Woman Receives $200K+ for Repeated Invasive Body Searches

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

Every single arrest and charge made by this trooper needs to be investigated.

[@tinmule4381]

Every supervisor prosecutor and judge should be held responsible absolute idiots and malicious prosecution had to be done on purpose all the way even though the officials must have known they were wrong from the start

[@kevin_wb0poh]

​@@tinmule4381 I agree. What bothers me is that the judge - even if he may have participated in his decision - may still have 100% immunity. I may be wrong, but I believe that a judge is immune from criminal and civil liability for any decision he makes from the bench, no matter how outrageous.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

@@kevin_wb0poh yeah Qualified immunity extends to judges and prosecutors

[@artcampbell5315]

Every single investigator needs to be charged and arrested

[@crashland5711]

@@artcampbell5315 They need to be found in a ditch.

[@adstaton8461]

This woman was violated twice. First by the cops and secondly by her lawyer that recommended accepting the settlement. This was easily a 5 to 10 million dollar law suit.

[@saludahead]

TRUE THAT!!!!

[@mikepalmer1971]

You never know. Trying to get money from suing the government is never what you think it would be.

[@dewaynemartin6437]

Her lawyer was as bad as the cops and judge.

[@lunaticbz3594]

Taking this to court would mean the victim would have to actively continue to think about what happened to her, and then publicly tell a court room full of people about her traumatic experiences. If getting more money wasn't worth going through that then I understand why it could've settled so low. I do hope her lawyer advised her to hold out for a larger settlement even if she didn't want to go to court, but if the client just accepted the first settlement offer then the lawyer didn't do anything wrong. If the lawyer pushed her to take this settlement, then yes the lawyer is bad at his job.

[@adamplummer2190]

The lawyer by law must pass along all offers, even if they disagree with them. If the woman settles after the lawyer advises her, that's on her. I'm guessing as others states she settled to end the humiliation.

[@ddlar56]

Is anybody reviewing the judge who sent her for a third body scan? I understand the judge can only go by what's presented in court, but since she already had two scans a third was clearly not called for. This judge needs to be reviewed and sanctioned.

[@nicktaulbee7320]

Could not agree more!

[@BruceS42]

"Sanctioned"...I'm picturing a very severe "sanction" for someone so abusive of their position of power.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

They have X-ray machines at jails .. like one place I was at had a cheaper model you sat on and it took a picture and another had a moving conveyer belt that it used to scan you . It’s mainly for people trying to hide weapons and stuff though. And I remember one county put plastic nets in their toilets so you can’t “flush” contraband or whatever. But cavity searches should never be done unless you know and have evidence there is something there. And I highly doubt that they found drug residue. And they should have a private lab do a test on the “residue”. Which I’m guessing there wasn’t “enough to test”.

[@shivasirons6159]

Or worse!

[@gorillaau]

@@marquisdelafayette1929 Can we guess that the drug residue was makeup or talcum powder?

[@confabulouscruisers]

Cavity searches have long been used as a form of intimidation/humiliation by toxic authority figures. She deserves a lot more if a settlement.

[@jameskiehm546]

I think this is a $50MM suit. Settle for $10MM. Unbelievable! This is a case of some idiot that made a huge mistake and couldn’t get out of it without being fired so he made stuff up and hoped she would settle and it would go away.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

How can she win the judgement, yet the cop gets to stand with "no wrongdoing"? Qualified immunity needs to end. Make them carry insurance, make them personally liable for their actions

[@clairbear32]

Agree- Dr's have liability insurance not qualified immunity yet their jobs are also subject to human error. Police Unions need to take on responsibility. Get group insurance paid by all members and end qualified immunity.

[@mikeazriel5116]

The judge and prosecutors should all be charged.

[@PUNKMYVIDEO]

They should be put to death

[@HAASgoggles]

Absolutely! Not sure if a prosecutor was involved, but the judge is just as guilty. The town should sue these cops and this judge for damages and defamation.

[@BruceS42]

@@PUNKMYVIDEO Careful, now. The KZbin NotSee Party censors don't like that sort of comment. If enough industrial wood chippers were put to effective use, these NotSee censors would no longer pollute the platform and you could safely make such suggestions, but unfortunately that illustrious goal seems far off.

[@robertlewis9132]

100% agree. They should also be discharged! Name the troopers and ruin their lives!

[@stonynotdusty]

Yeah, why should we be taxed for their stupidity?

[@CantankerousDave]

Them being allowed to settle while denying any wrongdoing is complete BS. It's absurd that this was a civil suit and not criminal.

