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Officers are supposed to pull drivers over for traffic violations, but a Channel 2 Action News investigation found traffic stops leading to a violation of another kind.
Driver after driver told investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer officers searched inside their pants while they were stopped for minor traffic violations. In several cases, the invasive searches targeted passengers who were riding in the car.
"He was like, 'Just unbuckle all your clothes,' and put his hands down inside my pants," said Terry Phillips.
Forest Park police had pulled over Phillips' wife for a suspended registration.
Phillips consented to a search. However on the officer's dashboard camera recording Phillips can clearly be heard protesting when he realized the extent of the officer's intentions.
"That's illegal, man, you can't do that. You can't do that," said Phillips to the officer. The officer continued.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/roadside-violation-drivers-passengers-say-police-s/nc7kd/
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)What if they had marijuana? Then what? We can't allow people to have marijuana.
icymist
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He said an officer walked him through the parking lot with his belt open and underwear exposed. He says the officer then reached into the front of his pants with his bare hand.
"He went inside my underwear and searched my genital area," Eleby said, "It was just embarrassing."
Time to start calling this what it is: Rape. Pure and simple. There's no excuse for it.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)onethatcares
(16,206 posts)when one could flush a joint or something down the toilet during a traffic stop. It's gotta be done
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)warrant46
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