundreds of line officers and supervisors. There are currently tens of thousands of federal agents deployed to the Southwest border and calls by some lawmakers to swell the ranks further.

This settlement is one of the largest of its kind ever reached over violations involving an individual search. Ms. Doe is deeply traumatized by her experience and continues to suffer emotional and psychological after effects.
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More: http://valleycentral.com/news/local/...-cavity-probes

[fisharmor]

We must also ensure that that every law enforcement officer and every hospital staff member understands the consequences of so intimately and egregiously violating someone’s rights.

Well the hospital likely got the message, but law enforcement? $475k is a pittance for them, and they're not the ones paying it.
They couldn't care less whether they're found in the wrong because the taxpayers pay for their mistakes.
In short, there are no consequences for them doing this.
Which, as any mentally retarded third grader with a stutter could tell you, is the reason they keep doing it.

[osan]

Mexico is a $#@! hole.

Mexicans in government positions are devils worthy of nothing less than the stake.

No offense to Ms. Doe, but should she not have done a little research into the nature of the place into which she was to travel? I will not go so far as to say she did this to herself, but her experience should serve as a warning to decent people not to go to MX for any reason. I've been there many times and I noticed in the late 90s the change from an atmosphere of welcoming, to one of contempt for the gringo, even in places that depend upon tourists for their daily sustenance.

I've been acquainted with a large number of Mexicans, having lived in CA, AZ, OR, WA, and NJ, all of which have large populations. In my experience, and just as with the people of most other nations, the average Mexican is a complete $#@!. However, there are elements of savagery in Mexican culture that are rivaled by few other nations. That is simple fact. I could tell you things about Yaqui Indians that would turn your stomach, for example. Again, this is a matter of simple observation with very little need to editorialize, given that the truths observed speak for themselves. MX is a very dangerous place, particularly when the gringo (and even many good Mexicans) wanders off the beaten paths. Mexico's prima facie claims to "rule of law" are a mockery of same. This is nothing new. What IS new is that the tourist areas used to be sacrosanct. Go to Cancun, Cozumel, Playa Car, etc., mind your own business and do nothing stupid and you were basically guaranteed your safety. Not anymore, as this story so hideously underscores.

Let us repeat that which everyone on the planet should now know: the world is no longer in any way a friendly place. As the world on the whole moves closer and closer in practice to the progressive ideal of paradise on earth, it becomes ever less friendly and ever more dangerous in terms of the risks people must assume when traveling. Until the day comes that all this bull$#@! is sorted out, it behooves people (especially Americans) to stay close to home.

In.

My.

Opinion.

[osan]

I would ask you just one simple question: have you reached your breaking point yet?

That's not the question.

I am not sure I can quite agree. I think it is a valid question pursuant to a valid consideration.

The question is, where can we have an honest discussion about real solutions,

Have issues such as this not been discussed endlessly over the past 30 years? At what point, in the absence of any practical improvements regarding such issues, do we admit that nothing good has come of all the talk and will likely never come of it? There are ways of proving such truths, and assuming they be proven, what then? Lay back, open your legs, say "just keep me safe" (har har har), close your eyes, and think of England?

At some point people are faced with the raw choice of fighting or being consumed. If they choose consumption, so be it. But if they choose otherwise, non-equivocating material action of the murdering variety is most often the only solution for the problems at hand

which discussion will not result in midnight black-baggings?

The question presupposes the invalidity of black-bag action. I submit that not only is it valid, but necessary where circumstance calls for it. Unfortunately, people have shown a most pronounced absence of willingness or other ability to limit such actions to those cases where all good reason demands them. To that question I have no broad solution, save to say that the problem need not be as bad as it has been during the twentieth century in those nations where the disarming of the population lead to government's ability to exterminate said population en masse. Therefore, I suggest that all people the world over be allowed to arm themselves to the teeth. It would surprise me no whit to find that the world will fall into a far better state than it has occupied these past 100+ years.

[fisharmor]

LOL no, you misunderstand. I ask whether it is possible to discuss real (as in, valid, not having been rehashed for the last 30+ years) solutions, which discussion will not result in OUR black-bagging.

[BV2]

@osan i have no desire, whatsoever, to go further south than colorado... ever. Unless its to visit civil war battlefields and pay my respects.

[Brian4Liberty]

a bimanual vaginal and rectal exam

Uh, should I even ask? "Bimanual"?

[osan]

LOL no, you misunderstand. I ask whether it is possible to discuss real (as in, valid, not having been rehashed for the last 30+ years) solutions, which discussion will not result in OUR black-bagging.

OK...

Wow, I really pooched the parse on that one, then. To answer, I suppose it is possible, but AFAICS the opening one's mouth is becoming riskier every year. In fact, I am a bit surprised I've not been visited, though I suppose the fact that nobody listens to a word I say or write is strongly evidenced by the absence of a "talking".