[@tonymouannes]

Because going further would probably be even more traumatizing for the victim.

[@Angl0sax0nknight]

@@TheBooban I dont know but i would be so pissed that I would take it all the way to make EVERYONE involved is held accountable

[@matthewingerson]

Wilber, the brown-shirt in the story, is now employed by Blue Water Mortgage Corporation. Let them know that they currently employ someone who would facilitate the fisting of innocent people just to increase his own lot in life.

[@Sue_Me_Too]

@@Angl0sax0nknight Sure, but we also can't be mad at her for taking the first settlement offer and trying to forget about the whole thing.

[@brianew]

@@Angl0sax0nknight I would have taken this as far as I can, too, for Mo Money, but everyone is different and she most likely wanted it all to be over and I can't blame her.

[@saba5774]

This wasn’t just one cop. This was an entire chain of command issue. Worth $2mm easy.

[@ianbattles7290]

My guess is that 1 cop had a fetish for digging through her poop, *which is why they continued to do it for many DAYS after no signs of drugs were found.*

[@skillethead15]

Who was the judge that kept ordering for her to be scanned again? This entire city's judicial system needs to be cleaned out.

[@simonmultiverse6349]

15:37 "You might wonder, is there possibly more going on here?" In all I have seen of cops, they are *ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE* to find a crime, because the cops have a *QUOTA* for citations, a *QUOTA* for arrests, a *QUOTA* for tickets, a *QUOTA* for fines, etc. Their job as a cop is NOT governed by observation and deduction, but just by making their *QUOTA* of arrests, citations, tickets and fines. *NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS* , the cops try to massage the situation so that they can add one more to their tally of arrests citations, tickets and fines. Their pay, promotion and benefits depend on it. That's nice simple logic which cops can understand. Does it reduce crime? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@michaell397]

@@simonmultiverse6349 To boil this all down, the cops are not there to serve and protect. In fact the Supreme Court has ruled that they have no obligation to do so. They are there as a revenue generating agency for the City, County State, Government. Harsh reality, but that is the reality. KnifeMaker

[@andyvonbourske6405]

the fact that the officer was never charged says everything you need to know about the American justice system

[@RMS-gl6wl]

JUST US SYSTEM.

[@juniorjohnson9509]

The trooper is Haden Wilber, with trooper Matthew Locke backing him up. The judge who set her bail and required some of the tests she was subjected to is Sawako Gardner

[@rebeccafreelin7515]

Thank you for the info. These people need to be humiliated.

[@sadejones6657]

Imagine how many victims this officer has...

[@monstermcboo7282]

I’m wondering how attractive she is, her race, etc. My gorgeous friend was targeted repeatedly by cops when she lived in Daytona. They felt her up every time they pulled her over on some bogus suspicion. She moved away from Daytona and never got hassled again.

[@Awol991]

Imagine how many victims this system has ...

[@EvilVacuum]

@@monstermcboo7282 people without the perceived resources to fight back (i.e. poor) are also often targeted. Steve mentioned she couldn’t afford the bail and it seems no one else in her life could assist either.

[@funnyfarm5555]

Imagine how many prospective real estate customers are or are going to become victims of this pervert.

[@johnarnold893]

@@EvilVacuum The county should have supplied a pro bono lawyer, seems even a law clerk would know this was wrong.

[@brendasnow6024]

There are sociopaths at every level of law enforcement. It's sickening...

[@samrapheal1828]

LEO tends to draw narcissistic personalities. Similar to criminal gangs. Coincidence? You be the judge......

[@TheRedStateBlue]

all cops are bad cops.

[@photografiq_presents]

At every level of society. Law enforcement gives them the power to act.

[@KB4QAA]

BS: There are sociopaths at every level of YT. ;)

[@chele-chele]

Rabid animals need to be put down, with extreme prejudice!

[@izuela7677]

After 13 days of this treatment I'm sure she was going crazy with fear and humiliation. This is torture.

[@wessltov]

She got pulled out of her life for this, then got a bill for it afterwards. I'd be fuming and out for blood

[@johnjmacejak]

I Award her $10,000,000,000 … plus

[@weslandia2001]

Absolutely disgusting to hear how my state handled this. She deserves every penny and more for being subjected to this disaster.

[@davidgerow]

The person that told the police about a woman hiding drugs in her body, should be also sued.

[@williamhancock8065]

Why is this judge still a judge? He is supposed to be the check in the system that stops this kind of abuse.

