Thursday, August 14, 2008

OUTRAGE! Man Dies Horribly in Immigration Custody

Don't get me wrong, I think that US immigration policies need to be enforced...strongly. But, read this story of the horrible death of a basically innocent guy who was in need of medical treatment (for spinal cancer) during his detention. No matter what he had done (which his fault is debatable due to a clerical screw-up) he still deserved to be treated humanely. People are outraged that some cops killed two dogs in a botched police raid in Maryland (it was all over CNN), but this human was basically tortured to death and I have not heard anything about it. Disgusting! In my opinion the case is best summed up by pointing out that those responsible were private contractors working for the Department of Homeland Security. Not enough oversight or training get you results like this every time.

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