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Woman Who Called for Help Assaulted By Police; Police Suing TV Station that Exposed Them
The Cleveland Leader ^ | 2/19/09

Posted on 02/28/2009 6:34:06 AM PST by steve-b

Check out the video below, where WKYC investigative reporter Tom Meyer spoke with Greg Steffey, whose wife, Hope Steffey called 911 after she was assaulted by her cousin. Things took a turn for the worst when the police arrived and treated Hope as the perpetrator. She was arrested, taken to jail, and subjected to a humiliating full-body strip search by both male and female officers, violating the sheriff department's own policy that a strip search be conducted by an officer of the same sex. Hope was then left naked in a cell for six hours. Included in the news segment was video footage of the strip search....

(Excerpt) Read more at clevelandleader.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: assault; cleveland; donutwatch; emergency911; femalecops; leo
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1 posted on 02/28/2009 6:34:06 AM PST by steve-b
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To: steve-b

Dadgum


2 posted on 02/28/2009 6:38:37 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: steve-b

If it pans out as true, the entire department should be fired.


3 posted on 02/28/2009 6:42:25 AM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: steve-b

I’d like to know where the rest of that footage is and WHY were so MANY officers, video camera in hand, walking her to a cell? Something stinks and I hope that the truth comes out.


4 posted on 02/28/2009 6:44:46 AM PST by Kimberly GG (Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda been HUNTER.)
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To: xcamel
1950;Officer Friendly

2009 Government Goon

5 posted on 02/28/2009 6:45:55 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: steve-b

I hope there’s more to the story. From what what we see so far this lady will win the lawsuit and some deputies and possibly the Sherrif should lose their jobs. Disturbing video.


6 posted on 02/28/2009 6:46:23 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: Liberty Valance

I hope that this woman and her husband don’t have to work another day in their lives. Dear God in heaven, what the heck is happening to our country that people like this get to wear a badge?


7 posted on 02/28/2009 6:48:51 AM PST by SaintDismas
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To: steve-b

This has got to be the most horrendous case of jack-booted thuggery I have ever witnessed. If that deputy was “confused” as to who was the perp, then maybe he should try another line of work!

Hoping,however, for our state AG to do something about this, is too much to ask. Strickland and his cronies are a bunch of ostriches.


8 posted on 02/28/2009 6:49:58 AM PST by GWMcClintock ("When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Ps. 11:3)
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To: Las Vegas Dave; TonyRo76

Ohio ping!


9 posted on 02/28/2009 6:51:30 AM PST by GWMcClintock ("When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Ps. 11:3)
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To: steve-b

Little men doing what little men do. Disgusting for real officers.


10 posted on 02/28/2009 6:53:30 AM PST by mefistofelerevised
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To: Liberty Valance

If this as it appears, they should loose more than their jobs. They should loose their freedom. In a place where they can have all the groping and sex they want, and then some.


11 posted on 02/28/2009 6:54:30 AM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: mefistofelerevised

Female officers not only participated, but actually filmed this atrocity.

These women should be lookinbg for new jobs as Security at a Dyke bar.


12 posted on 02/28/2009 6:54:52 AM PST by Venturer
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To: steve-b
The sheriff's office also contents that Meyer ignored "all the facts that interfere with his sensationalized story and one-sided story." In particular, they point out that he failed to mention that Steffey had been arrested because she was intoxicated and later convicted for misdemeanor resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Its a crime to be intoxicated in your own home? Resisting arrest and disorderly conduct? A lot of women tend to resist and act disorderly when held down and stripped by a group of men, are they also being charged?

And taking away clothing doesn't prevent suicide. Someone watching the individual prevents suicide. Certainly conducting what would be considered a sexual assault and leaving a woman naked in a cell for six hours might make a woman suicidal.

13 posted on 02/28/2009 6:56:14 AM PST by SampleMan (Socialism and Liberty are mutually exclusive.)
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Time for the locals there to arm up and defend themselves.

...From the cops!

Of course, I'm sure we are about to be treated to several really good "explanations" about why this was necessary./s

14 posted on 02/28/2009 6:56:17 AM PST by PalmettoMason ("an empty limousine pulled up in front of the White House, and Barack Obama got out")
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To: xcamel
If it pans out as true, the entire department should be fired.

They better not call me to be on the jury when these officers go on trial for rape!!!!!!!

15 posted on 02/28/2009 7:00:06 AM PST by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: steve-b

The problem with this whole circus is that the taxpayers will pay for this and none of these officers will lose their homes.


16 posted on 02/28/2009 7:02:53 AM PST by Bon mots
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Sorry, if that ever happened to my wife, I’d have to hunt down and execute every last one of the LEOs involved.


17 posted on 02/28/2009 7:04:37 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: GWMcClintock; ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; Bikers4Bush; ...

Ohio Ping!

To be added to the Ohio Ping List, please freepmail (works best)
both TonyRo76 and LasVegasDave.

18 posted on 02/28/2009 7:04:45 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (Illegitimi non carborundum - "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
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To: steve-b

Sexual assault under color of authority — among other charges. They should be behind bars, every one of them.


19 posted on 02/28/2009 7:05:02 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (American Revolution II -- overdue.)
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To: steve-b

Damn... just damn...


20 posted on 02/28/2009 7:07:30 AM PST by Roger_Wildcat
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