It’s interesting that we read these chapters that spoke about the militarization of police and consent warrants, because I literally just heard about this crazy drug search case from a few months ago.
The full article can be found here: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_to_get_1.6m_for_humiliating_3-enema_hospital_colonoscopy_ordeal_after/
Basically, a man in New Mexico was stopped for running a stop sign, and the police officer who stopped him had a police dog with him that seemed to think there were drugs in the car. The cop also “observed’ that the man was “clenching his buttocks” so he BROUGHT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL to have three enemas, a colonoscopy and more, because he thought there were drugs up his butt.
SPOILER ALERT: There were no drugs up his butt!
The man did sue and win $1.6 million, so the story ended well, but this is absurd. The way the police crack down on drug possession is so obsessive, unlawful, and more often than not, racist. We have to remember that cops are just as human as the rest of us, and if given too much power, they will abuse that power. Something needs to be done about this. This war on drugs is a cover for human right violations gone wild.