[@bleebu5448]

When the police say in a lawsuit "we don't admit any wrong doing", lets parse this. They don't think it is wrong to make up false charges against someone, conduct multiple invasive body searches even after the same search didn't turn up anything, lie to a judge to obtain a warrant, and hold an innocent person in jail for an extended period, and threaten someone with with being held even longer if they don't give up their rights. That is perfectly fine with them.

[@joesterling4299]

That's standard in just about every settlement. None of the parties admit any wrongdoing, and the terms of the settlement must be kept confidential--meaning no one else should ever know which side won (if any).

[@bugzbunny69]

They are not saying that they did nothing wrong.

[@phillip6083]

@@joesterling4299 which side won and WHY.

[@G53X0Y0Z0]

It's bad enough how stupid many cops and "justice" system people are, on top of that they think nothing of lying as part of their jobs. No wonder they carry a bad reputation.

[@andidede3653]

@@IcyTorment denying any wrong doing but still offering her money 😆 lol. Thats what ticks me off about our system sometimes. Like the pharmaceutical companies pay out millions upon millions each year but yet admit no wrong doing. I gues they are charities that from the goodness of their heart randomly give people millions each year. How nice.

[@acerimmer8357]

How is it possible for this kind of malfeasance allowed to take place? It's no wonder that people no longer respect the police. She didn't get near enough money.

[@vonclod123]

I laugh at people who say it couldn't happen to them, or, they have nothing to hide, they say this while defending bad cops, because they only abuse criminals

[@cberge8]

I have a feeling she accepted a low offer just to get the whole fiasco over with so she can get on with her life.

[@SvenTviking]

It happens when you have a totally foolish “war on drugs” and give cops no supervision and finally employ educationally subnormal cops.

[@tjsbbi]

@@SvenTviking Could you post this as a top level comment. You summarize exactly what we dealing with.

[@leothenomad5675]

@@vonclod123 Or my favorite "just don't break the law and you will be fine"

[@misternoodle1236]

"They searched her purse as part of that as maybe there is evidence in her purse to explain why there is snow on her tail lights" - This had me angry laughing. I am going to be honest and say the police (and hospital) got off VERY lucky in this situation with a 200k+ settlement. This woman went through literal Hell on Earth over some snow covered lights. This was absolutely disgraceful and I feel ashamed as a human being. Disgusting.

[@howlinwulf]

Thanks kind human. Yeah me too. It's something out worlds dumbest stuff

[@bikkiikun]

The Judges inolved should all be removed from the bench and be disbarred.

[@THALEStheGREEK]

And cops wonder why there is so much hatred for them. Its stories like this. Doesn't matter if it very rarely happens... One time is too much.

[@stevejette2329]

Earning the hatred 24/7/365.

[@sealand000]

@@stevejette2329 and 24/7/366 on a leap year

[@danoneill2846]

They KNOW !! As a judge said in open court .. " cops LIE "

[@Zyphera]

Especially when the cops in question are not found guilty and put in jail to rot.

[@stevejette2329]

@@Zyphera Also when crooked politicians go free.

[@gerardvalentino]

The scary part is this isn’t an isolated incident in America anymore, we’ve reached the point where Americans are no longer free

[@gerardvalentino]

@@everyonesentitledtomyopini6723 good luck with that when the cops grab you off the street without cause and get the courts to back up their tyranny - although I do agree with one of your assertions - we’re in this situation because nobody stands up and asserts their rights and forces elected officials to force police to protect the rights some of us signed up to defend with our lives, (or were drafted back in the day) snd those who did give the full measure of devotion to help save what was “a shining light on a hill” until Americans wake up and make our most precious gift, freedom, a priority, we’re lost,,/&; sadly at this time lost is where we are

[@gerardvalentino]

@Future Pants I never judge how someone handles what you experienced, I will say this, however, the system counts on people being quiet after being abused…. People have to do what’s right for their situation …Sorry you were out through the ringer

[@w8what575]

We haven’t been for a long time…they’re just making that clear now…u have to have a license or permission from the state to make that clearer…to get married, to drive a car, to fish & hunt on ur own land, u have to prove ur a slave in order to work to pay bills o survive on basics…if u can’t afford a roof over ur head then in most places u are detained and placed in a facility…there’s nothing we can do without permission and paying for it…walk down the street? U have to pay taxes to have those streets but drive ur car on it without plates and insurance or permission to drive a car and u go to jail…we pay for everything and then told how we can and can’t use what we pay for

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

It's no longer kept secret from the public as it once was . That's my way of looking at these insane cases .

[@gerardvalentino]

@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 that is why the videos help, no doubt

[@jimgarofalo5479]

The troopers and judges involved in this deserve prison time. If I were that woman, I would settle for no less. All parties involved have abused their authority and violated her civil rights.

