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Cops Subject Man To Rectal Searches, Enemas And A Colonoscopy In Futile Effort To Find Drugs
techdirt ^ | Wed, Nov 6th 2013 5:34am | Tim Cushing

Posted on 11/06/2013 11:30:33 PM PST by Kegger

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David Eckert, a resident of Deming, NM, was pulled over by police officers after failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. For whatever reason, the officers decided Eckert was hiding something, or perhaps they were unsatisfied that a routine stop hadn't blown up into something bigger. ...

1. Eckert's abdominal area was x-rayed; no narcotics were found.
2. Doctors then performed an exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.
3. Doctors performed a second exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.
4. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found.
5. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a second time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found.
6. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a third time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found.
7. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again; no narcotics were found.
8. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines. No narcotics were found.

At no time did Eckert give his consent to these searches. The police did obtain a warrant to rectally search Eckert but that warrant itself was problematic.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: newmexico; warondrugs; warriorcops; wod
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To: Anton.Rutter

So be sure of your rights and obligations. Your head appears to be in your colon.


61 posted on 11/07/2013 3:52:47 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: ican'tbelieveit
Exactly my point.

You fail to comprehend the difference between illegal and criminal. Are you a criminal supporter?

62 posted on 11/07/2013 3:54:56 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Alaska Wolf

Your words. You said that criminals should be removed from society. If the law says it is illegal to speed, speeding is a crime, simplest interpretation. And that can be the case for any infraction of code. If you violate code/law, you have committed a crime.

You are trying to get out of that by pulling up a legalistic definition of whether speeding is a crime, but even your definition states that the legal definition varies from region to region.

At what point would you determine that we give up our American rights because we have committed too many crimes, are a criminal, and should be removed from society. Once you define that, then I want to sit in judgment of you and reduce it by one for you.


63 posted on 11/07/2013 4:02:30 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit; wannabe

Especially criminals in uniform who kidnap and assrape innocent motorists?


64 posted on 11/07/2013 4:05:24 AM PST by Anton.Rutter
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To: Kegger

Traveling in Indianapolis on business and read a story about a cop that was convicted on 9 counts for an accident he had driving drunk on duty that resulted in death. He was convicted on all charges brought against him in a jury trial and is awaiting sentencing. While waiting trial, he was out on bond and had a second accident driving drunk and fortunately only killed a guard rail.

Here is what astounded me - the Police Chief cannot fire him! The officer is a convicted felon. Convicted of crimes “we the people” would rot in jail for and the Chief can’t fire him. Has to go before a “disciplinary board.” A reasonable person might expect LEO’s to be held to a higher standard of conduct, but sadly they are not.


65 posted on 11/07/2013 4:06:17 AM PST by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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To: LyinLibs

LOL If they examined Obama that way they would find Steny Hoyer.


66 posted on 11/07/2013 4:07:04 AM PST by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

You don’t comprehend the difference between illegal and criminal. Do the research and educate yourself. Criminals are the bane of society. Why are you defending criminals and criminal activity?

Do you equate littering with armed robbery? Speeding with rape? Failing to signal with assault?


67 posted on 11/07/2013 4:08:13 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Alaska Wolf

Crime is crime. You said criminals should be removed from society. Speeding, jaywalking, failure to use a turn signal are against the law, violating the law is a crime, therfore criminal activity. You said it.


68 posted on 11/07/2013 4:10:07 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit
“And, yes, the “war on drugs” has led to the militarization of our police”

The WOD is at the crux of this. I am sick of it. I do not use drugs. I do not approve of them. A lot of peoples lives are ruined by drugs. But it is now very apparent to me that the societal rot from drugs is not nearly as bad as that which has come from the fight against them. Let druggies kill them selves. I am sick of ruining my life trying to save them.

69 posted on 11/07/2013 4:10:50 AM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: beef

We have given up far too many of our liberties to secure ourselves from drug criminals. Far too many. And we have lost the community and respect of our law enforcement officials. We have gone too far astray from what makes American the shining city on the hill.


70 posted on 11/07/2013 4:13:57 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit
You don’t comprehend the difference between illegal and criminal. Do the research and educate yourself. Criminals are the bane of society. Why are you defending criminals and criminal activity?

Do you equate littering with armed robbery? Speeding with rape? Failing to signal with assault?

71 posted on 11/07/2013 4:21:24 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Alaska Wolf
Do you equate littering with armed robbery? Speeding with rape? Failing to signal with assault?

Apparently, you equate that a citizen`s rolling stop warrants forced entry into his anus.

72 posted on 11/07/2013 4:27:05 AM PST by Anton.Rutter
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To: Alaska Wolf

Crime is crime. You said criminals should be removed from society. Speeding, jaywalking, failure to use a turn signal are against the law, violating the law is a crime, therefore criminal activity. You said it.

I can keep copying and pasting back my responses to you. I am not intimidated by you. I used the definition for crime to support my position. What you posted supports my position. A crime is a crime, period. There can be different penalties for the severity of the crime.

And lets be honest, if they were really interested in keeping “drug criminals” off the streets, they would do it. The fact that this man is still on the streets proves that they aren’t really interested in stopping crime, they are interested in getting money and justifying and keeping their jobs.

Crime is crime.


73 posted on 11/07/2013 4:29:46 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Kegger

What? No tunnel boring machine?


74 posted on 11/07/2013 4:32:10 AM PST by HChampagne
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To: Alaska Wolf

“Read this again; Then why do so many here convict the cops on the word of a perp, his lawyer or the media? “

Because there are too many people like you who convict the civilian on the word of a cop, his lawyer or the media.


75 posted on 11/07/2013 4:33:03 AM PST by fruser1
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To: Anton.Rutter

Why not address the questions? Do you equate littering with armed robbery? Speeding with rape? Failing to signal with assault?


76 posted on 11/07/2013 4:36:29 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: fruser1
people like you who convict the civilian

Where have I convicted a civilian? Please be specific.

77 posted on 11/07/2013 4:38:42 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Alaska Wolf

It was the motorist who was assaulted and raped, which normal people understand.


78 posted on 11/07/2013 4:43:07 AM PST by Anton.Rutter
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To: Anton.Rutter

Why not address the questions? Do you equate littering with armed robbery? Speeding with rape? Failing to signal with assault?


79 posted on 11/07/2013 4:44:02 AM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: Alaska Wolf

“Where have I convicted a civilian? Please be specific. “

In your first post:

“So does the plaintiffs court records. “

Which implies the civilian is at fault because he had a prior record.


80 posted on 11/07/2013 5:11:22 AM PST by fruser1
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