The two women suing police after they were subjected to humiliating roadside cavity search

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By MICHAEL ZENNIE and ALEX GREIG
PUBLISHED: 00:59 EST, 5 July 2013 | UPDATED: 02:48 EST, 5 July 2013

The two women who are suing after they were subjected to a humiliating and invasive cavity search on a Texas roadside on Memorial Day last year have spoken out about their ordeal.
Brandy Hamilton, 26, and Alexandria Randle, 24, told reporters how they were ordered out of their vehicle, not permitted to put on clothes to cover the bikinis they'd been wearing at the beach that day, and given cavity searches right by the side of the road.
The disturbing video of the event, which was caught on the dashcam, captures one of the women asking in disbelief, 'Are you serious?' when the officers tell her they're going to give her a cavity search.


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1. These police officers should be charged with sexual assault.

[petronius]

2. Absolutely. Fired and suspended are not a proper response; this is rape and it

should be a criminal charge. And an 'internal investigation' is bullshit - the investigation should be done by an agency from outside of Texas (federal) with enough muscle behind it to compel cooperation and sanction anyone who interferes.

Utterly despicable behavior...

[hifiguy]

5. Cops "investigating" (the word is to laugh) cops

is like the foxes holding a solemn inquiry into the cause of all the recent chicken disappearances. Why should anyone in their right mind trust an "internal investigation" that is designed to do one thing and one thing only - exonerate the perps via whatever lies and coverups are necessary?

[TorchTheWitch]

3. same thing happened to two other women by two different troopers

see my post on the other thread about this here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023203693#post20

I can't figure out why the media is ignoring the other case that was just in the news recently that's the exact same thing involving two other women right down to using the same gloves on both of them.

In that other case the female trooper was fired and faces criminal charges of sexual assault and the male officer was suspended with pay but is facing charges of theft because while the two women were being assaulted he illegally search their car and stole prescription medication for the one woman from out of the car or out of her purse.

Clearly this is something that he state of Texas is doing to innocent women and was not some random act by two sicko troopers. the troopers in both cases used the same exact protocol and did it blatantly in front of the dashcam. No doubt in my mind that other cases will be popping out of the woodwork.

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4. I didn't realize mine was a dupe, but your story suggests this this may be more common

than just 2 incidents. There could be many more that have gone unreported. I thought with the increase in technology like video recordings, dash cams and such that this kind of crap will be less common. Maybe it was even worse decades ago. I have no idea, but the situation now is unacceptable.