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Not the first time, nor is this the worst offense perpetuated by drug dogs. A town in New Mexico used one drug dog with an expired certification, "Leo", in orde
by ericabiz 11y ago
Not the first time, nor is this the worst offense perpetuated by drug dogs. A town in New Mexico used one drug dog with an expired certification, "Leo", in order to justify invasive anal probes on two men--neither of whom had drugs. To add insult to injury, both men were later billed by the hospitals for this non-consenting search.
Timothy Young, 2012: http://krqe.com/2014/07/28/nm-driver-tells-story-of-sheriffs-invasive-body-search/ http://krqe.com/2014/07/28/nm-driver-tells-story-of-sheriffs...
David Eckert, 2013: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/05/1253274/-Absolutely-unimaginable-this-could-happen-in-America http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/05/1253274/-Absolutely...
Both cases were eventually settled, leading to Young receiving a $900,000 settlement and Eckert receiving $1.6 million: http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/16/nation/la-na-nn-new-mexico-police-search-20140116 http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/16/nation/la-na-nn-new-...
These two cases are an absolutely horrifying violation of human rights and I'm really glad to see drug dogs being taken to task as part of what led to both of these men being violated.