Texas Police Vaginally Search Woman at Gas Station During Traffic Stop - Polidicks

[URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-strip-search-public_55c8f940e4b0923c12bdb903[/URL] [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/11/texas-woman-accuses-police-sexual-assault-body-cavity-strip-search[/URL] [QUOTE][B]The Huffington Post [/B]A Texas women says police held her down in a gas station parking lot, pulled off her pants and subjected her to an illegal and humiliating body cavity search in plain view of passing pedestrians and motorists. Charnesia Corley, 21, said she was running an errand for her sick mother when a male Harris County sheriff's deputy pulled her over near a Texaco station on June 21 and accused her of running a stop sign. The deputy said he smelled marijuana coming from the car, which in Texas is probable cause to search a vehicle. After a fruitless look inside the car, the lawman summoned a female deputy and events spiraled out of control, Corley said. ... Her attorney, [URL="http://www.yourhoustoncriminallawyers.com/"]Samuel Cammack III[/URL], told HuffPost the two deputies asked Corley to remove her pants in full view of passersby. "She said, 'No, I don't have any panties on,' so the officer told her to bend over and she pulled her pants down for her and went to stick her hand inside of Ms. Corely," Cammack said. [B]Corley resisted and the deputies forced her face-first to the ground, Cammack said. The female deputy then climbed onto Corley's back and pinned her, while the officers awaited the arrival of a second female deputy, according to the lawyer. After the second female deputy arrived, the two women officers held Corley down and forcibly spread her legs, Cammack said.[/B] [B]"One held one leg and the other held the other leg and they stuck their fingers up inside of her," said Cammack. "This was in a Texaco parking lot, where people were walking by and cars were driving by. This was a very busy area."[/B] Corely was charged with resisting arrest and possession of marijuana, both misdemeanors. [B]Investigators reportedly said they found 0.02 ounces of marijuana on her.[/B] ... In an [URL="http://abc13.com/news/woman-accuses-officer-of-going-too-far-during-traffic-stop/905180/"]interview with KTRK News[/URL], sheriff's spokesman [B]Thomas Gilleland said no marijuana was located during the search of Corley's vehicle.[/B] Cammack said that he has a copy of the report and that Gilleland "completely lied" about the consent. "In the offense report, they put she tried not to let them do it," Cammack said. "That's why they filed the resisting charge. [B]There's nothing in the offense report to suggest she consented.[/B]"[/QUOTE] The amount of marijuana that the station claims to have found weighs a bit more than 2% the weight of a penny.

What ever happened to that amendment saying no unreasonable search and seizure?

All over half a gram. American cops for you.

Thanks to our draconian drug laws you basically forfeit all rights and dignity if you're suspected of having narcotics.

[QUOTE=Riodoku;48446206][URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-strip-search-public_55c8f940e4b0923c12bdb903[/URL] [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/11/texas-woman-accuses-police-sexual-assault-body-cavity-strip-search[/URL] The amount of marijuana that the station claims to have found weighs a bit more than 2% the weight of a penny.[/QUOTE] Correction, 20% the weight of a penny. Still outrageous. That's like a nail clipping's worth. Hell, the cops could have pulled it out of their own pockets and claimed it was hers or something, if they're so obsessed about charging someone for marijuana that they'll rape a woman in public. Perfect storm of police racism and obsession over drugs.

prohibition is dangerous

Yes, because this is all cops in all states. :rolleyes: Texas is a zero tolerance state, that's why bullshit like this happens, because it's treated just like Cocaine and Heroin. In California, this would be a $100 ticket for simple possession, but that's also assuming the officer wants to actually do the paper work for .02 of a gram of weed, they'd most likely just have you empty it on the ground and smash it with your heel. Texas also doesn't allow in any way, shape, or form the right to resist unlawful arrest like California law does, so even though she's in the right to resist, it's illegal because of Texas law.

How is .02 grams of weed considered an illegal amount, shit anyone cleaning cars for a living would have more than that in their hair

I wonder what they thought justified this. Surely a thought ran through at least one of their heads saying [I]"This is probably wrong."[/I] What are the laws for a cavity search, anyway? Are you allowed to do them in public like that if you have reasonable suspicion? I'd imagine the [I]least[/I] you could do is bring them to a restroom or something.

They were right though. That's the part I find most interesting about this.

[QUOTE=Last or First;48446606]Correction, 20% the weight of a penny. Still outrageous. That's like a nail clipping's worth. Hell, the cops could have pulled it out of their own pockets and claimed it was hers or something, if they're so obsessed about charging someone for marijuana that they'll rape a woman in public. Perfect storm of police racism and obsession over drugs.[/QUOTE] Ah, my Google source put the weight of a penny at .88 grams. Looks like it's closer to .088. My bad! [QUOTE=Perfumly;48446692]They were right though. That's the part I find most interesting about this.[/QUOTE] She likely had been smoking, and they probably saw her try to hide it that way. But that doesn't excuse what they did. They should have taken her to a sterile environment (a hospital) and had someone medically qualified conduct the search. [editline]12th August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=OvB;48446682]I wonder what they thought justified this. Surely a thought ran through at least one of their heads saying [I]"This is probably wrong."[/I] What are the laws for a cavity search, anyway? Are you allowed to do them in public like that if you have reasonable suspicion? I'd imagine the [I]least[/I] you could do is bring them to a restroom or something.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/troopers-texas-probe-genitals-women-traffic-stops-article-1.1414668"]It's happened before in Texas[/URL], and the source mentions that searches of that manner can't be conducted outside of a sterile environment.

