Thread: Illegal immigrant Uber driver raped passenger then fled to native Ghana, police say

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

So Uber is hiring illegal aliens which is a felony!

Try re-reading the article. The last sentence of the second paragraph: "He was supposed to surrender his passport but did not."

The problem is the court didn't notify ICE. But then again, ICE would have probably deported him. So effectively, there is no difference.

Our system allows for bail, so this is what happens.

By MATT O'BRIEN April 20, 2018

Frederick Amfo, an Uber driver was recently arrested in Massachusetts and charged with the rape of a passenger. That’s not particularly shocking. Sadly, sexual assaults by cabbies and rideshare drivers have become all too common. Uber is currently facing a class action lawsuit from riders alleging that they were abused by drivers. And at least one firm has begun offering legal services specifically marketed at victims of “Uber assault.”

What’s shocking about Amfo’s case is how the courts in the Bay State disregarded his immigration status when setting his bail. Amfo is a citizen of Ghana and was unlawfully present in the United States. After being arraigned, and paying his bail, he caught the first plane back to his homeland.

How did an accused foreigner evade the bar of justice so easily? Through the unfortunate confluence of progressive policies that improperly focus on the “rights” of illegal aliens, and foreign criminals, rather than the interests of American crime victims.

In the United States, incarcerating a criminal defendant prior to conviction is unconstitutional – unless the defendant is likely to flee the jurisdiction or to pose a danger to the community. However, high bail, or no bail, is perfectly acceptable if the defendant presents a significant flight risk. And illegal aliens are, by definition, a significant flight risk.

Nevertheless, the court that arraigned Amfo seems to have ignored his immigration status, imposing only $10,000 cash bail and giving him 24 hours to surrender his passport. This type of leniency is common in Massachusetts, which is a sanctuary state in all but name.

To make matters worse, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) promptly issued a detainer asking local police to hold Amfo for arrest on deportation charges. But, the district court appears to have chosen not to forward the detainer to the Norfolk County Jail, which released Amfo once his bail was posted.

The decision not to forward ICE’s detention request to the jail was most likely based on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts’ holding in Sreyon Lunn v. Commonwealth, which found that Bay State law enforcement officers have no legal authority to hold an alien pursuant to an ICE civil detainer. Although, the court claims that it never received any detainer from ICE. But that assertion seems highly suspect, in light of the state’s sanctuary stance and repeated judicial decisions thwarting local police efforts to cooperate with immigration authorities.

Forgotten in all of the excessive concern about potential violations of “rights” that illegal aliens do not actually possess is the complainant, Ms. Emily Murray, of Weymouth, Mass. Waiving protections available under rape shield laws, and press conventions regarding the identity of sexual assault victims, Ms. Murray has publicly addressed the system’s utter failure to preserve her interests. And no rational observer can help wondering whether Amfo was attracted to Massachusetts simply because of its sanctuary policies and extreme leniency toward immigration violators.

Let’s hope the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has finally taken Ms. Murray’s interests to heart and is coordinating with the Departments of Justice and State to secure Amfo’s return to America, to stand trial. The U.S. has had an extradition treaty with Ghana since 1931. And the Law Library of Congress indicates that Ghana generally responds to extradition requests. So, it’s possible that Amfo may yet be brought to justice.

https://immigrationreform.com/2018/0...evade-justice/

Oh good God, do not extradite him. Leave him there, we don't want his ass back in our country.

BOYCOTT UBER!! Never used one, never will. Call a real cab, a regulated, licensed, legitimate cab company.

Originally Posted by Judy

Oh good God, do not extradite him. Leave him there, we don't want his ass back in our country.

BOYCOTT UBER!! Never used one, never will. Call a real cab, a regulated, licensed, legitimate cab company.

The rape victim does not share your opinion on this. She wants him to pay for victimizing her! Can you blame her? Why should he completely avoid punishment for a crime he committed against a fellow American citizen? perhaps if it was your daughter you would feel differently.

Yes, but she won't be paying to go get him, or prosecute him or incarcerate him. I feel sorry for her, but we don't want to pay to house illegal aliens in our jails for their crimes. We want them the hell out of here.

Originally Posted by Judy

Yes, but she won't be paying to go get him, or prosecute him or incarcerate him. I feel sorry for her, but we don't want to pay to house illegal aliens in our jails for their crimes. We want them the hell out of here.

I disagree. If an illegal alien commits a crime of this magnitude against an American citizen, he needs punished!

You have a strange way of looking at this (IMO). If it were an American citizen that committed the rape, I'm sure you would want to see them punished ..... or would you?

Yes, I would because the American citizen is in our country and is our responsibility. An illegal alien who has flown the coup to his home country is now where he belongs, is not in our country and is not our responsibility. The victim needs to sue Uber for all they're worth and she'll feel much better.

Originally Posted by Judy

. . . BOYCOTT UBER!! Never used one, never will. Call a real cab, a regulated, licensed, legitimate cab company.

Court: Taxicab Driver Charged with Rape, Kidnapping of Passenger

Published at 8:41 PM EDT on May 30, 2017 | Updated at 5:01 PM EDT on May 31, 2017

A taxi driver in Washington, D.C., was arrested after a passenger told police he raped her in his vehicle early Sunday morning.

A court document showed police arrested Yared Geremew Mekonnen, 24, and charged him with second-degree sexual abuse and kidnapping after they were called by a witness who saw a woman in a taxi, screaming for help in northwest Washington around 3:15 a.m. on May 28.

The document showed the woman was with her boyfriend on U Street when they decided to take a taxicab or Uber home after they had been drinking. She said she blacked out, and when she woke up, she was in the back seat of a taxicab, and Mekonnen, the taxicab driver, was having sex with her.

The woman told police she fought off the driver, and he returned to the front and started driving. She “begged him to let her out” and grabbed the steering wheel, screaming for help.

A man driving on 16th Street, Northwest, told police he heard a woman screaming and saw a woman in a taxicab waving for help. He said he pulled his vehicle in front of the taxi and called 911.

When officers arrived, the driver denied assault the passenger, saying she was crying and started scratching his face after requesting to go to Silver Spring, Maryland. The woman, who lives in Virginia, told police she did not know anyone in Silver Spring, and police said the driver lives in Silver Spring.

Mekonnen was arrested at the scene by police. He has a hearing scheduled for Thursday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

D.C.'s Department of For-Hire Vehicles said it filed an “Oder of Immediate Suspension and Notice of Proposed Revocation” with the Office of Administrative Hearing for Mekonnen and deactivated him, meaning he is unable to login in to the meter to operate his taxi.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...425414464.html

Chicago taxi driver charged in sexual attack against passenger | WGN ...
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Mar 2, 2018 - CHICAGO -- A Chicago cab driver is due in court today after being charged with sexually abusing a female passenger. Police say Mustafa Dikbas attacked the young woman Sunday morning on Recreation Drive, north of Belmont Harbor, and he tried to sexually assault her.