[@gorillaau]

All officials involved in this case should also lose their pensions and not allowed anywhere near this women's home town.

[@bv226]

The troopers also need to have “exams” performed also.

[@matthewingerson]

Wilber, the brown-shirt in the story, is now employed by Blue Water Mortgage Corporation. Let them know that they currently employ someone who would facilitate the fisting of innocent people just to increase his own lot in life.

[@BertMagerdy]

He must have his POST card permanently revoked!!!!!!!!

[@sagethegreat4680]

Not only the troopers but the judge and d.a. probably needs to investigated as well

[@rumdrunk2190]

Don't forget there was a judge that looked at the facts of this case and said scan her again and again even after 2 weeks.

[@seanclark8452]

Do they have a culture of 'finding' contraband when needed to avoid embarrassing lawsuits? I can't understand why they'd expect different results from repeating the same type of scan unless there was an expectation that something incriminating would be manufactured.

[@MelissiaBlackheart]

I really hate settlements that allow sexual predators to deny all wrongdoing.

[@sombojoe]

The doubling-down by the “legal” system is heartbreaking. Thank you Steve for shining your bright light!

[@markw5805]

They quadrupled down🙄

[@matthewingerson]

Wilber, the brown-shirt in the story, is now employed by Blue Water Mortgage Corporation. Let them know that they currently employ someone who would facilitate the fisting of innocent people just to increase his own lot in life.

[@nunya3163]

The $200k should come from the trooper. He should also be in jail himself.

[@bikkiikun]

There should be Conspiracy charges against every single person involved. And they all should go to prison for no less than 10 years for their gross crimes.

[@franciscampagna2711]

"Keep X-raying her, eventually, you will find something." Yeah, cancer.

[@vr6isfaster]

The fact that cops who "knew or reasonably should have known" that this was absurd allowed this to continue to escalate highlights the problem with the drug war and law enforcement in general.

[@sonnyanaya657]

its hard to think there aren’t brighter cops.

[@Absaalookemensch]

I lived in Maine. There is a culture of corrupt government officials in the state. Snow on the tail light when driving in winter is like saying your tail lights are warm during the summer. This unprofessional law enforcement officer likely had a many years history of abusing his power. The prosecutor and judge need to be audited because they went along with the culture of abuse of power and wrongful actions.

[@gutfinski]

I have lived in Maine since 1975, was a law enforcement officer here for nearly 40 years, and can affirm that this state is totally corrupt.

[@gettothepoint_already3858]

Umm... the woman was from Maine. This happened in New Hampshire.

[@Absaalookemensch]

@@gettothepoint_already3858 So, New Hampshire also has a culture of corruption? Thanks. I'll stay away from there too.

[@Absaalookemensch]

@@gutfinski I did see a lot of professional, honest, decent Law Enforcement officers (I worked in a hospital and dealt with many); however, the pervasive culture of corruption undermines everything.

[@crashland5711]

@@gutfinski so was you a crook also, or did you just turn a blind eye to what you saw and knew.

[@tomnisen3358]

Impeach the judge! Fire prosecutor and cops!

[@topiasr628]

If they offered me $200k to settle this, I would have laughed out loud. Not sure who advised her that was a decent offer

[@danieljones317]

SHE SETTLED FOR LESS THAN 1/4 MILLION? WHAT KIND OF LAWYER DID SHE HAVE?

[@BraddahHuna]

The judge, the DA, the cops, the jailers ALL need to be hurt, lose everything they own taken and never be allowed in society. They need to be HURT really bad, And when this happens all involved, fired, and jailed for LIFE. Do this to my family and none of them would never sleep without one eye open, No protection would help them.

[@georgemead6608]

I would settle for subjecting them to the same treatment they gave the victim, but for at least ten times longer.

[@stevejette2329]

Kris - Exactly. ALL of those crazy, corrupt people need to pay in so many ways.

[@benreece7640]

Government is slavery.

[@adstaton8461]

Don't forget about the dispatcher, she started this ball rolling.

[@samjordan8800]

Dispatchers talk. They're not trained on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or any other Amendments or the Bill of Rights and US Constitution as a part of their training; police officers are. I know this because I still remember sitting in dispatcher training looking at the newspaper with the photo of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Bldg in Oklahoma City with half the building missing the day after a white van was parked in it and blew up and killed 169 people. We never covered that part.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Sounds like the trooper and every jailor involved in these crimes should be on the sex offender registry aswell.

