Strip searches for everyone - do you feel safe yet?

by Syl Posted 2012/04/03 11:17:00

Related Topics: Supreme Court, Law Enforcement, Police, Candy, Tickets, Search, Crime, United States, Weird, Ticket, Enforcement, Court

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	It makes me feel safer	0 votes	0%
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Unpaid parking tickets? That’s a strip search. And no leash on your doggie? That’s a strip search too. It might sound weird, and a wee bit terrifying, but that’s the verdict out of the United States Supreme Court this week.

The US Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 vote made Monday that law enforcement officials have the right to conduct invasive strip searches on any arrested persons, no matter how minor the alleged offense might be. [...] Five justices sided with the appeal and agreed that any detained alleged criminal, regardless of the crime, could be strip searched if deemed necessary by law enforcement.

In short, this means that if you are suspected of stealing candy, the police have the right to strip and search you, if they think it is neccessary.

Does this decision make you feel safer? Please comment.

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Muskoka 2012/04/03 20:02:33

None of the above

American seem to think they live in a free country. This is like a police state to me. Glad I live in Canada where we really are free.

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Kaleokualoha 2012/04/03 18:20:55

None of the above

It doesn't make me feel safer, but I doubt it is intended to make me feel safer. It is designed to make law enforcement feel safer.

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tweet_tweet 2012/04/03 17:24:45

It gives the police too much power

Disregarding prisoners' rights is the first step to taking away the population's at large.

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Muskoka to tweet_t... 2012/04/03 20:03:30

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This has nothing to do with prisoners, this happens befor they are prisoners.

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tweet_t... to Muskoka 2012/04/04 00:10:33

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This is true. From an article I read in the Chicago Tribune (not the same link as above), it mostly discussed the issue as it regarded prisoners, and I gathered from the article that the Supreme Court ruled the way they did with prisoners in mind. I know that the person who brought the case forward was not actually a prisoner.

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Kaldensor 2012/04/03 11:41:14

It gives the police too much power

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May as well go naked.

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