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Man Awarded $1.6 Million After Cop Butt Probing
‘I truly hope that no one will be treated like this ever again’
WND
A New Mexico man has been awarded $1.6 million after he endured a 14-hour probe of his anal cavity and intestines by police and doctors following what began as a routine traffic stop.
David Eckert said he was even forced to defecate in front of officers. Though police suspected he was hiding drugs, none were ever found.
“I feel that I got some justice as I think the settlement shows they were wrong to do what they did to me,” David Eckert told KOB-TV. “I truly hope that no one will be treated like this ever again. I felt very helpless and alone on that night. My family and I hope that people understand that I don’t want my face linked with jokes related to anal probing. For this reason, I asked my attorneys to issue this statement in the hopes that the media will respect my privacy.”
As WND reported, Eckert’s ordeal began innocently enough with a shopping trip to Walmart in Deming, N.M. on Jan. 2, 2013.
According to police, Eckert rolled through a stop sign while driving out of the store’s parking lot. He was promptly pulled over and asked to step out of his vehicle.
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The biggest problem is that rarely, do the officers have any skin in the game. The department, or county gets sued and the officers usually get no punishment at all. IF they got to
participate in the financial settlements, then just perhaps this stuff would stop. Odds are
he gets a slap on the wrist or like in most cases, will probably get a raise!