Only in Texas: Body cavity search of scantily clad women on the motorway

[Dinner]

H Tower, I really don't believe anything a cop says without some sort of physical evidence to back it up. Did you see the video of the 4th of July DUI check point stop in Texas? The cops just get pissed off at a guy for insisting they obey the law and the constitution so they completely lie, fake a reaction from a drug dog (the handler verbally orders the dog to bark, it was caught on camera), and then ransack the guy's car all so they can "teach him a lesson". This is routine stuff out of cops; we see abuses like that over and over.

[Docfeelgood]

H Tower, I really don't believe anything a cop says without some sort of physical evidence to back it up. Did you see the video of the 4th of July DUI check point stop in Texas? The cops just get pissed off at a guy for insisting they obey the law and the constitution so they completely lie, fake a reaction from a drug dog (the handler verbally orders the dog to bark, it was caught on camera), and then ransack the guy's car all so they can "teach him a lesson". This is routine stuff out of cops; we see abuses like that over and over.

Sure that was Texas? DUI check points are illegal here.

[H Tower]

Eh, I think it should be very hard to require a body cavity search. More than just 'smell marijuana' or find a blunt (unless that itself was sufficient for an arrest - in which case take them into custody and do whatever you normally do at the jail). That's a significant invasion of both privacy and body.

I think you're right snoopy. I wasn't defending the officers actions, just pointing out that the women didn't get cavity searched for a speeding ticket, there was a reason(even if it had been made up by the officer on the scene).

[Docfeelgood]

All the women had to say was NO to an unwarranted search.
Pretty ignorant on her part for not knowing her constitutional rights.

[snoopy369]

To be fair, particularly for people not familiar with police interactions it's a very difficult situation when police order you to do something, even if they're not really allowed to do so. Not only are (most of us) trained from birth to respect authority, but the policeman has all of the power in that interaction; it can be very difficult to remember all of your rights and to assert them. That's one of the reasons we have very, very lenient laws in terms of search and seizure; relatively minor mistakes can lead to the search being declared invalid and the evidence discarded.

[Docfeelgood]

To be fair, particularly for people not familiar with police interactions it's a very difficult situation when police order you to do something, even if they're not really allowed to do so. Not only are (most of us) trained from birth to respect authority, but the policeman has all of the power in that interaction; it can be very difficult to remember all of your rights and to assert them. That's one of the reasons we have very, very lenient laws in terms of search and seizure; relatively minor mistakes can lead to the search being declared invalid and the evidence discarded.

Ignorant to ones rights is no excuse. Same as the law.

[Docfeelgood]

It's not difficult to educate oneself to our constitutional rights. If one is willing to make an effort.
Bet she has learned to say " NO! " next time should it happen.

[Ben Kenobi]

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Why do you hate polytubbies?

[Sava]

no surprise doc blames the victim

[regexcellent]

Didn't this happen ages ago?

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[Imran Siddiqui]

Ignorant to ones rights is no excuse.

So basically you don't get your rights unless you claim them at the time?

[rah]

In a perfect world the answer to that would be no, but people are not perfect and you can better defend your rights if you actually know what they are and are willing to stand up for them.

[H Tower]

Didn't this happen ages ago?

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Memorial Day 2012, but since the Daily Mail receives news updates from the US via sailing ships, this is just making the paper now.

[Sava]

laws apply even when you don't know them

so do rights

what kind of ****ing moron would think otherwise?

[rah]

I didn't say they didn't. I just said if you know them, you can better defend yourself from those that want to abuse them.