If it happened as depicted, then incandescently furious is very apt. And I have no great love for American police and especially not for border guards, who
are one step removed at the best of times from petty thuggery.
All that said...
I have yet to see any -- and I mean *any* -- sort of unbiased reporting on this. Every single story is playing the "nasty Americans beat up a poor
defenseless guy who didn't do ANYTHING". Which may well have happened, but goddammit, I don't buy it.
Did he do something worthy of what he *claims* is his subsequent treatment? Probably -- almost certainly -- not. But I can't imagine him being lily-white
innocent. He did something. And yeah, the guards overreacted, and yeah, they need to get slapped hard for it... but this guy needs to admit his own issues as
well. My guess is he mouthed off and a guard with slightly fewer brains than normal overreacted, and from there it just went to hell.
Regardless, I'd like to see some actual goddamn journalism, some reporting, happening here... 'cause right now it's just a pity-party and the only
people saying anything have axes to grind and personal connections to the guy playing the victim card.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
are one step removed at the best of times from petty thuggery.
All that said...
I have yet to see any -- and I mean *any* -- sort of unbiased reporting on this. Every single story is playing the "nasty Americans beat up a poor
defenseless guy who didn't do ANYTHING". Which may well have happened, but goddammit, I don't buy it.
Did he do something worthy of what he *claims* is his subsequent treatment? Probably -- almost certainly -- not. But I can't imagine him being lily-white
innocent. He did something. And yeah, the guards overreacted, and yeah, they need to get slapped hard for it... but this guy needs to admit his own issues as
well. My guess is he mouthed off and a guard with slightly fewer brains than normal overreacted, and from there it just went to hell.
Regardless, I'd like to see some actual goddamn journalism, some reporting, happening here... 'cause right now it's just a pity-party and the only
people saying anything have axes to grind and personal connections to the guy playing the victim card.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs