{"id":130,"date":"2011-01-21T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T20:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2012-07-20T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T18:51:49","slug":"no-jail-time-for-kahentinetha-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/21\/no-jail-time-for-kahentinetha-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"NO JAIL TIME FOR KAHENTINETHA HORN"},"content":{"rendered":"

NO JAIL TIME FOR KAHENTINETHA HORN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan. 26, 2011, by Brenda Norrell.<\/strong>
\nOn January 21, 2011<\/strong>, Kahentinetha Horn pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting police officers and obstructing justice. The charges arose when the publisher and editor of Mohawk Nation News was attacked at the Akwesasne\u00a0viagra<\/a>-US border on June 14, 2008 by the Canada Border Services Agents CBSA.
\nHer lawyer, Phil Schneider, and the crown attorney at Cornwall Court agreed that if she pleaded guilty to the obstruction, the assault charge would be withdrawn. The judge gave her a sentence of an absolute discharge, with no criminal record.
\nBackground: Kahentinetha had a problem that occurred at the border two and a half years ago on June 14, 2008. She drove to the Canada-US checkpoint on Cornwall Island with two Mohawks, a man and a woman. They were pulled over allegedly because the woman passenger had an outstanding arrest warrant.
\nAn hour went by. Around 2:15 pm, \u201cWe were surrounded by about a dozen flak jacketed, steel toe booted, leather gloved and well armed special squad\u201d, said Kahentinetha.
\nThe male passenger got out and sat on the nearby bench. The customs officers spoke to her female passenger, who was reluctant to get out. The CBSA pulled her out, pushed her to the ground, handcuffed, subdued and took her away. Kahentinetha said, \u201cI became afraid for my safety. They had no reason to stop me. When they asked me to get out of the car, I became scared after I saw what they did to her\u2019.
\nThe mob of guards swarmed to her side, ordering her to get out without giving a reason. She hesitated.
\nShe told them, \u201cI\u2019ve done nothing wrong, have no outstanding charges, contraband, or reason to be questioned.\u201d
\nAfter the treatment of the others who were under her protection, she wondered what they would do to the owner of the car? \u201cI told one customs officer after another, \u201cI refuse to be mistreated like my passengers\u201d. They gave her no guarantees this was not going to happen to her or worse. She had no independent witnesses.
\n12 large male and 2 female customs officers swarmed around. \u201cI saw big trouble for me if I got out\u2019, said Kahentinetha.
\nAt a signal from a guy taking orders by cell phone, they pounced on her, pulled her out and started twisting her left arm. The pain was so severe she thought they were breaking it. She screamed and tried to pull her arm away. [This is all on the Canada Customs video.]
\nShe began to think they were after her, not her passenger. They obviously knew who she was. They kept calling their superiors and must have been told to take her out and arrest her, no matter what.
\nThe question is why did they need so many large male guards to deal with a 68-year old woman? The had taken a long time to verify her age, address, background and car.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve been through this before with police officers who have tried to put me in hospital or a morgue. There seems to be a lot of anger towards me\u201d.
\nThey finally dragged her handcuffed behind her back into the customs house where she was out of sight. She was put alone in a cell and roughed up. One of the guards kept tightening the cuffs. He tried to bend her over and push her arm up to stop the blood from circulating into her arms and across her chest. It seemed like they knew what they were doing. \u201cAn officer stood in front of me and tried to pull my head down towards her crotch area. I found that very disgusting\u2019. They both kept yelling at her to bend forward. This would have caused the blood to rush into her heart and kill her.
\nWhat really scared me was I could feel them trying to pull my pants down as I was being bent over. \u201cAt that moment I saw stars, became dizzy, starting panting and having pains in my shoulder and across my chest and back. I almost passed out\u201d, said Kahentinetha. The guards had tasers, which is electric shock that can kill a person. \u201cThey thought they could get rid of me without using it\u201d, Kahentinetha believed.
\nIt was at that moment her brother, Taiotekane, a lawyer, and his son Kanatase appeared. Everybody backed off. They went to a room to talk privately. He realized she was having serious physical problems. Her eyes were becoming glazed, her face was flushed and she had a hard time breathing. He demanded she be taken immediately to the hospital.
\nMohawk Constable Pyke contacted the emergency team from Hogansburg NY who rushed an ambulance. His sister, a paramedic, began to deal with Kahentinetha. Her quick work saved her life.
\nDoctors at Cornwall Community Hospital told her she had suffered a heart attack. Before this she never had problems with her heart or health. Her heart was damaged permanently. Since then she had to stop a lot of activities.
\nKahentinetha realizes that every indigenous person who crosses the border could be subjected to this treatment. It looks like the CBSA have hired those who have no concern for the lives of travelers who cross the border.
\nThe border guards deliberately misstated the facts. They knew kahentinetha\u2019s true age. Yet they described her as being a \u201clarge strong 55 year old woman\u2019, which is untrue. Such disinformation is sent out to keep the public uninformed. Don\u2019t believe anything the CBSA says. Beware!
\nBy Brenda Norrell, Censored News, http:\/\/bsnorrell.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/mohawk-kahentinetha-horn-resistance.html<\/p>\n

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