Excerpt from This CNN Article:
CNN wrote:
The diplomat's detention was handled by the U.S. Marshals Service, not New York police.
Bharara, the prosecutor, has defended the handling of the arrest and custody, though his office was not involved. "Khobragade was accorded courtesies well beyond what other defendants, most of whom are American citizens, are accorded," he said Wednesday. "She was not, as has been incorrectly reported, arrested in front of her children. The agents arrested her in the most discreet way possible, and unlike most defendants, she was not then handcuffed or restrained."
In addition, she was allowed to keep her phone and make calls to arrange personal matters, including child care, he said.
"Because it was cold outside, the agents let her make those calls from their car and even brought her coffee and offered to get her food. It is true that she was fully searched by a female deputy marshal -- in a private setting -- when she was brought into the U.S. Marshals' custody, but this is standard practice for every defendant, rich or poor, American or not, in order to make sure that no prisoner keeps anything on his person that could harm anyone, including himself. This is in the interests of everyone's safety.
"There can be no plausible claim that this case was somehow unexpected or an injustice," Bharara said. "In fact, the Indian government itself has been aware of this legal issue, and that its diplomats and consular officers were at risk of violating the law.
So, all you bleeding-hearts should ask yourselves this one question: "
Is it for U.S. prosecutors to look the other way, ignore the law and the civil rights of victims; or is it the responsibility of the diplomats and consular officers and their government to make sure the law is observed?"
Maybe you should also ask why you all are so unconcerned for the housekeeper/nanny who was being paid about $150 per week, -- which is under the legal minimum wage established by law, and clearly a
criminal act.
naturalplastic wrote:
The issue is diplomatic immunity. Diplomatic immunity is vital. This was cleary a breach of that.
Just so you know,
Khobragade was actually a Consular Officer, and thus had only Consular Immunity at the time of her arrest -- she had no "Diplomatic Immunity" to be violated!! ! Consular immunity privileges are described in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 (VCCR). Consular immunity offers protections similar to diplomatic immunity, but these protections are not as extensive, given the functional differences between consular and diplomatic officers. For example,
consular officers are not accorded absolute immunity from a host country’s criminal jurisdiction, they may be tried for certain local crimes upon action by a local court, and are immune from local jurisdiction only in cases directly relating to consular functions.
Get real, people; get the
facts!
17 Dec 2013, 11:40 pm
