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I am so glad this case is getting wide spread attention. There is no reason hospitals should be doing rectal exams or X-rays for the benefit of the local polic

I am so glad this case is getting wide spread attention. There is no reason hospitals should be doing rectal exams or X-rays for the benefit of the local police department as a favor. Now that there has been a massive settlement, I am sure every hospital administrator and lawyer has been advising the ER to not do this shit. Frankly, it was the doctors and nurses that did wrong here. As dumb as it is, the misguided law and policy suggests police should aggressively pursue drug crimes. I am quite sure the settlement is largely being paid by the hospital/doctors.

doreo 13y ago
Actually none of it is being paid by the hospital and doctors, this settlement was with the county and city. According to another source "Eckert still has pending suits against a deputy district attorney who signed off on the intrusive search warrant, the doctors who performed the search and the Gila Regional Medical Center, the facility that hosted the exams." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/n-m-man-settles-1-6-million-anally-probed-8-times-routine-traffic-stop-article-1.1582589 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/n-m-man-settles-1-6...