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12. Women have the right to be frisked by a woman officer

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 05:54 PM

Aug 2012

In my hell-raising youth, I have made it known that I knew my rights and told the officer that it was illegal for him to touch me, and if they really wanted to search me, they could damn well get a woman officer (my offense at the time was being young, poor and living in a crappy part of town). I was not arrested for knowing my rights and demanding they be honored.

Now, of course, I would not consent to be searched - but at the time, I only halfway knew what to do.

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For Women in Street Stops, Deeper Humiliation (about police pat-downs in nyc) [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2012 OP

I was just coming to post this obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #1

hadn't even thought of that but really good point La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2012 #2

Either public gropings by the police are wrong for everyone 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #3

did you read the article? that's not what it's saying La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2012 #4

Men can be abused too 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #5

no one is saying that women should be exempt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2012 #6

I think stop and frisk is unconstitutional obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #7

It probably is 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #8

Too frigging bad -- they can hire more female cops obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #9

They would have to start drafting them 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #10

Too bad, then obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #16

The NYPD has 34,500 officers LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #13

I agree that it is (or ought to be) unconstitutional 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #14

No LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #15

LLP -- just saw this related article on my twitter feed obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #11

Women have the right to be frisked by a woman officer REP Aug 2012 #12

I think part of why theyre doing this is so they can continue to make pot posession arrests Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #17