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A passing cop pulled a u-turn, flashed the lights, and rolled up behind her. Tarantino claims that the cop immediately drew his weapon, pulled her from the car, and refused to explain why he pulled her over. Tarantino's two young children watched all of this unfold from inside her car.
The cop then placed Tarantino in the back of the squad car, where she allegedly sat for two hours. When backup arrived, Tarantino was strip searched on the side of the road, where passing motorists could see everything.
Then, in a gruesome twist, a female officer "forcibly removed" a tampon from Tarantino. Presumably, the cops were looking for drugs, but the lawsuit notes that a drug-sniffing dog was never called in, and cops never found any contraband or anything illegal.
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/08/cops_strip_search_mom_pull_tam.php
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)I hate cops more than most, but I'm not a fan of dishonesty either.
This (the story) is entirely someone's story... claims in a lawsuit.
Why present this sort of nonsense as if it was actual news?
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)See also #6, below.
What specifically did you read?
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)just a hunch?
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)The judges of the Federal District Courts can and do impose sanctions upon attorneys who file complaints without a factual and legal basis for doing so.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in contrast to the rules of pleading in some State jurisdictions, require the complaint to describe the wrongful action with sufficient specificity to put the defendant or defendants on notice.
This case was not filed in a State court. Nor is the complaint lacking in specificity.
In contrast to what you presume and say, the complaint was filed in a Federal District Court. The attorneys who filed the comlaint are representing to the Federal District Court that they investigated the factual basis for the complaint before filing it with the court.
The details can be found here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/102469000/Tarantino-Tampon-Lawsuit
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Florida strikes again.
theinquisitivechad
(322 posts)It's usually always either one or the other.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)to a state where people are let free for murdering a child (Anthony) and the stand your ground where it is a field day on people. Hell I'll never set foot in FL.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Pigs, at least, have a use.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)I bet it "malfunctioned" during this episode.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)How do we know that the cops said that?
How do we know that the cops didn't give some BS justification for their actions?
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trumad
(41,692 posts)I had one in there for 2 weeks without knowing.
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trumad
(41,692 posts)Supposed to change them every two weeks---
Why? I go 2 months.
same with a tampon.
I'm starting to wonder about you
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)It can lead to a potentially deadly condition.