Leo, the drug-sniffing dog
1. Eckert's abdominal area was x-rayed; no narcotics were found.
2. Doctors then performed an exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.
3. Doctors performed a second exam of Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.
4. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found.
5. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a second time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found.
6. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to insert an enema a third time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No narcotics were found.
7. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again; no narcotics were found.
8. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines. No narcotics were found.
Leo, the drug-sniffing dog, has made this mistake before. Nevertheless, earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that "a court can presume" an alert by a drug-sniffing dog provides probable cause for a search warrant, regardless of an individual dog's track record of accuracy in the field.
The Gila Regional Medical Center has billed Mr. Eckert for the “services” it provided without his consent (two forced X-rays, two forced digital penetration exams, three forced enemas and a forced colonoscopy) and he still receives medical bills for thousands of dollars for these "services."
David Eckert is suing.
They should have searched his anus a few more times. You gotta be more thorough, you know.
Quote: KeyserSozeIs David Eckert and treetopbuddy the same person?
They should have searched his anus a few more times. You gotta be more thorough, you know.
Make sure you read article KeyserSoze just before you turn out the lights. You'll sleep like a baby knowing government officials and public employees do anal probes on citizens that coast through stop signs. Maybe you could volunteer for the job.....I'm 100% sure you would fit right in.....
Thats odd...he must have been driving a real snazzy vehicle though...the cops probably really wanted to seize the vehicle not the old coot anyway.Quote: renoLast January, police pulled over 63-year-old New Mexico resident David Eckert because he didn't make a complete stop at a stop sign while exiting a Wal-Mart parking lot.
I believe the basis of the lawsuit is that the search warrant was executed in a different county and therefore the cops made a mistake as to jurisdiction.
There are many such victims that don't sue or make the evening news.
And no one really knows what an "alert" is... dogs do sit down of their own volition unrelated to a drug search sometimes. So did the dog just issue an alert or did he just feel like sitting down? You want to ask him? Go ahead .... you will get a more intelligent response from the dog than from the cops.
Quote: FleaStiffThats odd...he must have been driving a real snazzy vehicle though...the cops probably really wanted to seize the vehicle not the old coot anyway.
I believe the basis of the lawsuit is that the search warrant was executed in a different county and therefore the cops made a mistake as to jurisdiction.
There are many such victims that don't sue or make the evening news.
And no one really knows what an "alert" is... dogs do sit down of their own volition unrelated to a drug search sometimes. So did the dog just issue an alert or did he just feel like sitting down? You want to ask him? Go ahead .... you will get a more intelligent response from the dog than from the cops.
+1... As you know the "alert" is simply anything the cop deems to be an alert. Hardcore drug dogs alert their handlers to the presence of narcotics by licking their balls.....the handlers balls
Quote: IbeatyouracesDoubtful he'll win in court.
I disagree. If this goes to a jury trial, there is no way the jury doesn't side with him. I think it is down right awful that the police think they can go through all of this torture. I could understand an r-ray and maybe an enima but all other things especially a colonoscopy was out of line.
Quote: petroglyphI wonder if the cop thought to check the car seat?
They checked the seat and didn't find anything, that's why they decided to check his butt.
In this country, they can perform a traffic stop, sniff your ass, and probe your ass based on a warrant, LITERALLY.
Why oh why can't some good civil liberty lawyers get that to the Supreme Court, because that pretty much sucks.
You got junk in the trunk takes on further meaning than ever before.
Quote: treetopbuddyApparently Leo and the deputy sheriff have tried to nail this guy several times before. As near as I can tell that's the third false hit Wonder Dog Leo has signaled on Eckert's truck. The deputy finally got to see Eckerts ass**** and pick through his s***..... maybe now he will leave him alone.
Do you have a source on that?
When I read this story, I thought to myself that something doesn't add up. With all the facts as presented, it's a terrible injustice and a deplorable civil rights violation, but all the facts just don't add up.
Quote: AcesAndEightsDo you have a source on that?
I thought to myself that something doesn't add up. .
Yeah think? Googled Eckert New Mexico.....half a dozen different sources.
The humility forced on people, old people in diapers at the airports is disgusting.
How could it possible take all those finger waves and a colonoscopy?
The dog needs to be put down asap.
