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Judge Rules for Pro-Life Girls Shackled, Strip Searched
LifeNews.com ^ | July 14, 2011 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 07/14/2011 3:53:36 PM PDT by julieee

Judge Rules for Pro-Life Girls Shackled, Strip Searched

Bel Air, MD -- A federal judge has ruled in favor of pro-life advocates, including college-aged girls, who were shacked and strip searched after peacefully protesting abortion in Maryland in 2008. The multi-faceted case has been ongoing for years and some of the defendants have settled.

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/07/14/judge-rules-for-pro-life-girls-shackled-strip-searched/

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: abortion; belair; maryland; moralabsolutes; prolife; protest
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1 posted on 07/14/2011 3:53:43 PM PDT by julieee
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More cops violating people’s rights...


2 posted on 07/14/2011 3:59:58 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour (If you want a Socialist, vote Democrat. If you want a Democrat, vote Republican.)
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To: julieee

and WHAT country was this in??


3 posted on 07/14/2011 4:00:10 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
“[A] reasonable police officer faced with the facts confronted by the Defendants would have known that, in ordering the demonstrators to leave Harford County, he would violate the Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights,” the court ruled. “Moreover, arresting the Plaintiffs for exercising those rights was a violation of the Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights. In engaging in this manifestly unlawful behavior, the individual officers could not have reasonably misapprehended the law, nor can it be said that they made a bad guess in a gray area.”

From the Federal Judges mouth...

4 posted on 07/14/2011 4:02:08 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour (If you want a Socialist, vote Democrat. If you want a Democrat, vote Republican.)
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To: bigbob
and WHAT country was this in??

The People's Republic of Maryland...

5 posted on 07/14/2011 4:04:08 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: bigbob

The United Police States of America


6 posted on 07/14/2011 4:04:26 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour (If you want a Socialist, vote Democrat. If you want a Democrat, vote Republican.)
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To: julieee
including college-aged girls, who were shacked

What kind of shack I wonder?

7 posted on 07/14/2011 4:08:16 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Where are the badge-lickers? I’m waiting to hear how dangerous the cops jobs are, even though they don’t make it into the top 10 most dangerous. These swine need to lose their jobs and every dime of their net worth. That will let the others know that it might not be a good idea to act like the Gestapo.


8 posted on 07/14/2011 4:10:59 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: julieee
The jackboots are certainly brave with the girls.

Hopefully, the gals will bankrupt the city.

9 posted on 07/14/2011 4:14:10 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
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To: little jeremiah

This is as much a “Cops Gone Wild” episode as a pro-life topic. Would it qualify as a Pro-Life thread, a Moral Absolutes thread, or something else?


10 posted on 07/14/2011 4:18:12 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Illegal aliens collect welfare checks that Americans won't collect)
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To: Navy Patriot

These thugcops violated the women’s civil rights under color of law. Because of the strip searches (ie, sexual abuse) they should go to jail for LIFE. That’s the law. See 18 USC 242.

Of course, conservative women have no rights under Holder’s Do(in)J, so nothing will happen.

Yup, rule of man, not rule of law...


11 posted on 07/14/2011 4:25:39 PM PDT by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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To: achilles2000

“These swine need to lose their jobs and every dime of their net worth.”

Actually, not good enough... They need to be looking over their shoulder for the rest of their short life. What father would put up with that?


12 posted on 07/14/2011 4:27:29 PM PDT by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: piytar

The Pittsburgh Nightmare

http://www.glassgrapes.com/nightmare.html


13 posted on 07/14/2011 4:28:48 PM PDT by hout8475
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To: achilles2000

Oh, they’ll be here soon enough. Every time I see a post about something that makes me think “even the badge lickers will see the thugcops did wrong here,” they show up to back the thugcops. Just give it a few minutes.

PS Not all police are thugcops. Some are righteous officers. These here? 100% thugcops.


14 posted on 07/14/2011 4:29:29 PM PDT by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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To: piytar
Yup, rule of man, not rule of law...

Yes, except that ya cannot classify Obama and Holder as Men.

15 posted on 07/14/2011 4:32:42 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
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To: julieee
There are some offenses that aren't worth waiting for the courts to decide the remedy.....
16 posted on 07/14/2011 4:34:37 PM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: hout8475

Heard about that, but never heard if anything happened to the thugcops.


17 posted on 07/14/2011 4:34:58 PM PDT by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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To: julieee

All involved should be demoted and heavily fined and some should undoubtedly be fired altogether.


18 posted on 07/14/2011 4:52:50 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: julieee
Final paragraph: A week after their release, the state dropped the charges ultimately filed against them: loitering, disorderly conduct, and failure to obey a lawful order. None of the participants were ever charged with any sort of permit violation.

Judge Bennett seems to be a reasonable person, unlike the storm troopers. If the Westboro freaks are allowed to stand on roadsides with their nasty First Amendment protected signs, then surely these pro-life demonstrators have the same protection.

19 posted on 07/14/2011 4:53:24 PM PDT by maica ( Multiculturalism is the smiley face of totalitarianism.)
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To: julieee

Thank God for the Alliance Defense Fund!


20 posted on 07/14/2011 4:54:33 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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