Man Anally Searched 8 Times By Police After Minor Traffic Violation

[RRKore]

Credit to avxo for posting this to the "Police State - Official Thread".  I thought it needed a thread of its own.

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3209305.shtml?cat=12387#.UnkqVVPCnKe

 The incident began January 2, 2013 after David Eckert finished shopping at the Wal-Mart in Deming.  According to a federal lawsuit, Eckert didn't make a complete stop at a stop sign coming out of the parking lot and was immediately stopped by law enforcement.     

Eckert's attorney, Shannon Kennedy, said in an interview with KOB that after law enforcement asked him to step out of the vehicle, he appeared to be clenching his buttocks.  Law enforcement thought that was probable cause to suspect that Eckert was hiding narcotics in his anal cavity.  While officers detained Eckert, they secured a search warrant from a judge that allowed for an anal cavity search. 

The lawsuit claims that Deming Police tried taking Eckert to an emergency room in Deming, but a doctor there refused to perform the anal cavity search citing it was "unethical."

But physicians at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City agreed to perform the procedure and a few hours later, Eckert was admitted.

What Happened

While there, Eckert was subjected to repeated and humiliating forced medical procedures.  A review of Eckert's medical records, which he released to KOB, and details in the lawsuit show the following happened:

1. Eckert's abdominal area was x-rayed; no narcotics were found. 

2. Doctors then performed an exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.

3. Doctors performed a second exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found. 

4. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema.  Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.  Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool.  No narcotics were found.

5. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a second time.  Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.  Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool.  No narcotics were found.

6. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a third time.  Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.  Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool.  No narcotics were found.

7. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again; no narcotics were found. 

8. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines.  No narcotics were found. 

Throughout this ordeal, Eckert protested and never gave doctors at the Gila Regional Medical Center consent to perform any of these medical procedures. 

"If the officers in Hidalgo County and the City of Deming are seeking warrants for anal cavity searches based on how they're standing and the warrant allows doctors at the Gila Hospital of Horrors to go in and do enemas and colonoscopies without consent, then anyone can be seized and that's why the public needs to know about this," Kennedy said. 

More at link.

A pdf copy of the lawsuit can be seen at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/181730326/Traffic-Complaint-pdf

According to the lawsuit, Eckert inspired the ire of the local cops at a traffic stop about 4 months earlier when he was rude to them.  At the time, they seized his car but had to return it the next day when no drugs were found.
Also, the hospital is now trying to bill Eckert for the medical procedures which he was unwillingly subjected to and has even threatened to send him to collections if he doesn't pay.

[240 is Back]

9. He shall penetrate their asses for millions of dollars $ in court.



Seriously, "he appeared to be clenching his buttocks"... Listen, most of us have the feeling when we get stopped.  "Ah, crap, I rolled thru that stop sign, didn't i?"  You're mad at yourself, you feel stupid, you're now late and might get a ticket.  If you had to crap a little before those sirens came on, you have to go a lot suddenly.

[24KT]

9. He shall penetrate their asses for millions of dollars $ in court.



Seriously, "he appeared to be clenching his buttocks"... Listen, most of us have the feeling when we get stopped.  "Ah, crap, I rolled thru that stop sign, didn't i?"  You're mad at yourself, you feel stupid, you're now late and might get a ticket.  If you had to crap a little before those sirens came on, you have to go a lot suddenly.

We can only hope.
That is simply OUTRAGEOUS!

[Wolfox]

Man, this is unbelievable. It's unbelievable that cops are given this kind of power.

[Skeletor]

Those who participated in this (aside from the doctors who refused) should hopefully receive a long prison sentence and also be subjected daily to the exact same treatment the man received.
The sad thing is that for any just claims the man might have, the tax payers will foot the bill instead of confiscating everything those cops, judges and doctors (those who collaborated) have.

[Kim Jong Bob]

So fucking sick. And the hospital is sending a bill to him wtf sre they thinking. He was forced there and was innocent

[Soul Crusher]

Hence why i detest 99 percent of cops

[The Showstoppa]

Hence why i detest 99 percent of cops

Yes, because 99% of cops on the street behave like this. 

[LurkerNoMore]

Damn, they must have thought he was Jenna Jameson or whatever that porn slut's name is.

[Archer77]

Tbombz is thinking,  Road trip!

[RRKore]

Tbombz is thinking,  Road trip!

Holy shit!  LOL!!

[Agnostic007]

I can only hope every officer from the ones involved in the stop to the approving supervisors are fired and spend their savings on defending themselves in court, only to lose

[JOHN MATRIX]

Disgusting and ridiculous

[Archer77]

Are any of us really all that surprised.  Cops are human and as history attests; human beings are capable of doing horrendous things to one another. 

[Agnostic007]

Are any of us really all that surprised.  Cops are human and as history attests; human beings are capable of doing horrendous things to one another. 

Yeah, this one surprises me.. Early on someone should have pulled the officers aside and said enough is enough. That it was allowed to continue to that extent surprises me somewhat. A supervisor somewhere should have had a light bulb come on sometime about the 17th probing of this guy   

[Dos Equis]

Holy smokes.  They need to put those under the jail. 

