This sucks.
Canadian science fiction author Peter Watts was stopped by US Border Patrol agents on his way out of the US, beaten up, detained, all his things confiscated, then kicked out. In shirtsleeves. In December. In Ontario.
And he’s been charged with assault too.
Many people have discussion and commentary, including Peter himself.
People are putting together fundraising efforts to pay his legal expenses.
I’m embarrassed for my country. One person is harassed and beaten by US guards at the US border. He happens to be known internationally and his friends are willing and able to raise a fuss, and money. How many people without those resources does this happen to?
