Posted on 11/05/2013 12:52:27 PM PST by servo1969
When New Mexico police stopped a local driver for committing a minor moving violation, they decided to check whether he was carrying drugs in his anus.
So they procured a warrant, drove him to two different hospitals, forced him to endure eight medical procedures — including an invasive colonoscopy — and stuck him with the bill.
No drugs were found.
According to medical records, police reports and a federal lawsuit obtained by KOB-TV, police held Eckert until they were able to procure a warrant from a judge to search the man’s anal cavity. They then drove him to a nearby hospital and instructed doctors to examine his anus.
Doctors at Members Memorial Hospital refused to cooperate, however, telling officers that the search would be unethical.
Deming Police then took Eckert to Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City. This time, Eckert wasn’t so lucky.
Medical officials stuck their fingers inside Eckert’s rectum, but found no drugs. An enema was next. When that didn’t produce the drugs, they gave Eckert two more. He was forced to defecate in front of the medical officials and police, but still, no drugs were found.
Eckert was then prepped for another operation. Doctors knocked him out and gave him a colonoscopy — an invasive medical procedure that involves sticking a tube up the patient’s rectum, anus, colon and intestine.
Before the ordeal was over, Eckert had suffered through eight medical procedures. He objected to each and every one.
Adding insult to injury, the hospital stuck Eckert with the bill, and has threatened to take him to court to pay it.
Adding further insult to injury, the warrant had expired by the time doctors performed the procedures, and the warrant only ever covered procedures in Luna County. Gila Regional is in Grant County.
Eckert has filed suit against the individual police officers who tormented him, the police department and the hospital.
“The thought that they could do this to a man in our country is terrifying,” said Shannon Kennedy, Eckert’s attorney, in a statement to KOB-TV. “This is something out of a science fiction film. Anal probing by government officials and public employees?”
The local news channel reached out to the Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante, who referred questions about the incident to an attorney. However, he did maintain that his officers always follow proper protocol.
The people who raped him will pay nothing and see not one second in jail.
DWH (Driving While Human).
Cops don't like that.
I don’t see a problem with this, the guy gets a free colonoscopy and he’s going to get paid for it too.......Beats any healthcare plan I’ve ever had.
And just how pray tell is a citizens medical record given out on an FOI by the media. There is a lawsuit right there, aside from the actual forced procedures.
Then you’d be evading arrest, and because it started as a traffic stop they have your name and address, and now they have probable cause to search your home, which of course will be a no knock raid kicking your door in, and they’re still gonna give you the colonoscopy only after they’ve tackled and probably peppersprayed you, assuming they don’t just shoot you during the raid.
How in the world does this happen...?
I would bet there is way more to this story than meets to eye...sounds like this guy was targeted by these JBT...for more than an anal probe...
If you’re going to embellish, make it good. You’re considered under arrest when they make eye contact with you. You just don’t know it.
“They arrested the two elderly and ill residents. When did this happen and what were the residents charged with?”
Wakulla County, Fl, 2010. They were (”boyfriend”/”girlfriend”)alcoholics in their late 50’s. According to the paper they were drunk in the afternoon. She called the deputies because he was beating her, apparently a common occurrence. Three deputies came and “put them to bed.” There were 48 10” pot plants visible from the back door where the deputies were. They came back at 2:00 am with the SWAT team. According to the neighbor who watched the whole thing, they smashed in the door and dragged them out in cuffs. She’d had multiple cancer operations and the man weighed in at 120 or so.
Why the heck didn’t the three deputies who spotted the plants arrest them then? My feeling is they wanted a chance to exercise their SWAT team, use their toys and get overtime pay.
The cops would laugh at the way the automatic doors kept bumping your bullet-riddled corpse in the hospital threshold.
This is the war on drugs.
Dead dogs and innocent grandmothers killed in botched SWAT raids.
Innocent citizens literally raped by the State.
Point granted.
Better get used to it.
This is the ObamaScare version of a low premium policy holder Finger Wave.
In fact they are going to call it ObarneyfwankCare.
Rubber glove sales should sky rocket.
Always be wary of the little ‘Japanese’ intern that gives the finger wave.
Yes, it is okay if you question
“How can he be doing THAT when he has a hand on each shoulder”.
I don’t know what you mean by “hone this guy” but there is absolutely no excuse for this. This is completely and inexcusably savage and unworthy of a free republic.
There ya have it.
Don't mouth off to agents of the government.
Bow down to the government ruling class or else.
The hospital is the most likely defendant to get stuck with the bill.
The cops have all sorts of bogus ways to deflect a liability lawsuit. However, the hospital had no legal authority to rape the victim since the warrant was not valid in the county where the hospital is located.
FROM ANOTHER ARTICLE
University of Oregon Pays Sexual Deviant $24,000 To Teach Students About Proper Fisting Techniques
Combine these two stories and you have a made for TV Movie.
The article didn’t mention the exrays, I see others have said it was in the local news (and frankly I can’t imagine they’d have done anything without first exraying the guy).
In any case, the hospital is hugely complicit in a major violation of the guy’s person and between them and the city and the county he should be a millionaire when this is over.
The cops themselves, though, deserve special attention. They should be fired and they should be in jail when all the dust settles.
What the cops did was far beyond reason and I don’t think they have that kind of power.
Some would call it torture. The Soviets would send them to mental hospitals for not thinking correctly. I have a hard time seeing ANY justification for doing this to ANYONE for ANY reason.
This article links to the more informative original article by the local television station.
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