[@TravisWBurton]

@@angc214 Qualified Immunity can be removed from an officer, as it should be in this case from both troopers, the DA & the Judge, which would leave the awarded damages ($$$$$$$$) coming out of their pockets rather than an insurance company or tax payers.

[@johnschoenrock8736]

13 years as a trooper, makes you wonder what else this clown has been up too!

[@michaelmoore2196]

Many years ago, I worked on a number of Title 42 sec 1983 cases and saw this a lot, the worst was when someone went to a school and demanded that a teen girl be searched for a stolen ring. She was subjected to a number of physical searches, both by school officials and law enforcement, and then removed from the school for medical procedures for over 6 hours, merely because a private person had asked the school to search the child. Needless to say, there was a large settlement and a very angry Federal Judge..... when it was admitted.

[@michaelmoore2196]

@Patrick Furlongshe ask the school officials... and they did. The law and rights usually don't have much influence on government officials actions, since they rarely face any consequences for their actions.

[@twoswords4318]

I'm amazed that multiple people touched this case including a judge and it continued for so long without out any real evidence and hearsay. Shame on all of you, so horrible, could anyone imagine their mother or sister or family member going through this? Police reform needs to happen. And they had the nerve to say they did nothing wrong?

[@adamplummer2190]

If the judge was in Manchester, it explains everything. They're corrupt. They don't care about the people n many years ago passed vail reform to release people on bail easier. There is a caviate that allows the prosecutor and judge to still require bail money for violant criminals/cases. Yet they release men who have been arrested for not only violating bail AND restraining orders due to domestic violance but for breaking into said person's house. One particular story when they first did this the ex broke down his exes door and while she was on the phone, broke down the bathroom door and beat her to death for ratting him out for violating the restraining order and getting him arrested again. The cops took over an hour to show and he was considered a violent criminal, yet he was released. Manchester and the state prison in Manchester is a complete joke.

[@justthinkin5956]

Rule #1 of law enforcement: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever admit you possibly could have gotten anything wrong.

[@shivasirons6159]

I can imagine it, can you imagine what would happen to those cops and the judge? It,d make for an interesting movie!

[@benwagner5089]

@@shivasirons6159 We'll have to change the name of the town to Derry, though; that's where so many of Stephen King's novels are based out of.

[@marysmith9107]

She will never get over that abuse. Prayers for her.

[@TheBoyjah]

Agree! Her settlement was not nearly enough to cover the lifelong damage caused by these ignorant and incompetent fools

[@JohnDoe-eh4vd]

in all honesty- i would done it for less. a pig sifting through my jail turds would be gd hilariously with piss all over them. two birds in the air singing this is the new shit.

[@gingw7333]

@@TheBoyjah Ignorant and incompetent? No. Malicious and evil!

[@franciscampagna2711]

With 13 years of service, some cops think they know how to circumvent the law.

[@sealand000]

Probably 13 years of abuse, not service

[@edwardwinkler7257]

This is a fraction of what she should be awarded.

[@shivasirons6159]

I bet a million bucks both those troopers still think she had drugs!

[@davewoodmancy4596]

She deserves at least 10 times that amount of money. How disrespectful she was treated.

[@gorillaau]

Give her another zero should have been just for starters.

[@michaellowe3665]

Its hard to keep making the claim that there are a few bad apples in police departments when his stupidity was reinforced by another cop, whatever supervisors were on duty, a prosecutor and a judge.

[@eddiehuff7366]

If this had went to trial and I had been on jury it would have been a 7 figure award!

[@georgemead6608]

Yeah, and not just one or two

[@neill392]

That's why the insurance company offered to pay they realised the potential for a much higher settlement. The reason the woman and her lawyers accepted the offer is they realised juries can be perverse and could find the cops did nothing wrong. Not worth the risk.

[@jadney]

Shouldn't there also be consequences for the judge(s?) that went along with this insanity?

[@shookoneldn300]

The police and the Judge that keeps issuing the court order for the scan should be in jail..

[@richardlord7775]

Mr Leto nothing will ever ever change until people like you say the names of judges like this that ordered the next search.

[@unkwm128]

Agreed but each one including the first one who set bail after the explanation of facts that the Trooper had,should be named.

[@jeremynewhouse6530]

Sad part is tax payers pay the settlement, if a law enforcement officer is found guilty and a settlement is reached it should be reimbursed by the officer if it takes the rest of their life. Citizens should not have to pay for intentional bad conduct.

[@mrb518]

Absolutely correct. The contrived doctrine of qualified immunity needs to be abolished.