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;48446628]Yes, because this is all cops in all states. :rolleyes: Texas is a zero tolerance state, that's why bullshit like this happens, because it's treated just like Cocaine and Heroin. In California, this would be a $100 ticket for simple possession, but that's also assuming the officer wants to actually do the paper work for .02 of a gram of weed, they'd most likely just have you empty it on the ground and smash it with your heel. Texas also doesn't allow in any way, shape, or form the right to resist unlawful arrest like California law does, so even though she's in the right to resist, it's illegal because of Texas law.[/QUOTE] Texas isn't zero tolerance. It allows police discretion, as does every other state. I've personally been pulled over with friends while hotboxing a vehicle at night and the officer let us go without even mentioning the very blatant smell. At any point during this fuckup, the police could have said "maybe this isn't worth it," and warned her instead. A person I know once swallowed a lit blunt, at which point the cops couldn't find any weed at all in the vehicle. They didn't give him a fucking roadside cavity search - they just pinned him for public intoxication and arrested him anyways, but he never got a possession charge or anything else. These types of searches should be inherently illegal - they're clear violations of fourth-amendment rights.

[QUOTE=.Isak.;48446948]Texas isn't zero tolerance. It allows police discretion, as does every other state. I've personally been pulled over with friends while hotboxing a vehicle at night and the officer let us go without even mentioning the very blatant smell.[/QUOTE] Yeah bullshit. [url]http://norml.org/laws/item/texas-penalties-2[/url] [quote=NORML][B]2 oz or less Misdemeanor 180 days $ 2,000[/B] 2 - 4 oz Misdemeanor 1 year $ 4,000 4 oz to 5 lbs Felony 180 days* - 2 years $ 10,000 5 - 50 lbs Felony 2* - 10 years $ 10,000 50 - 2000 lbs Felony 2* - 20 years $ 10,000 More than 2000 lbs Felony 5* - 99 years $ 50,000 * Mandatory minimum sentence[/quote] Just because you've had favorable experiences doesn't mean this shit isn't on the books and enforced elsewhere in your state. This IS zero tolerance.

I smell a lawsuit on the way.

But if she had nothing to hide, she had nothing to fear, right?

[QUOTE=Tone Float;48447690]But if she had nothing to hide, she had nothing to fear, right?[/QUOTE] Apart from, you know, someone forcibly parting her legs and searching her vagina in a very public place, yeah I totally agree.

[QUOTE=James xX;48447814]Apart from, you know, someone forcibly parting her legs and searching her vagina in a very public place, yeah I totally agree.[/QUOTE] I ought to have stuttered more, that would have conveyed the sarcasm better

[QUOTE=OvB;48446682]I wonder what they thought justified this. Surely a thought ran through at least one of their heads saying [I]"This is probably wrong."[/I] What are the laws for a cavity search, anyway? Are you allowed to do them in public like that if you have reasonable suspicion? I'd imagine the [I]least[/I] you could do is bring them to a restroom or something.[/QUOTE] if they have a warrant for this then yeah its justified, however similar incidences like this have happened here in texas and the state trooper got fired for it. So we will have to wait and see

[QUOTE=confinedUser;48448143]if they have a warrant for this then yeah its justified, however similar incidences like this have happened here in texas and the state trooper got fired for it. So we will have to wait and see[/QUOTE] Warrants just mean the police had to check with a judge before doing the thing, which adds a layer of accountability, difficulty, and responsibility. Doesnt really automatically mean it's justififed, just makes it more likely.

This is basically rape.

This is absolutely disgusting. This is physical harassment and he had nothing beyond his own [I]suspicion[/I] as reason to have her searched, and all over .02 ounces? At the very least, she should have been taken to a safer, cleaner, and much more private environment for this. As a citizen I feel that I feel much safer with someone walking around with .02 ounces of marijuana on them than knowing that police officers have the ability to do something as violating and practically reason-less as this. [editline]13th August 2015[/editline] I've seen this all over the internet and it makes me sick to see. I feel so much sympathy for this woman.

All over weed, which doesn't hurt anyone? What the fuck.

[QUOTE=Mattk50;48448702]Warrants just mean the police had to check with a judge before doing the thing, which adds a layer of accountability, difficulty, and responsibility. Doesnt really automatically mean it's justififed, just makes it more likely.[/QUOTE] if they had a warrant, it wouldn't be in the open. Also i know for a fact they didn't because the article states they smelt marijuana. However how you would smell marijuana through pussy is beyond me.

[QUOTE=Conscript;48446336]All over half a gram. American cops for you.[/QUOTE] More like Texas laws. Texas has a zero tolerance policy towards drugs, even Marijuana, and it doesn't matter how small the amount is

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;48447198]Yeah bullshit. [url]http://norml.org/laws/item/texas-penalties-2[/url] Just because you've had favorable experiences doesn't mean this shit isn't on the books and enforced elsewhere in your state. This IS zero tolerance.[/QUOTE] The laws are zero-tolerance, but police have discretion in arresting people. That's how you get warnings when you were going 10 over while driving - technically you broke the law, but they know it's not always worth ticketing people over it. Cops don't have to ticket or arrest people for every law they've broken. They have a choice. Obviously if it's a domestic abuse case or something they're going to get arrested almost every time, as with most violent crimes. But if you run a stoplight in the middle of the night and a cop pulls you over and warns you instead of ticketing you, or if you're smoking some weed in a park and a cop tells you to put it out and lets you go, it's not "zero tolerance" policing. Discretion ensures that there's enough wiggle room for cops to make decisions about what's worth an arrest. At any point in this shit, the cops could have just gone "huh, looks like she doesn't have any weed, guess we're done here" and left. Instead they scraped her car floor for literal crumbs and then physically searched her without her consent in what could very easily be considered rape.

The cops are going to loose the lawsuit and pay out tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayers money to the victim.