On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > IMHO - being admitted to a jail is more than enough reasonable suspicion > and probable cause for a search. Period. > > This guy should never have been admitted to jail, but that's not an issue > for the jail personel to decide. It should never have gotten to that point.
And that's the sort of attitude that has caused the erosion of the 4th Amendment. If the cops feel like they ought to arrest someone, well, that ought to be good enough? It's bad enough that people can get put in jail at the whim of an officer. At least there is some minimal recourse for false arrest. But now we are also saying that an invasive, full body strip search is just going to be the standard part of depriving you of your liberty. I think that's absurd and dangerous. Think about recent protests, for example. 100 people get arrested and detained. Everyone knows that those people are going to be held for probably a couple hours, then released. The DA will probably waive charges for most of them. If you get a hard ass DA, they might get brought to a mass court hearing and everyone gets hit with community service and probation. Not a big deal. Now, you really think it is reasonable and worthwhile to strip search every single one of those 100 protestors? What is gained? Why is it reasonable? Do we really need to sacrifice the dignity and humanness of all these people for the sake of...what? I don't even know. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
