US Supreme Court Rules strip search is okay for false arrest

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rzetlin wrote on 2012-04-02 16:41

Siding with security needs over privacy rights, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that jailers may subject people arrested for minor offenses to invasive strip searches.

By a 5-4 vote, the court rejected a challenge from a New Jersey man who argued it's unconstitutional to force everyone to strip down for inspection. Albert Florence was arrested by a state trooper because of an error in the state's records that mistakenly said he was wanted on an outstanding warrant for an unpaid fine. Even if the warrant had been valid, failure to pay a fine is not a crime in New Jersey.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/02/10982324-supreme-court-strip-searches-even-for-minor-offenses

Due to incorrect charges, this man was jailed for 2 weeks and strip searched.

From the looks of it, if you got a traffic ticket in America be prepare to take all your clothes off.
whocares8128 wrote on 2012-04-02 17:02

The court also noted that Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, was initially arrested for not having a license plate on his car and that one of the 9/11 terrorists was stopped and ticketed for speeding just two days before hijacking Flight 93. "People detained for minor offenses can turn out to be the most devious and dangerous criminals," the court said.

...and many criminals were formerly law-abiding citizens, so why don't we all just stop wearing clothes so that we can all see that we have nothing to hide?
Chiyuri wrote on 2012-04-02 17:04

Quote from whocares8128;828711:
...and many criminals were formerly law-abiding citizens, so why don't we all just stop wearing clothes so that we can all see that we have nothing to hide?

Cause it could end up been cold?
Sinned wrote on 2012-04-02 23:10

Quote from rzetlin;828709:
Due to incorrect charges, this man was jailed for 2 weeks and strip searched.

From the looks of it, if you got a traffic ticket in America be prepare to take all your clothes off.

Yesssss an excuse to be naked in public!

Brb learning how to drive