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Jessica Cooke, a recently graduated 21-year-old from Ogdensburg, New York, was driving from Norfolk to Ogdensburg to see her boyfriend when she was pulled over by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent. This could have been exciting for Ms. Cooke since she had recently applied for a job with the CBP (her degree is in Law Enforcement Leadership). Ms. Cooke understood that she was within 100 miles of the Canadian border and therefore subject to an internal immigration checkpoint. However, after she had presented her driver's license, she was asked to go into a secondary inspection area. At this time she decided to ask why she was being detained, since without "reasonable suspicion" law enforcement cannot detain youeven if you're a meth addict being all twitchy. Things began to unravel from there and Ms. Cooke decided to record from that point on:
A male agent who identifies himself as a supervisor has no explanation for the detention, but he says Cooke will have to wait for a drug-sniffing dog to inspect her car. "Well, they'd better be here soon, because if not, I'm calling 911, and this can all be figured out," Cooke says. "You guys are holding me here against my will." Eventually the female agent who first interacted with Cooke says she seemed nervousan all-purpose excuse for detaining someone, since people tend to be nervous when confronted by armed government officials.
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"If they're not here within 20 minutes, I'm gone," Cooke says. "You can leave," the male agent says. "You can walk down the road right now....Your car's not going anywhere....I'll spike the tires." After Cooke refuses to comply with his order to "stand over there" instead of "here," they have this exchange:
CBP agent: I'm going to tell you one more time, and then I'm going to move you.
Cooke: If you touch me, I will sue your ass. Do you understand me?
CBP agent: Go for it.
Cooke: Touch me then.
CBP agent: Move over there.
Cooke: Go ahead. Touch me.
CBP agent: I'm telling you to move over there.
At this point the "supervisor" grabs Cooke and then you can hear Cooke screaming and lots of cursing and a repeated asking of Cooke to the CBP agents to "get it out of my back."
More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/11/1392473/-Woman-who-applied-to-become-border-patrol-gets-tasered-by-border-patrol-for-knowing-her-rights?detail=facebook_sf
Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)You're right this shit has got to end.
Quixote1818
(28,947 posts)Clearly zero respect for the woman's rights and zero understanding of the law and believe that just because someone stands up to you and your fucking power by pointing out that you are basically kidnapping them with no reason to detain, you can abuse and torture them because they didn't bow down to your fucking bully intimidation. Yes, it has to stop!
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,850 posts)Wonder if she will get their job now...
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)And do something about the corruption.
I'm glad she got it on tape. I mean vid.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,850 posts)Maybe she will get a job to supervise their replacements.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Would be nice, wouldn't it?
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)They get a cheap badge and feel that is a license to terrorize Americans.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)"You assaulted a federal officer, okay. You placed your hands on him."
That's part of their MO, they assault the victim and then blame said victim for assaulting them.
Power-hungry assholes!
Quixote1818
(28,947 posts)Title: North country residents have mixed views on U.S. border patrol checkpoints
The title alone is fucked because there is no debate here. The officers were wrong and the media should stick to the facts and state the law, period!
It goes onto allow opinions from both sides. Snip>
>Several people said they believed both parties deserve some blame for the altercation: Ms. Cooke for provoking agents with an uncooperative attitude and the agents for using excessive force to restrain her.
How was she not cooperating? She had already cooperated, gave them her license and pulled over. They then detained her and did NOT give a reason for doing so. Pretty much anyone I know is going to be angry at that point. Regardless, she had the law on her side so she can have whatever attitude she wants to have.
See link: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/north-country-residents-have-mixed-views-on-us-border-patrol-checkpoints-20150515