Strip searched in San Antonio? You might get paid

[Joanne98]

Here's a good way to ensure counties don't strip search nonviolent misdemeanants. Reports KENS-5 TV in Bexar County,"some 30,000 misdemeanants who were detained in the pokey in the last several years could get settlements of up to $1,000" as a result of being subjected to illegal strip searches. Reported the TV station:

Bexar County has already changed its strip-search policy.
Only detainees charged with felony crimes or those suspected of having contraband will continue to be searched.
To qualify for $100-$1,000 in settlement money, claimants had to have been incarcerated for misdemeanor crimes in the Bexar County jail between Nov 15, 2005 and April 9, 2009 and were strip searched.
You have until March 16, 2011 to submit a claim.
To qualify, claim forms are available at bexarcountystripsearch.com.
If you are unsure, you can call toll free 1-888-448-2130.
In an era when the TSA would subject average airline passengers to body scans and patdowns that reveal nearly as much as a strip search, this suit and its results seem almost quaint. OTOH, the court precedents are pretty clear and such suits have been succeeding not just in Texas or the 5th Circuit but in other parts of the country.

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/12/strip-searched-in-san-antonio-you-might.html

[guardian]

1. Now if we can just get the TSA to change their policy. n/t

[obxhead]

2. TV stations in San Antonio should be required to run PSA's

advising people of their rights.

It won't happen, but it should.

[txlibdem]

3. $100? That's it? Hilton and the Baywatch babe cashed in for $Millions

I guess it depends on what social stratum you belong to.

:shrug: