New Mexico man sues police over forced enemas, colonoscopy

[Judi Lynn]

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November 5, 2013 17:44

New Mexico man sues police over forced enemas, colonoscopy

A New Mexico man is suing the city of Deming and several police officers for allegedly forcing him to undergo an anal cavity search, three enemas and a colonoscopy following a routine traffic stop.


A New Mexico man is suing the city of Deming and several police officers for allegedly forcing him to undergo an anal cavity search and other invasive procedures after a routine traffic stop.

Scrap metal tradesman David Eckert claims he was also forced to undergo three enemas and a colonoscopy after officers incorrectly assumed he was carrying drugs.

Eckert was pulled over by police in Deming on Jan. 2, 2013.

Because he appeared to be clenching his buttocks, officers believed Eckert was hiding drugs in his anal cavity, according to KOB-TV.


Read more: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/new-mexico-man-sues-colonoscopy-traffic-stop

[TwilightGardener]

1. Boy howdy, they were just CONVINCED there was something in his ass.

I hope they enjoyed sifting through his poop at the hospital. Jeezus Christ.

[sgtbenobo]

2. Have you ever met somebody.....

....who is totally sure you have something in your butt only because the have something in theirs?


Carry on

[Dawson Leery]

3. Deming needs Bill De Blasio as mayor.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. These people should be criminally prosecuted

- Aggravated sexual assault
- Rape
- Torture
- Abuse under color of authority

Against the police and doctors

Follow up with gross malpractice on the part of the doctors.

I can't wait to hear the excuses they offer.

[pnwmom]

6. At least one doctor refused to participate, so they switched hospitals. n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

9. Which would invalidate the warrant

The jurisdiction of the warrant was Hidalgo Co. When they removed him from the county, the warrant became invalid.

The FBI should be looking into this.

[pnwmom]

14. Good catch. And they conducted most of the search after the allowed time period.

And they didn't let him call an attorney when he asked for one, claiming that he wasn't under arrest -- though they forced the search on him, which isn't allowed unless a person is under arrest.

They are so screwed.

[pnwmom]

5. I wonder if a lawyer could have stopped this if one had been called.

This is just so totally wrong on so many levels. Good for the doctor who refused to participate -- but I wish someone in the hospital had called a lawyer.

[Conium]

7. The police should be in jail.

It is called rape by instrumentation. This is outrageous.

[nolabear]

8. Professionally, personally, collectively, individually, their relatives, their heirs, their dogs.

I'd sue the damned fillings out of their TEETH. And for good measure I'd use some of the money to put a hoodoo on them that would cause them to WISH something was up in their asses relieving the itch.

[longship]

10. Brilliant, a simply brilliant response.

[msanthrope]

11. This is a dupe thread of this--

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=640319

[Jim__]

12. Which is a greater threat to our society? A man hiding some drugs up his ass, or a police force ...

... that can do anal cavity searches, and force enemas and colonoscopies on us because they want to see what's up our ass?

And, yes, the question is rhetorical.

[christx30]

13. At least that community is safe

from rectal drugs. The Top Cops are on the case (of course, that makes the people of the community the Bottom).

[mike_c]

15. frankly, they went to so much trouble that I'm surprised...

...they didn't simply plant the drugs themselves. Must not have felt confident with the doctors as witnesses.

[dougg]

16. Just a continuation ?

of the GOP's transvaginal probe desires.

[1StrongBlackMan]

17. When I read this ...

my first thought was:

"The City of Deming and the officers are gonna be paying out the ass!"

But then, I thought that would be in poor taste.

[Incitatus]

18. The city, the doctors', the hospital.

I'm not a lawyer, but I think there's a number of well funded and insured entities to sue. The cops probably aren't worth much, they should at least lose their badges for this. I don't think any department would want to touch them after they cause a lawsuit/settlement for what this victim is going to get.

[1StrongBlackMan]

19. Probably not the Doctor or the hospital ...

because of the search warrant. But definitely the City and the cops.

[Incitatus]

20. The first docors refused.

Regardless of the warrant, the doctors couldn't be forced to do the invasive procedures without his consent. I'm hoping there's a law that allows them to be sued. They have good insurance and the victim deserves a big settlement, not just for his suffering but to set a precedent to prevent any future events like this. Then cops and doctors will think twice about doing anything so incredibly stupid.

[1StrongBlackMan]

21. Nope ...

that's not how it works. A doctor can refuse to perform the procedure and suffer no ill effect; but if a doctor performs the procedure, relying on the warrant, he/she is blameless under the law, unless he/she has reason to believe that the warrant is invalid ... and it's a pretty high bar to prove he/she should have known the warrant was invalid.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Locking, sorry, this is a duplicate. Please continue discussion and post updates here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014640319