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Second man Timothy Young comes forward to talk of anal probe ordeal after traffic stop
A SECOND US man has come forward alleging his routine traffic stop escalated into hours of non-consensual anal-probing examinations in a search for non-existent drugs.
This comes after yesterday's report that David Eckert failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign, and was subsequently subjected to 14 hours of X-rays, cavity searches, several enemas and a colonoscopy by police who believed he was carrying drugs.
Another New Mexico man, Timothy Young, has since come forward with a similar story, and the same unqualified sniffer dog that wrongly detected drugs on Mr Eckert lead to his ordeal, KOB-TV reports.
Mr Young says he was stopped for allegedly turning without indicating in October last year.
A K-9 dog named Leo wrongly indicated he had drugs in his car, and he was taken to hospital where doctors made him undergo an x-ray scan and digital anal probe.
KOB-TV also revealed Leo's drug-sniffing qualification expired in April 2011.
In both cases the police found no drugs and the medical examinations were conducted without consent.
Albuquerque civil rights attorney Shannon Kennedy, who is representing Mr Eckert, will also file a lawsuit on Mr Young's behalf.
Federal legal documents claim that Mr Eckert had just finished shopping at Walmart on January 2 this year when he was stopped in his car.
He appeared to be clenching his buttocks when police pulled him over so they obtained a warrant to do an anal cavity search.
After attempting to get the probe done at one hospital, police were forced to admit Mr Eckert to Gila Regional Medical Centre because the first hospital deemed it "unethical".
Mr Eckert underwent an abdominal x-ray, which showed no drugs. He then had two anal exams where doctors used their fingers, once again no drugs were found.
Mr Eckert then had three enemas but nothing was found in stool samples.
After a second x-ray still found nothing, Mr Eckert was prepped for surgery and was given a colonoscopy, which also showed no drugs.
"If the officers in Hidalgo County and the City of Deming are seeking warrants for anal cavity searches based on how they're standing and the warrant allows doctors at the 'Gila Hospital of Horrors' to go in and do enemas and colonoscopies without consent,
then anyone can be seized and that's why the public needs to know about this," Mr Eckert's lawyer, Shannon Kennedy said.
Ms Kennedy said the warrant was only valid for Luna County, where Deming is located but not in Grant County where the Gila Regional Medical Centre is located.
It had also expired by three hours by the time the colonoscopy was performed.
"This is like something out of a science fiction film, anal probing by government officials and public employees," Ms Kennedy said.
Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante said the town had no reason to fear unwarranted intrusions by police officers.
"We follow the law in every aspect and we follow policies and protocols that we have in place," Chief Gigante replied.
The doctors involved, from the Gila Regional Medical Center, have been referred to the state licensing board and the police officers have been turned over to a law enforcement board.
http://www.news.com.au/world/second...ter-traffic-stop/story-fndir2ev-1226754995300
A SECOND US man has come forward alleging his routine traffic stop escalated into hours of non-consensual anal-probing examinations in a search for non-existent drugs.
This comes after yesterday's report that David Eckert failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign, and was subsequently subjected to 14 hours of X-rays, cavity searches, several enemas and a colonoscopy by police who believed he was carrying drugs.
Another New Mexico man, Timothy Young, has since come forward with a similar story, and the same unqualified sniffer dog that wrongly detected drugs on Mr Eckert lead to his ordeal, KOB-TV reports.
Mr Young says he was stopped for allegedly turning without indicating in October last year.
A K-9 dog named Leo wrongly indicated he had drugs in his car, and he was taken to hospital where doctors made him undergo an x-ray scan and digital anal probe.
KOB-TV also revealed Leo's drug-sniffing qualification expired in April 2011.
In both cases the police found no drugs and the medical examinations were conducted without consent.
Albuquerque civil rights attorney Shannon Kennedy, who is representing Mr Eckert, will also file a lawsuit on Mr Young's behalf.
Federal legal documents claim that Mr Eckert had just finished shopping at Walmart on January 2 this year when he was stopped in his car.
He appeared to be clenching his buttocks when police pulled him over so they obtained a warrant to do an anal cavity search.
After attempting to get the probe done at one hospital, police were forced to admit Mr Eckert to Gila Regional Medical Centre because the first hospital deemed it "unethical".
Mr Eckert underwent an abdominal x-ray, which showed no drugs. He then had two anal exams where doctors used their fingers, once again no drugs were found.
Mr Eckert then had three enemas but nothing was found in stool samples.
After a second x-ray still found nothing, Mr Eckert was prepped for surgery and was given a colonoscopy, which also showed no drugs.
"If the officers in Hidalgo County and the City of Deming are seeking warrants for anal cavity searches based on how they're standing and the warrant allows doctors at the 'Gila Hospital of Horrors' to go in and do enemas and colonoscopies without consent,
then anyone can be seized and that's why the public needs to know about this," Mr Eckert's lawyer, Shannon Kennedy said.
Ms Kennedy said the warrant was only valid for Luna County, where Deming is located but not in Grant County where the Gila Regional Medical Centre is located.
It had also expired by three hours by the time the colonoscopy was performed.
"This is like something out of a science fiction film, anal probing by government officials and public employees," Ms Kennedy said.
Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante said the town had no reason to fear unwarranted intrusions by police officers.
"We follow the law in every aspect and we follow policies and protocols that we have in place," Chief Gigante replied.
The doctors involved, from the Gila Regional Medical Center, have been referred to the state licensing board and the police officers have been turned over to a law enforcement board.
http://www.news.com.au/world/second...ter-traffic-stop/story-fndir2ev-1226754995300
