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24. Man subject to enemas settles with police

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 09:50 PM

Jan 2014

Man subject to enemas settles with police

Local authorities pay $1.6 after 'multiple digital penetrations and three enemas'

Author: By Carma Hassan and Greg Botelho CNN
Published On: Jan 16 2014 04:55:36 PM CST Updated On: Jan 16 2014 05:59:07 PM CST

(CNN) -
A New Mexico man has settled with local authorities for $1.6 million after claiming police forced him to undergo "multiple digital penetrations and three enemas" on an invalid warrant and without finding any of the illicit drugs they were looking for.

David Eckert "feels gratified that the city and county acted quickly, and ... that they recognize his dignity and humanity," his lawyer, Joe Kennedy, said Thursday. "He expects that it won't happen to anyone else ever again."

Hildalgo County, New Mexico, Manager Jose Salazar, the top official in the county involved in the settlement, declined to comment on Thursday. And a CNN call to Deming, New Mexico, police Chief Brandon Gigante was not immediately returned.

Eckert, 54, who sued the county and police departments last year, said that he feels he "got some justice, as I think the settlement shows they were wrong to do what they did to me."

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Man to Get $1.6M for Humiliating 3-Enema Ordeal After Traffic Stop [View all] Hissyspit Jan 2014 OP

good for him noiretextatique Jan 2014 #1

Another big check coming from the doctors 1000words Jan 2014 #2

GOOD azurnoir Jan 2014 #3

Should have been more theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #4

all because of a police dog alert? lapfog_1 Jan 2014 #5

Either you misinterpreted my post theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #16

Read the post sdfernando Jan 2014 #6

Should have been more from the cops and the city Xipe Totec Jan 2014 #8

Imagine how exciting for the Amateur Sherlock Holmes who searched the stool warrant46 Jan 2014 #20

Agree. NeoConsSuck Jan 2014 #22

It will be--the hospital and the doctors haven't settled yet, and they tend to be have deeper msanthrope Jan 2014 #25

That money should come christx30 Jan 2014 #7

^^^THIS^^^^ bvar22 Jan 2014 #11

Certainly hope the cop or cops have been fired. They should be charged. nt 7962 Jan 2014 #9

The Dog didn't Alert bpj62 Jan 2014 #10

Until the dog can testify onder oath on the stand, bvar22 Jan 2014 #12

$1.6 million? KansDem Jan 2014 #13

Yep. jsr Jan 2014 #14

Dupe SkatmanRoth Jan 2014 #15

I hope those cops were fired. The article makes no mention of them. QuestForSense Jan 2014 #17

I look forward to reading that he Ilsa Jan 2014 #18

Not good enough jmowreader Jan 2014 #19

Now he has enough money to hire a thug to do the same thing to those cops. nt valerief Jan 2014 #21

These are civil suits. sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #23

Man subject to enemas settles with police Judi Lynn Jan 2014 #24

Excellent!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #26

Didn't they also BILL him for these searches? Th1onein Jan 2014 #27

This was rape and assault under color of authority bananas Jan 2014 #28

Jesus Christ what is wrong with New Mexico? RandySF Jan 2014 #29

Yeah. Lets condem a whole state because godevil10 Jan 2014 #32

Okay, then, what is wrong with Deming and Hidalgo County? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #33

All those single-payer government-provided medical procedures, with no co-pays or deductibles and 24601 Jan 2014 #30

Foregone conclusion. Baalzamon Jan 2014 #31