Wednesday, April 04, 2012

SCOTUS Decision Boon to Peeping Tom PDs

For those who haven't heard, the Supreme Court ruled this week that anyone arrested and held temporarily can be strip searched: Scotus Blog. In what has become the norm, the decision was 5-4 -- with all the more conservative judges supporting the position. This is good news for officers who are interested in a cute male or female they have arrested (or happen to see in the station), forgoing the arduous task of asking them out, paying for a dinner or three, getting back to the apartment or house and convincing the arrestee to unveil themselves. This is also potentially good news for streakers, mardi gras partygoers, nudists and public exhibitionists who could argue they are simply following the Bush Doctrine of preemptive strikes by saving officers the trouble of getting them to declothe. One assumes Abu Ghraib-inspired photos should follow on a website near you ...

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