[@jaystrickland4151]

It is not just qualified immunity cops are also indemnified by their employer. Even if you remove indemnification and qualified immunity the cops would still be unlikely to pay most of the damages because their assets are almost all in their home and retirement savings. Those assets are exempt assets that can't be taken by creditors. So it becomes a question is it about hurting the officers or compensating the victim ?

[@adamplummer2190]

Should be able to sue cops who do wrong and cops should be required to carry insurance. Their premiums will ensure they do right. I understand the idea behind qualified immunity, but they made everything qualified.

[@jaystrickland4151]

@@adamplummer2190 though most likely police unions would negotiate the police department cover the premiums.

[@adamplummer2190]

@@jaystrickland4151 still, police stations would have better disciplinary rules if cops could be sued and forced to pay. The police station won't want to loose these lawsuits. Also, many unions pay for lawsuits if you are in them. So these unions would not want to pay for lawyers and penalys.

[@nigelrichardson4327]

This to me appears to be another cut and dry case of cops going fishing. What was done to this woman is what I can only describe as utterly appalling. This lawsuit should not have been settled; it should have gone further to prosecute and hopefully expose what’s going on behind closed doors.

[@adamplummer2190]

The lawyer has to disclose to his/her client all offers. She may of settled outside of court to avoid having to tell her story to the court over and over.

[@SvenTviking]

Correction, this is a completely educationally subnormal state trooper, with no oversight from his superiors. Complete fantasy crimes.

[@shivasirons6159]

Those troopers should get life in prison, general population.

[@michellepage2611]

She should have gotten Millions ! ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

[@TheScapegoat420]

This is sick. She deserves WAY MORE!

[@JPriz416]

I really think there are fewer good cops than we think.

[@johngori9477]

This should have been a multi-million dollar settlement and criminal charges for the officers involved. Inexcusable.

[@mikemorgan8588]

How many levels of wrong can they create?

[@hugoh.9694]

There is NO way I would have settled for this amount for just ONE bodily invasion search let alone ALL this lady went through. The city, hospital and police here got of CHEAP!

[@justskip4595]

This sounds like a cruel and unusual punishment for having snow on license plate.

[@FractalPrism.]

tail lights.

[@russlehman2070]

My guess is that there wasn't actually snow on the tail lights.

[@natashanyxx9486]

Unreal. Her damages should be in the MILLIONS. Everyone involved in her mistreatment should be in jail, including the doctors who found “abnormal” results in x-rays.

[@benwagner5089]

I'm waiting for her to come down with some form of cancer in the abdomen from the excessive numbers of scans they did and get a second settlement out of them.

[@shawnmccarty6923]

Correction officers found abnormalities not Drs

[@stevecannon1774]

I hope she wasn’t pregnant and that the embryo was the “abnormality”. It’s probable that one or more scan was a CT (Cat) scan and or ultrasound. A CT could have settled things and a radiologist would have been the person to decide if there were abnormalities , not cops. Sounds like they were using scans like they use at the airport to scan for weapons and contraband, not medical scans at all.

[@chrislockwood2373]

They could be. Steve said the settlement was over $200,000 but didn't say exactly what it was. Many settlements are undisclosed, but this one just said it was over a specified amount.

[@nonyabeeznus9071]

I think that with all the evidence, there's enough to warrant a psychological exam be made on the trooper(s).

[@georgemead6608]

repeatedly ...

[@108gk]

Such an exam should start at the bottom and go up from there if you know what I mean.

[@russlehman2070]

If I were the plaintiff, I would not accept a settlement that did not admit to wrongdoing.

[@jones8102]

Dispatch needs to be held accountable

[@tannerwilson1277]

The trooper, sheriff, prosecutor, AND the judge should be all be charged with negligence. Hold them all accountable. Those with power need to be held to the standards they expect from others.

[@gutfinski]

The real problem continues to be that the settlements are paid by the taxpayers or insurance companies whose premiums are paid by taxpayers. This will continue until all at fault lose their jobs, pensions, homes, and life savings.

[@bella42291]

I agree, public servants should have a malpractice policy.

[@ThunderStruck15]

All that it would take for this to end is the police officers individually needing to carry insurance. No insurance agency would back an officer this bad.

[@SillyPutty3700]

I would think he would be ineligible for a real-estate license just based on the fact he provided false evidence in a criminal case.

[@Eternal_Tech]

However, it does not seem that he was convicted for providing false evidence.

