Women Win Lawsuit After Being Violated During Roadside Search

[vvvvvvv]

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/women-win-lawsuit-after-being-violated-during-roadside-search

The two women are Angela and Ashley Dobbs. They were pulled over for throwing cigarette butts out of their car window during a trip to Oklahoma last year. [Texas] State Trooper David Farrell claimed he smelled marijuana in the car and decided to do a search. He found nothing.

Despite finding nothing, Farrell decided the women needed to be searched as well, and he called female Trooper Kelly Helleson to do the search. Here is where the problems began.


Rather than sticking to a standard pat down search, Helleson searched, quite literally, every cavity of the women’s bodies. She put on a pair of latex gloves and used her fingers to search the anuses and vaginas of both women. Helleson even used the same pair of gloves for both women.


Helleson’s searches turned up nothing, but the women were not about to forget what was done to them. They contacted attorney Scott Palmer and filed a lawsuit. The women won their lawsuit and were awarded $185,000.

 

[LightningCrash]

In before the timely and courteous discussion centered around these events.

 

[ignerntbend]

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/women-win-lawsuit-after-being-violated-during-roadside-search

Oh Lord, I'm glad that the NWO allows us to second guess the police. If the information in the op is true: Jesus Christ almighty.String those cops up by the nuts.

I'll probably get banned for this, but you don't just get to probe anyone's anus willy nilly.

 

[4play]

What would have happended to the girls if they refused the searches? It might be over for the two victims, but it sounds like there is more to come for the perps.

Helleson was fired and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of official oppression. If she is convicted of the charges, she will need to register as a sex offender. Farrell is not off the hook either. He is currently suspended while investigators determine if he stole a bottle of hydrocodone from the women during the search.

 

[ignerntbend]

Of course, this isn't typical, it's just something we're gonna have to forget.

 

[trickydick]

Pictures, or it didn't happen.

 

[ignerntbend]

Yeah, Jeez. It really isn't that funny. It's just a thing on the internet, but if it's true, it isn't that funny.
Jesus.

 

[vvvvvvv]

What would have happended to the girls if they refused the searches?

Merely claiming to smell marijuana is pretty much enough to establish "probable cause".

Of course, most people can't smell it as well as they claim. And even if they bring in a dog, the dogs are subject to Clever Hans effect. (In fact, there is a ton of field documentation of high false positive rates...)

 

[tntrex]

 

[Westsidebob]

Tar and feather.



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