Are Strip Searches and TSA Pat-Downs Sexual Abuse?

This week, the Supreme Court ruled that it was perfectly within the rights of police officers to strip search every person arrested for every offense, even if they had no reason to believe the arrested person was carrying any contraban. The majority opinion reasoned that strip searching was necessary to protect the…
Supreme Court Rules Constitution Protects Cops' Right to Strip Search Everyone for Any Reason
In a continuing effort to collectively take a dump on America before they all die off, the justices of the US Supreme Court ruled today that police are entirely within their rights to strip search any person arrested for any offense, no matter how minor, even if authorities have no reason to suspect that the arrested…
The NYPD Has a Strip Search Problem
Carissa Quinones was seven-and-a-half months pregnant when NYPD officers broke into the apartment where she was staying, strip-searched her, and then (she says) erroneously accused her of carrying drugs. Now she's suing, and her case is at the center of two problems the City of New York faces: illegal strip searches,…
Two More Elderly Women Say TSA Strip Searched Them
Over the weekend, Lenore Zimmerman reported that on a recent flight from Florida back to her home in New York, TSA agents forced her to pull down her pants and underwear. Apparently, airport officials singled out the Florida to New York route for some special holiday harassment this year, because now two more women…
Justice Delayed, But Not Denied
The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of Savanna Redding, who was strip-searched in school after a classmate accused her of having prescription-strength ibuprofen; the court decided there wasn't any danger or reason to suspect the pills were there. [CBS]
