Posted on 05/17/2006 7:59:09 AM PDT by Abathar
BALTIMORE -- Three strippers are suing the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Department for $5 million.
WBAL-TV in Baltimore reported that three male exotic dancers insist they were wrongly arrested and taken advantage of by officers.
The police stopped the three men on March 4 for a speeding violation. The men said the officers ordered them out of their sport utility vehicle, forced them to strip and confiscated $10,000 in cash that the dancers said they earned in tips.
The defense claims the officers required the men to strip and pose for full-body pictures. The officers charged the men with misdemeanor drug possession offenses. Baltimore prosecutors confirmed for WBAL-TV that judges later dropped those charges.
"I feel very violated. Not only did he make us take our clothes off, but before asking me to take my clothes off, he said, 'I'm not gay.' That's very uncomfortable," said Edward Cloyd, one of the three dancers.
Simms reported the officers stopped the SUV at Fort McHenry tunnel because the female driver was speeding. The men had just finished a job in Philadelphia and said they were en route to Washington, D.C., for another performance.
"The police officer used the power of the state to force my clients -- who didn’t have a choice -- to take their clothes off. That's not part of their regular policy and procedures, that's not how it's done," said Jimmy Bell, the dancers' attorney.
WBAL-TV learned that it appears an MdTA officer informed a prosecutor April 18 that almost $10,000 was seized from the group, but that fact does not appear in the statement of probable cause for the arrests.
"Anyone could make accusation in a lawsuit. We just heard about hits (Tuesday) ourselves, so our internal affairs unit will investigate this," MdTA police Cpl. Pamela Thorne said.
An MdTA representative told the 11 News I-Team that the department's research indicates $9,645 was put in the bank on March 15, which is 11 days after the traffic stop.
The representative also said no request has been made to get the money back.
He's just mad the cop stiffed him on a tip...
The defense claims the officers required the men to strip and pose for full-body pictures.
If this is true there are some people there that need to be fired.
Yeah, but where did the cops find all that money?
Deep cavity searches.
Was the cop a heavy-set man named Vito?
I agree completely, if it happened they should be thrown out the front doors by their collars and belts.
If may be better not to ask.
Looks like I wasted a lot of time getting degrees and all that silly stuff when I could have been making 3 gs a night as a stripper. Anybody believe this was money made from just "stripping"?
If these are Baltimore cops, I hate to say it, but I'm more inclined to believe these male strippers.
Looks like I wasted a lot of time getting degrees and all that silly stuff when I could have been making 3 gs a night as a stripper. Anybody believe this was money made from just "stripping"?
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I thought of becoming a male prostitute. Then I decided to open a whorehouse. Sad thing is I had to run it by hand because I couldn't find any women.
Here ya go, male bimbo ping!
Thank you!
'cept the correct term is 'Himbo' or 'Cabana Boy'.
Were they cute?
But that's what you get when you live in the Nanny State.
Oh, I believe it but the strippers don't make 3+ grand a night.
I can believe it. Gay men are incredibly good tippers - this from my experience as a waiter at a TGI Fridays - and from friends (straight and gay) of mine who've worked in gay establishments as waiters, bartenders and performers.
Did you eat up the profits?
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No, it was a non profit organization. They were donated to the Elton John Foundation.
Is that anything like tipping him on a stiff?
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Maryland cops are like Nazis from hell.
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That is just not true. There are probably quite a few bad eggs in the Baltimore ranks, though, considering they have that liar and gas-bag nO'Malley as mayor.
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