Quote: petroglyph
The dog needs to be put down asap.
+1
Quote: BuzzardI think justice would be if the dog was wrong, the dog's handler should have to eat the solid shit. And 100 Mcnuggets dipped in the liquid shit !
+1 Can't disagree
Dog probably never alerted... it was the cop who wanted some entertainment.Quote: petroglyph
The dog needs to be put down asap.
They was one case somewhere ( I forget where ) but cops seized house and evicted kids because Dad shot Mom and himself.
Quote: FleaStiffDog probably never alerted... it was the cop who wanted some entertainment.
Yep, some entertainment but more importantly adrenalin. Cops are big time adrenalin junkies......that's a fact jack. Notice.....no penally for the hooplehead cop. Send the dog to Korea.
Quote: treetopbuddyYeah think? Googled Eckert New Mexico.....half a dozen different sources.
I had googled the guy's name and didn't come up with any more details than what was in the original story. Is it too much to ask to post a link? I'm not trying to be confrontational here, just wondering...
Anyway, here is another story wherein it is revealed that the officers knew him to hide drugs in his anal cavity in the past.
Given that information, I am less sympathetic to the guy. But given the issues with the search warrant (wrong county and expired), I wouldn't be surprised if he gets something out of the suit.
Quote: AcesAndEightsI had googled the guy's name and didn't come up with any more details than what was in the original story. Is it too much to ask to post a link? I'm not trying to be confrontational here, just wondering...
Anyway, here is another story wherein it is revealed that the officers knew him to hide drugs in his anal cavity in the past.
Given that information, I am less sympathetic to the guy. But given the issues with the search warrant (wrong county and expired), I wouldn't be surprised if he gets something out of the suit.
Aces, I read the link you provided and I didn't see anywhere it was mentioned he hid drugs in his ass. Did you read it yourself?
It looked like to me he was a petty criminal with several charges dismissed by the prosecution. I couldn't understand what the paraphernalia was, although he was charged for meth.
They x-rayed him which showed nothing. This violation of a person's rectum is far more heinous a crime than a little bit of dope, in my opinion. The ends did not justify the means. I'm not looking for any dealer to get rich from a law suit. It can get a lot more up close and personal when a person is completely innocent and they already have precedent set for all this anal stuff. How horrible to have happen to you or a loved one.
Colonoscopy's aren't entirely safe either. This is some sick perverted stuff here.
Lol Axel and Keysersoze both
No, only that the officers CLAIM that they had such knowledge.Quote: AcesAndEightswherein it is revealed that the officers knew him to hide drugs in his anal cavity in the past.
He is a low life. (After all, this did start out at a WalMart). He has a history of drug use and most likely the arrests were rather weak or the prosecutor would not have been dismissing them.
A doctor in Luna county, where the warrant was issued, refused on ethical grounds to perform the search so the cops should have been on notice that despite a warrant something was wrong.
Quote: petroglyphQuote: AcesAndEightsI had googled the guy's name and didn't come up with any more details than what was in the original story. Is it too much to ask to post a link? I'm not trying to be confrontational here, just wondering...
Anyway, here is another story wherein it is revealed that the officers knew him to hide drugs in his anal cavity in the past.
Given that information, I am less sympathetic to the guy. But given the issues with the search warrant (wrong county and expired), I wouldn't be surprised if he gets something out of the suit.
Aces, I read the link you provided and I didn't see anywhere it was mentioned he hid drugs in his ass. Did you read it yourself?
It looked like to me he was a petty criminal with several charges dismissed by the prosecution. I couldn't understand what the paraphernalia was, although he was charged for meth.
They x-rayed him which showed nothing. This violation of a person's rectum is far more heinous a crime than a little bit of dope, in my opinion. The ends did not justify the means. I'm not looking for any dealer to get rich from a law suit. It can get a lot more up close and personal when a person is completely innocent and they already have precedent set for all this anal stuff. How horrible to have happen to you or a loved one.
Colonoscopy's aren't entirely safe either. This is some sick perverted stuff here.
Lol Axel and Keysersoze both
FleaStiff hit it correctly below, the article shows a screenshot wherein the officers CLAIM that they knew he had hid drugs in his anus in the past. So that is pretty flimsy, I agree.
