Disturbing Video Shows Criminal Justice Student Assaulted, Tasered by Border Patrol, For No Reason

[KamaAina]

and it's the Canadian border, eh?

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/disturbing-video-shows-criminal-justice-student-assaulted-and-tasered-border

A young woman travelling through a US Border Checkpoint in Waddington, New York Thursday was assaulted and arrested by border patrol for no reason.

Jess Cooke, 21, says she was driving through the checkpoint, when agents said she looked nervous. She was then routed over for a secondary inspection....

The conversation between Cooke and the agents quickly escalated and Cooke was thrown to the ground by the male agent as the female agent deployed the taser.

Cooke said the taser was continually deployed until she stopped screaming. After handcuffing her, agents then illegally opened her trunk and searched her entire vehicle, according to Cooke.

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. She doesn't have any rights at the border. It's a Fourth Amendment-free zone.

[uppityperson]

2. Good god. I am glad so many have videos. Link to scotus ruling also

Border patrol operates as they want too often, as jerks within 100 miles of a national border. We've had problems with them in WA also, and have signs on our local buses as to what to do if they board one.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/breaking-supreme-court-rules/