[headhuntersix]

Its gotten out of hand...this is what happened..ANOTHER TIP OF THE CAP TO HUGO...when we allowed things like the Patriot Act to go forward. The velcro warrior mindset exists in some departments. All they want to do is gear up in body armor and MP 5's , throw flashbangs and smoke somebody...anybody. Hell half the time these people are smoking people's dogs for no reason. Then when u can't get enough..u do shit like this...basically shitting on both the US Constitution, state constitution and every law in this country dealing with this kind of thing.

[24KT]

Its gotten out of hand...this is what happened..ANOTHER TIP OF THE CAP TO HUGO...when we allowed things like the Patriot Act to go forward. The velcro warrior mindset exists in some departments. All they want to do is gear up in body armor and MP 5's , throw flashbangs and smoke somebody...anybody. Hell half the time these people are smoking people's dogs for no reason. Then when u can't get enough..u do shit like this...basically shitting on both the US Constitution, state constitution and every law in this country dealing with this kind of thing.

ahem. Kudos to Hugo indeed, ...but he wasn't the only one who forewarned about the nasty implications of The Patriot Act, or who pointed out your Constitution & Bill of Rights was being shredded.

[240 is Back]

What does one find on the 8th anal search which goes undiscovered the first 7 times? 

[avxo]

Yeah, this one surprises me.. Early on someone should have pulled the officers aside and said enough is enough. That it was allowed to continue to that extent surprises me somewhat. A supervisor somewhere should have had a light bulb come on sometime about the 17th probing of this guy   

This case is just a complete clusterfuck... Issuing a warrant based on how one is standing? Having the warrant executed after it expires and in county where it's not valid? Forcing someone to get enemas? Then forcing him to undergo sedation and what is, in essence, exploratory surgery?

I don't think "surprised" cuts it, for me. It's just... fucking unreal. There are just no words for this.

[24KT]

This case is just a complete clusterfuck... Issuing a warrant based on how one is standing? Having the warrant executed after it expires and in county where it's not valid? Forcing someone to get enemas? Then forcing him to undergo sedation and what is, in essence, exploratory surgery?

I don't think "surprised" cuts it, for me. It's just... fucking unreal. There are just no words for this.

ONLY IN AMERICA!!!

[avxo]

ONLY IN AMERICA!!!

Why don't you go back to peddling fool's gold and leave the serious discussion to the adults?

[whork]

Credit to avxo for posting this to the "Police State - Official Thread".  I thought it needed a thread of its own.

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3209305.shtml?cat=12387#.UnkqVVPCnKe

 The incident began January 2, 2013 after David Eckert finished shopping at the Wal-Mart in Deming.  According to a federal lawsuit, Eckert didn't make a complete stop at a stop sign coming out of the parking lot and was immediately stopped by law enforcement.     

Eckert's attorney, Shannon Kennedy, said in an interview with KOB that after law enforcement asked him to step out of the vehicle, he appeared to be clenching his buttocks.  Law enforcement thought that was probable cause to suspect that Eckert was hiding narcotics in his anal cavity.  While officers detained Eckert, they secured a search warrant from a judge that allowed for an anal cavity search. 

The lawsuit claims that Deming Police tried taking Eckert to an emergency room in Deming, but a doctor there refused to perform the anal cavity search citing it was "unethical."

But physicians at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City agreed to perform the procedure and a few hours later, Eckert was admitted.

What Happened

While there, Eckert was subjected to repeated and humiliating forced medical procedures.  A review of Eckert's medical records, which he released to KOB, and details in the lawsuit show the following happened:

1. Eckert's abdominal area was x-rayed; no narcotics were found. 

2. Doctors then performed an exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.

3. Doctors performed a second exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found. 

4. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema.  Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.  Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool.  No narcotics were found.

5. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a second time.  Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.  Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool.  No narcotics were found.

6. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a third time.  Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.  Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool.  No narcotics were found.

7. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again; no narcotics were found. 

8. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines.  No narcotics were found. 

Throughout this ordeal, Eckert protested and never gave doctors at the Gila Regional Medical Center consent to perform any of these medical procedures. 

"If the officers in Hidalgo County and the City of Deming are seeking warrants for anal cavity searches based on how they're standing and the warrant allows doctors at the Gila Hospital of Horrors to go in and do enemas and colonoscopies without consent, then anyone can be seized and that's why the public needs to know about this," Kennedy said. 

More at link.

A pdf copy of the lawsuit can be seen at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/181730326/Traffic-Complaint-pdf

According to the lawsuit, Eckert inspired the ire of the local cops at a traffic stop about 4 months earlier when he was rude to them.  At the time, they seized his car but had to return it the next day when no drugs were found.
Also, the hospital is now trying to bill Eckert for the medical procedures which he was unwillingly subjected to and has even threatened to send him to collections if he doesn't pay.

 

[dario73]

Adding insult to injury:

It's unclear why the colonoscopy was necessary after enemas and x-rays did not reveal hidden drugs. Eckert was sent a $6,000 bill for the medical procedures he involuntarily underwent, his lawyer says.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/05/man-seeks-millions-after-nm-police-force-colonoscopy-in-drug-search

[Soul Crusher]

Adding insult to injury:

It's unclear why the colonoscopy was necessary after enemas and x-rays did not reveal hidden drugs. Eckert was sent a $6,000 bill for the medical procedures he involuntarily underwent, his lawyer says.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/05/man-seeks-millions-after-nm-police-force-colonoscopy-in-drug-search

They all need to go to jail.   Disgusting.