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Why did your author feel compelled to misstate the facts ?
Posted on: July 28, 2016 at 10:46:50 CT
Spanky KU
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The story was shocking enough without the lies the author tried to pass as facts.. Also, the hospital paid her $1.1MM
The body cavity search took place at a hospital by a medical professional.. NOT in a back room of the border station by a CBP employee.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Border-agency-agrees-to-pay-475-000-for-illegal-8400716.php
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay $475,000 to a woman who was subjected to a body cavity search at a Texas hospital, according to the American Civil Liberties Union chapters in Texas and New Mexico.
The woman, who was not named in the ACLU’s lawsuit against the federal government, was taken to University Medical Center of El Paso in December 2012 after a drug sniffing dog alerted that she may have contraband as she crossed the border, according to court records.
She was held for six hours at the hospital, strip searched, X-rayed and subjected to a body cavity search, according to the lawsuit. After agents found no evidence of drugs, she was billed for $5,000.
“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 every law enforcement officer and every hospital staff member understands the consequences of so intimately and egregiously violating
someone’s rights.”
CBP did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
University Medical Center of El Paso last year agreed to pay the woman $1.1 million, according to the lawsuit.
ACLU chapters along the border also sent letters Thursday to 110 hospitals and doctors’ offices warning them about conducting body cavity searches on behalf of federal agents.
As part of the settlement, CBP is agreeing to provide additional training to its officers, according to the ACLU.
The body cavity search took place at a hospital by a medical professional.. NOT in a back room of the border station by a CBP employee.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Border-agency-agrees-to-pay-475-000-for-illegal-8400716.php
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay $475,000 to a woman who was subjected to a body cavity search at a Texas hospital, according to the American Civil Liberties Union chapters in Texas and New Mexico.
The woman, who was not named in the ACLU’s lawsuit against the federal government, was taken to University Medical Center of El Paso in December 2012 after a drug sniffing dog alerted that she may have contraband as she crossed the border, according to court records.
She was held for six hours at the hospital, strip searched, X-rayed and subjected to a body cavity search, according to the lawsuit. After agents found no evidence of drugs, she was billed for $5,000.
“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 every law enforcement officer and every hospital staff member understands the consequences of so intimately and egregiously violating
someone’s rights.”
CBP did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
University Medical Center of El Paso last year agreed to pay the woman $1.1 million, according to the lawsuit.
ACLU chapters along the border also sent letters Thursday to 110 hospitals and doctors’ offices warning them about conducting body cavity searches on behalf of federal agents.
As part of the settlement, CBP is agreeing to provide additional training to its officers, according to the ACLU.
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Why did your author feel compelled to misstate the facts ? - Spanky KU - 7/28 10:46:50