[@johngori9477]

I've actually observed real estate agents breaking the law repeatedly and openly. When reported to the State's regulating agency there is always some BS reason why they can take no action.Not even a warning. Never any denial the illegal activity occurred, just an excuse to not act. The only real "regulation" of real estate agents is that people can sue them. I'm talking about offenses like a real estate agents watching a client steal items from a home they were showing them and not do anything about it, gents misusing private personal information, etc.

[@unkwm128]

wasn't charged criminally.

[@viking956]

One would think that at some point during the 13 days of her incarceration someone in authority, somewhere in the chain-of-command, would have said something akin to "why do we suspect this woman of concealing narcotics?" and upon hearing the explanation would have then ordered her immediate release. Also, who in the world was the idiot playing the role of judge.

[@ianbattles7290]

It is fucking terrifying to realize that any one of us could be plucked off the street, raped, and jailed for 2 weeks SOLELY because the cops think we MIGHT have drugs in our body.

[@stevenrichardson3000]

Probably Judge Judy

[@wynjones1305]

2 Things. 1st Where are the “Good Apples” in this story. There are several people in this story & district that were accomplices. 2nd Its a absolute miracle nobody all of a sudden didn’t “discovered” something on her. Cops need to start crossing that blue line & weed out the bad ones and put the bad ones in jail if they want to start to gain trust back from the public.

[@actual_nonsense]

sadly this is a year old comment now, but just in case I want to try to help you out. There is no such thing as a "good apple" the expression is "One bad apple spoils the bunch" i.e. there is a bad apple that makes all of the rest of them also not good. There is a general culture of truncating expressions these days. In the recent past, the understanding was that finishing the expression was unnecessary as they are also clichés. However, after a generation or two the second half gets forgotten and people finish it however they imagine. calling someone a "Samaritan" for example is actually an insult of the highest order. There was only one "Good Samaritan" he he was actually only baseline decent.

[@michellehansen1563]

The prosecutor and judge are just as responsible! Shame!

[@disgruntledtoons]

I will never agree to a settlement unless it requires the other party to publicly admit to all wrongdoing, and that offending officials be successfully prosecuted.

[@Ashakat42]

She probably just wanted out of jail at this point.

[@gottago9824]

the pay should be 20 times what she got, and those cops and those involved with this whole fiasco should be footing the bill.

[@stevejette2329]

The taxpayers should NOT pay for any of this.

[@gottago9824]

@@stevejette2329 that's what I said - the morons responsible for this whole thing should foot the bill.

[@KneazlesKeeper]

She needs to sue the Avon Main dispatcher as well, for Spreading the rumor that helped triggered all of this.

[@MA-mh1vs]

She did not sue for enough money, this should have been a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

I didn't think this story could keep getting worse. The judge, prosecutor, both cops and probably some people who work at the jail should all be in prison. It's amazing that no one has been charged.

[@dougwalk8034]

Why wasn't this cop jailed for false detention, or false arrest at least so he could get a 'taste' of what he did ? $200,000.00 would have been $1,200,000.00 if that were me !!!

[@machintelligence]

Give him a few body scans for good measure.

[@blueoddball]

I would definitely question about the lawyer she obtained for this!

[@TravisWBurton]

Yeah, got her to agree to only $200k settlement, that lawyer must be a serious moron.

[@xcergy9482]

I hate those ' no one is at fault' settlement. I would rather get $1 and make sure the public and the NYPD knows this man will never work in law enforcement again.

[@MoveMeMark]

That is absolutely outrageous. She should have gotten ten times that amount, and directly from the officer.

[@ianarnold4216]

When you consider her treatment by the judiciary, LEO's $200K is totally insufficient. Why settle for this pittance?

[@penylayne]

She didn't get enough, And, of course, none of the liars had any serious consequences. This is what happens when you give people unlimited, unchecked power, and allow them to oversee Themselves. What could possibly go wrong?! Btw, I have Great respect for intelligent officers who act professionally.

[@phuggard]

The officers should be doing time for this.

[@albertodelatorre8926]

Steve, if the cop’s name is a matter of public/court records you should be revealing it in your videos.

[@raymondmccune6830]

The utter failure of the legal system with the attitude of 'arrest them all and let the court system sort it out'. Every police officer out there is taught how to manufacture probable cause and how to trick/deceive everyone they pull over or arrest. No matter how many of these fools have been caught planting evidence or flat our lying, few get punished for their felony malfeasance. The system that processes people that have been arrested is sorely lacking in the humane rights department. Convicted felons have more rights and humane treatment than someone arrested and never convicted of a crime or even charged with a crime. A person under arrest, being held in jail awaiting to see a judge, is treated less than humane. The vast majority aren't violent, aren't in jail for violent crimes, and a fair chunk never go to trial because charges are dropped. It's this sub human third world treatment that arrested individuals, the citizens receive in 'holding', that needs to changed desperately by legiatures everywhere as fast.

