Try adding fiber to your diet?
Posted on 11/06/2013 5:03:10 PM PST by mandaladon
A man in New Mexico was pulled over by police for a minor traffic violation. When officers said a K-9 unit sniffed drugs on the driver’s seat, the officers forced the man to undergo invasive medical procedures, including an anal exam.
It may sound nearly identical to David Eckert’s nightmarish story as reported by TheBlaze Tuesday, but this is an entirely different incident.
It does, however, involve the same uncertified drug-sniffing dog in New Mexico. The dog’s name is Leo.
Police in Lordsburg, N.M., pulled over Timothy Young for allegedly turning without using his blinker, according to police reports. Though it is unclear why, the officers with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department suspected the driver of possessing drugs, KOB-TV reported.
The incident occurred Oct. 13, 2012, according to the timestamp on the police car’s dashcam video. Just like in Eckert’s case, Leo the K-9 alerted officers to possible drugs on Young’s seat, the report said.
Armed with what police said was probable cause and a search warrant, officers took Young to the Gila Medical Center in Silver City, N.M. The name of the hospital may sound familiar because it’s the exact same hospital Eckert was taken for the invasive hunt for drugs in his body that lasted more than 12 hours.
Young was then reportedly subjected to X-rays and an anal exam. They found no drugs.
Young, just like Eckert, says he did not consent to any of the procedures, which were performed in a county not covered by the search warrant obtained by police.
The similarities between the two cases go on and on. Now, KOB-TV is reporting that Leo the K-9 “seems to get it wrong pretty often.” As it turns out, the K-9 is not even currently certified in the state of New Mexico.
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LOL!! Ah, the old "rest of the story" ploy.
So what's stopping the police from telling the "rest of the story"?
Try adding fiber to your diet?
A lawsuit?
54 year old David W. Eckert’s arrest history below. I looked at a few of these, mostly drug possession:
M-24-FR-201200039 ECKERT DAVID 1959 Defendant 1 State of New Mexico v. David Eckert Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 05/29/2012
D-101-CV-200701920 ECKERT DAVID W Defendant 1 SUNTERRA VS ECKERT Sanchez, Daniel A. SANTA FE DISTRICT 08/06/2007
M-24-CV-200300044 ECKERT DAVID W Plaintiff 1 DAVID ECKERT V. J.SAENZ C.ODOM Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 07/09/2003
M-24-CV-200200031 ECKERT DAVID W Plaintiff 1 DAVID ECKERT V. PATRICIA ORTEG Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 06/17/2002
M-24-CV-9900083 ECKERT DAVID W Plaintiff 1 DAVID W. ECKERT V. BARBARA GOM Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 11/05/1999
D-307-CV-200301255 ECKERT DAVID W Defendant 1 GREEN SERVICING V ECKERT D Robles, Robert E. LAS CRUCES DISTRICT 09/30/2003
D-619-DM-200200052 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Petitioner 1 DAVID W ECKERT VS SUSIE ECKERT Jeffreys, Gary M. DEMING DISTRICT 02/28/2002
D-623-CR-200200011 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. D. ECKERT Jeffreys, Gary M. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 02/22/2002
D-623-CR-200500041 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. DAVID ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 04/21/2005
D-623-CR-200800034 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. DAVID ECKERT Viramontes, Daniel LORDSBURG DISTRICT 04/10/2008
D-623-CR-201200055 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. DAVID ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 08/29/2012
D-623-CV-200300046 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 GREEN TREE V. S. ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 11/03/2003
D-623-CV-200400015 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 GREEN TREE V. SUSIE ECKER Jeffreys, Gary M. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 05/07/2004
D-623-CV-200800018 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 SYSTEMS VS DAVID W ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 04/15/2008
D-623-DM-200600004 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Respondent 1 J. ECKERT V. D. ECKERT Quintero, Henry R. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 03/20/2006
I’ve had no problems from Lovington down to Monahans. Well wait a second... that’s a lie, my truck took a bullet to the doorpost... about 3” from my head. I miss Hobbs.
I can see why the cops recognized him. He appears to be a REAL SLOW learner. Innocent until proven guilty. I’d like to get a transcript of the trial if the case ever gets that far.
A union lawyer.
Well, even with that history, multiple forced enemas is over the top. On the other hand, this guy is an obvious scumbag and the police and doctors won’t talk with a pending lawsuit, so probably won’t know the whole story unless there is a trial.
No excuse. Do you believe that if the police had video that refuted Eckert's claims, that they would NOT have already released it?
... or leftover fries from McDonalds, since the dog is not actually trained to find drugs. IDIOTS! (Not the dog, the cops running the dog).
One would assume they did not videotape the enemas. If they did, these New Mexico cops are a kinky bunch of Nazis.
I doubt very much if Eckert ever intended this to reach an open trial. The cops may be scum, but the plaintiff’s record sure won’t endear him to law abiding jurors. His attorney has to be well aware of that. I’ll predict this is settled quickly out of court.
So if the police had video that refuted Eckert’s claim, do you think they would have already released it, yes or no?
Looking closer, a few of these are drug possession, the rest are civil suits - three of them filed by Eckert against various people. Could all be legitimate, but this guy is no stranger to lawsuits and civil courts.
Still not good, even those with a criminal history have rights, the Constitution certainly still applies. LEO may have been sure he had drugs, but messed up so badly if they had found drugs they still would not have been able to get a conviction.
Video of what? The arrest? I don’t know what that would show for either side. The dog sniffed his butt? They claimed he look nervous and was clinching his butt, but I doubt a grainy night-time video would shed any light on that.
I would want to know why they were following this guy to begin with, and what did the doctors actually do? Was he really forced to have public enemas with multiple people watching and making comments? If so, that is sick and they should all go to prison.
On the other hand, we have an obvious scumbag with a long history of drug possession and lawsuits. He makes some pretty wild claims. Then a second guy with some similar claims.
Who knows? I don’t.
If all his claims are true, I agree. But I wouldn’t automatically swallow everything a guy like this claims to be true.
For some reason the name, “The Blaze” always sounds like some homosexual pride website to me. I have to stop and say, “Oh yeah. That’s Glenn Beck’s deal.”
Agree or disagree?
LOL!
As pissed off as these threads make me, I needed that!
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