misombra's inequivocable hatred for the police deepens.

[vashti]

have you seen the video of the girl who was strip searched by men and women officers?

No - I must have missed it.

[Only-virgins]

Cops suck balls. They talk like everything is a matter of fact. Where can I see this video?

[misombra]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNDsb7wLwL4"]YouTube - Woman strip searched by police after calling THEM for help![/ame]

[vashti]

It's not right to have the male officers in there... sounds like they thought her to be a possible psych case.

[misombra]

no, they're cops and that's the way they do it.

she called the police because she was beat up. besides, even if someone is a psych case, or even a suicidal risk, that does not warrant having your clothes removed in an empty jail cell for 6 hours.

damn cops are ****ed up. i can imagine this lady was in some incredible fear. once the cops do something that they're not supposed to do you wonder how far they will really go.

that's absolutely ****ing terrible what they did to that lady.

[vashti]

I agree that the men should not have participated. The fact there was no cavity search makes me think they were worried she might try to hang herself with her clothing.

[misombra]

they asked her, "have you ever tried harming yourself?"

she replied, "now, or ever?"

then they proceeded to handcuff her, throw her down, and take her clothes off.

[vashti]

they asked her, "have you ever tried harming yourself?"

she replied, "now, or ever?"

then they proceeded to handcuff her, throw her down, and take her clothes off.

Yeah, this makes me think they were worried abouther being a danger to herself. Her answer implies she may have had a history of self-harm, at least this is the way they would have interpretted her answer in a psych ward.

[misombra]

is this the kind of thing you see in the psych ward you work at?

she was the one calling for help.

this happened to my cousin. his wife called the cops because there was a fight and the cops started beating her up. my cousin of course got in the way and wound up getting beat the hell up himself. i'm talking bruises, black eyes, blood, etc. beat up.

got a lot of money off a lawsuit for that one.

can you imagine calling the cops for help and they come and beat you up, and do something like what they did to that lady?

[vashti]

is this the kind of thing you see in the psych ward you work at? ?

Well, sort of.

Didn't they say she was resisting arrest? Perhaps she was out of control physically.

If patients are out of control physically, yes, they would be held down, and certainly they'd be screaming like that. Assuming she was physically out of control, she would have forcibly been given an injection to calm her down, or perhaps put in restraints. They wouldn't have had to take her clothes, though, because there is enough staff to allow for one on one observation when necessary, which would negate the risk of her hanging herself.

[vashti]

Anyway, I'm not saying that IS what happened... only that I can see certain particular instances in which it might.

[misombra]

ugh, i'm totally disgusted by this and cops in general right now.

that girl could very well have been me. i have tried to hurt myself before. not recently, but in the past. and yes, i would have resisted those people too. i am afraid of the police. i don't like them and i don't trust them. when that guy said it could've been anybody, i believe that could have been me.

the only bad thing this girl did, in my opinion, is call the cops. biggest mistake ever.

[Tiay]

god that's awful. But you can't paint them all with the same brush, sombra. I'm sure there are good cops out there too.

[misombra]

oh puke on me, a forum full of cop lovers.

sure there are, but very little. as evidenced by this chart...

[TheSphinx]

god that's awful. But you can't paint them all with the same brush, sombra. I'm sure there are good cops out there too.

I have to agree with Tiay.

For example...



~Sphinx