Thought I'd take a short break ;) from retelling my mildly entertaining adventures over here.
Several American Muslim
families, among them a close friend of mine, were detained and harassed
for 6+ hours by Customs and Border Protection while returning from a
wedding in Toronto.
As a longtime democracy and freedom fan I'm disgusted. This kind of abusive behavior has no place in a healthy society and has to be countered wherever it's found, lest it take root and spread. For now this means spreading the word.
One of the detained, an NPR journalist, produced the following investigative report:
http://www.onthemedia.org/story/my-detainment-story-or-how-i-learned-stop-feeling-safe-my-own-country-and-hate-border-patrol/
As a longtime democracy and freedom fan I'm disgusted. This kind of abusive behavior has no place in a healthy society and has to be countered wherever it's found, lest it take root and spread. For now this means spreading the word.
One of the detained, an NPR journalist, produced the following investigative report:
http://www.onthemedia.org/story/my-detainment-story-or-how-i-learned-stop-feeling-safe-my-own-country-and-hate-border-patrol/
I believe that things like this are an example of how dictatorships start and become accepted.
God bless
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