Baton Rouge cop Ken Camallo illegally strip search a Black man and his 16yo brother...not fired

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On Jan 1, 2020, Baton Rouge cop Ken Camallo was 1 of 4+ officers to illegally strip search a Black man and his 16yo brother in broad daylight

He’s serving 3 suspensions but still had his job

This can’t be reformed

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Strip Search Offender Ken Camallo Serving Three Suspensions
Baton Rouge Police officer Ken Camallo is currently serving three suspensions at once for warrantless searches that took place in 2017, 2019, and 2020. The...
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9:00 AM · Jul 2, 2021

https://copblaster.com/blast/38554/strip-search-offender-ken-camallo-serving-three-suspensions

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The 2020 case involved illegally strip searching a black man and his 16 year old brother in public in broad daylight on New Years Day. You can see some of the body camera footage from that search in the video below. Then Sgt. Camallo was the supervising officer when he and at least three other BRPD officers including officer Troy Lawrence Jr. stopped 23 year old Clarence Green and his 16 year old brother. Camallo handcuffed Green and made him turn around with his underwear exposed. He then grabbed Green's underwear and pulled it down fully exposing his genitals. While his genitals were exposed Camallo can be seen reaching for them. The genitals are blacked out in the video, but Green family attorney Thomas Frampton described what took place as a groping. Camallo then did the same thing to Green's 16 year old brother. Later, Camallo searched Green's home without a warrant. Police reports were later altered to include a claim that Green's mother had consented to the search. A gun was discovered and Green spent five months in jail until a judge ordered his immediate release after determining that officers "demonstrated a serious and wanton disregard for [Green]'s constitutional rights."

The Green family filed a federal lawsuit against the city and recently agreed to a $35,000 settlement. The $35,000 settlement was paid out of the city's judgement fund meaning that the taxpayers paid the bill and Camallo paid nothing. He was demoted from sergeant to corporal, so in theory his lost wages may eventually exceed the settlement amount. However, that will not save the taxpayers anything because now someone else is being paid to perform the job of sergeant while the number of officers on the force remains the same. Camallo also received three unpaid suspensions of 60, 65, and 70 days, but is being allowed to serve all three concurrently even though they are due to three separate incidents. By contrast if he were convicted of three different crimes stemming from three separate criminal episodes the law would typically require that he receive consecutive sentences.

We have obtained a copy of Camallo's internal affairs history and are uploading it as a PDF with this article. His prior misconduct complaints include an expunged 2006 complaint involving an unknown issue, an un-sustained allegation for failing to carry out orders in 2007, a letter of caution for damaging department property in 2008, a letter of caution for damaging department equipment in 2009, a letter of caution for damaging department equipment in 2016, COO/Conduct/Truthfulness in 2019, COO/Conduct/Truthfulness in 2020, and COO/Conduct/Truthfulness in 2021.

According to public records, Kenneth Joseph Camallo is a 47 year old resident of Walker, Louisiana. He has no criminal history. He is a registered Republican.

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[Mary in S. Carolina]

1. Make a Criminal Complaint for Sexual Assault

Have him registered as a sex offender. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!

[uponit7771]

5. +1, make them call qualified immunity

[RockRaven]

2. That's not an "illegal strip search" it is a "sexual assault"

[tishaLA]

3. Only $35,000? Absurd.

Yeah it'd be terrible that taxpayers would have to pay more and we need to reform the system so it comes out of pension funds, but they deserve a lot more than that. A lot.

[Demovictory9]

4. Kick

[Bayard]

6. Video shows a black officer at the scene

Was he a-okay with this?