[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do?

[Mr. K]

I dont understand this... fault the police or the media who filmed him, and discipline them if they must... but the guy STILL HAD COCAINE IN HIS BUTT

[BenLurkin]

cocaine stuffed between his buttocks

LIke the butt map from "3 kings".

[WV Mountain Mama]

Cut the guy some slack, it's not like he was a cokehead. :)

[KidGlock]

found cocaine stuffed between his buttocks

[Leatherneck_MT]

"We will not sanction such conduct, which demeans the suspect and degrades the entire legal process."

I'm sorry, but the Judges in this country have already degraded the entire Legal Process. The Camera Crews are about 100 years too late.

[RebelBanker]

IMHO, the news crew was not unreasonable. According to my brother (a city police officer) the two common places for prople to carry 'rocks' of crack cocaine are in their mouths and between their butt cheeks. Grossed him out the first time he saw a dealer pull a rock out of his pants and the buyer stash it in his mouth.

[VRWCisme]

Has anyone researched this case more or heard more about it? I'm curious as to the legal grounds--the search (and a conviction resting on it) could be rendered illegal if the police didn't have probable cause or consent to search, but how would the presence of a camera affect that? I'm just wondering what this judge did to try to link this decision to some legal theory. As judges usually don't want to get reversed on appeal, it would be odd for this judge to not even attempt to couch this decision in terms of an illegal search.

[lightingguy]

I guess the judge meant he didn't want anyone ELSE to demean to legal system, just judges.

[devolve]

Say "cheese"!

The famous "Butt-Monkey" exception defense......


-- Laura Ingraham, ex-attorney-at-microphone

[KarlInOhio]

During a 2003 sting operation at a motel, officers strip searched Thompson and found cocaine stuffed between his buttocks.

Cocaine is bad. Crack cocaine is worse (and stinkier too).

[biblewonk]

They should have thrown it out.

[OXENinFLA]

I thought that's why they had that pixel technology so we don't see it when they play it on TV.

[N. Beaujon]

What kind of idiot would film this? It runs afoul (no pun intended) of every law enforcement and privacy principal on record. *ssh*le (again, no pun intended) TV producers compromise a perfectly legitimately bust (forgive the half-way pun.)

These TV producers are such morons. "If it's there, film it. If it's on film, run it." I hope the sensational value made the cost of their fines and attorney costs worth it.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Sounds like he needs some instruction in proper snorting technique. Sounds like he's doing it way too hard.