In July homeland security officers nabbed an alleged marijuana smuggler in Buffalo, New York

Reason, Nov, 2004 by Charles Oliver

In July homeland security officers nabbed an alleged marijuana smuggler in Buffalo, New York. One officer, Robert Rhodes, tried to grab a Chinese woman standing near the suspect. He says she tried to run, then Hit at him and scratched him. Witnesses say Rhodes sprayed her with pepper spray, threw her against a wall, kneed her in the head as she knelt on the ground, then struck her head against the ground while holding her hair.

An inspector who later interviewed her at the hospital found both her eyes swollen shut. Officials determined she was a tourist who had nothing to do with the alleged smuggler.