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SovereignMan.com has an article regarding a woman's interaction with US Customs and Border Protection:
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.
[...] 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.
[...] 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.
[...] Finally, as of a few days ago, the case has been settled. And the US government agreed to pay Ms. Doe $475,000.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Francis on Saturday July 30 2016, @02:52AM
You make it sound like the war on drugs is the only reason why gun-toting thugs go around sexually assaulting people.
It's got nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with the prison and the military-industrial complexes. They regularly pull this kind of crap over far less at the airport, the only difference is that it's less obviously wrong so people tend not to speak out. Also, I'm pretty sure anybody that's caught speaking out about it winds up on some sort of a list.
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Saturday July 30 2016, @01:18PM
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(Score: 1) by Francis on Saturday July 30 2016, @02:05PM
That's my point. It doesn't logically follow that we need to legalized drugs to remedy the situation. We could either decriminalize the drugs or turn to a model where it's just the manufacture and distribution that's criminal, not the possession and use. Fixing campaign financing and removing the profit motive from the prison system would also likely go a long way towards solving it.
But, sadly, there's not a whole lot of interest in talking about those possibilities.