[@ianbattles7290]

How the hell can you be charged with drug possession *when no drugs were found in your possession?*

[@earlphilbrook6075]

She should sue in fed court for 4th amendment violation at a minimum

[@gailwatson4927]

Could she also sue the city Avon for giving wrong information to the police.

[@AcousticGString]

Yes! That's all hearsay from disbatch, they deserve to be sued too. That poor woman.

[@stevengotts]

What about how the judge and prosecutor should be fired for their part in this scam

[@ianbattles7290]

The total dehumanization of being forced to defecate in front of somebody *so they can dig through it like an animal...*

[@Vaportrail70]

I would never settle in court over such a grotesque violation of Rights

[@BirdDogey1]

I was a cop in SoCal for about 20 years. Whenever I hear stories like this, I wonder where were the grown ups? Where was supervision? Sadly, this behavior is not atypical for state police types.

[@richardbutkis]

Lol. I can't believe you were an officer for 20 years and didn't see one officer acting out of pocket. So that ultimately makes you a bad cop. I say the same thing to my BIL that's currently a welfare recipient. You had to have seen one officer breaking the law, everyone does at some point. Hell the city cops here roll through stop signs all the time.

[@BirdDogey1]

@@richardbutkis My agency was highly professional. Yes, we had a moron or two slip through but they identified and provided an opportunity to seek employment elsewhere

[@kw2299]

I've seen numerous videos and blogs re appalling abuses of power at all levels of law enforcement. Well done you for being one of the honest and fine, upstanding officers - a lot of your colleagues are not!

[@dpjmj]

Bullshit, this is par for the course, especially when dealing with black citizens ...

[@andrewstoll4548]

If these settlements came out of the pension funds of the police, these things might stop. The Trooper should be on the sex offenders list.

[@GeorgeWMays]

I want to know where the judge got his law degree.... He should sue and get his tuition back.

[@tomaldous6192]

That is error over and over, what kind of Judges, police and Prosecutor they have in New Hampshire?

[@robertschulke1596]

This was not an “invasive body search”. It was rape, and the trooper, judge, and everyone else involved is guilty. They should all have been sued jointly and severally as individuals, and the award should have been seven figures.

[@markcarver1271]

The settlement was too LOW! She should have said I want a trial by jury. Mark

[@EvilVacuum]

I still don’t understand why people have a blind spot for LEO. The job is literally entry-level, humans are fallible, and there are numerous ways a bad actor can take advantage of the power, instant credibility, and immunity.

[@Bible.Thumper]

Good cops are forced to work alongside immune henchmen for politicians and local connected cronies. Bad cops get out of complaints against them due to city coffers gutting confidential settlements with victims who successfully complain. The settlements result in bad cops being returned to police departments and neighborhoods. That leaves good PDs looking bad bc of the few immune repeat bad acts cops. Of note is often the same (connected) law firms often end up with a large portion of the settlements.

[@CantankerousDave]

Correction: an entry-level job with a license to kill.

[@MrNorker77]

I still don't understand why people have it out for LEOs. Of course there are bad cops, but cases like this show that they are not getting away with it. Out of millions of interactions with the police every year only a scant few are negative. Those scant few are a scant few too many. But the way to go is not to blame all cops. There needs to be more awareness, qualified immunity needs to go, civil forfeiture needs to go (or at least get a serious looking at), more training, supervision and counceling. All those things that unsurprisingly good cops want as well. All this ACAB nonsense is getting us is good cops looking for other jobs, leaving departments understaffed and scraping the bottom of the barrel for staff. Yeah, pretty sure that will not lead to an increase of bad actors. Reward good behaviour, punish bad behaviour.

[@EvilVacuum]

@@MrNorker77 when you speed do you always get a speeding ticket? Of course not. These are just instances where they were caught, but not EVERY instance.

[@ThunderStruck15]

@@MrNorker77 if you think they’re not getting away with it, I have a bridge to sell you. Why do you think they believe they can do all this stuff so blatantly and no commanding officers stop it? It’s because this is common behavior.

[@lintonmccloud4497]

They were simply operating on the notion that “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence”

[@ramjam720]

She should've gotten ten times that amount, maybe more. She should have seen it through to trial.

[@bengee1040]

She should've sued both those cops individually, I suspect they maybe denied qualified immunity. I would've sued for $20million and I would've not let that hospital off the hook.