Originally Posted by
SirFlysALot
There was a situation a few years ago where a black female congress woman coming back from Africa, was handcuffed, strip searched and held for a few days at ORD Immigration. She was unable to contact her family and they waited for her to evacuate her bowels. Why? She met the profile of a drug courier. She was black, female and coming from Africa after a short stay. She raised quite a ruckus. The story disappeared quite quickly never to be heard about again.
I challenge this account. I tried to verify it, searching with Google and other sites using phrases like "black congresswoman detained" (and variations on that). The only thing that came up even close was the arrest in 2006 of Rep. Cynthia McKinney for allegedly striking a Capitol Police officer who failed to recognize her as a member of Congress. Unless someone can provide additional information, I have to conclude that this story is an urban myth.
Bruce