Quote: FleaStiffNo, only that the officers CLAIM that they had such knowledge.
He is a low life. (After all, this did start out at a WalMart). He has a history of drug use and most likely the arrests were rather weak or the prosecutor would not have been dismissing them.
A doctor in Luna county, where the warrant was issued, refused on ethical grounds to perform the search so the cops should have been on notice that despite a warrant something was wrong.
Typical... they refer it to a collection agency promptly too.Quote: treetopbuddyThe hospital that participated in the anal rape party send the victim a 6,000 bill......vicious
Quote: treetopbuddyI'm guessing this dude is going to get some money for the anal raping, illegal search, malpractice, etc. Giving this guy money is probably the worst thing that can possibly happen to him. It will be his undoing...he's currently undone. He'll overdose or get nabbed with large quantities of meth. Leo is bound and determined to make it happen. Leo will retire to stud and pass on his incredible "ball drive" to the next generation of Hero's.
If he scores some drugs with any settlement cash, I seriously doubt he will try to hide them in his ass. After all the anal raping, I figure his ass is so stretched out, any drugs will just fall out when he is walking around. That will make Leo the drug dog's job real easy.
Dude is gonna need a new plan. Leo's still out there.
Quote: KeyserSozeIf he scores some drugs with any settlement cash, I seriously doubt he will try to hide them in his ass. After all the anal raping, I figure his ass is so stretched out, any drugs will just fall out when he is walking around. That will make Leo the drug dog's job real easy.
Dude is gonna need a new plan. Leo's still out there.
Yeah,,, your right, unless he can get a rectum rebuild which should be at the top of the settlement agreement. Any lawyer worth his/her salt will clearly see that a rectum rebuild is job one.
Quote: KeyserSozeIf he scores some drugs with any settlement cash, I seriously doubt he will try to hide them in his ass. After all the anal raping, I figure his ass is so stretched out, any drugs will just fall out when he is walking around. That will make Leo the drug dog's job real easy.
Dude is gonna need a new plan. Leo's still out there.
Meanwhile the lawyer's and the cops will be chopping themselves some lines and laughing about this guys rear.
And, they'll probably just let some old geriatric k9's follow this guy around so the dogs can still feel good about themselves, when the stuff falls out.
Kind of like esteem therapy for the dogs that couldn't make the a list.
You just can't imagine the humility. When they sew you back together they go in the back with a circle stapler with titanium staples and go thru the belly for the anvil part of the stapler. When you sort of heel up but leak out the back every where you go, you think there would be some sort of guarantee on their work but you'd be hard pressed to go in for the warranty.
Look what happened to Don King. No offense to the lawyers but usually a case like this an attorney will have to take the case pro bono, and they end up with half or so. Then the guys friends and family want their cut for standing behind him the whole time and after a celebrity party if it don't get busted there really isn't a lifetime of hookers and blow money left.
And after all that, he still leaks. Better off if he just stuck with something safe like alcohol in the first place. [sarc]
Quote: petroglyphMeanwhile the lawyer's and the cops will be chopping themselves some lines and laughing about this guys rear.
Absolutely. I'll betcha the cops have several photo's of this dude's ripped ass hanging throughout the precinct's locker room.
They probably got a special wing. Some type of Leo Victim Hall of Fame, or something.
Quote: treetopbuddyYeah,,, your right, unless he can get a rectum rebuild which should be at the top of the settlement agreement. Any lawyer worth his/her salt will clearly see that a rectum rebuild is job one.
A rectum rebuild is at the top of this guy's list, for sure. No need to live out the remainder of one's life with a torn ass.
Quote: petroglyph
And, they'll probably just let some old geriatric k9's follow this guy around so the dogs can still feel good about themselves, when the stuff falls out.
Kind of like esteem therapy for the dogs that couldn't make the a list.
[sarc]
It's got to be heartbreaking to to be around the dogs that will only alert on Big Macs but never the evil weed. They must be full of shame. Apparently only 1 out of 100 dogs are worthy to join the CRUSADE. What about the poor rejects? Who's tending to their needs? I'm guessing a fair percentage end up in the city dump.......victims of the WAR ON DRUGS.
Quote: renoDavid Eckert is suing.
Eckert has received a settlement of $1.6 million from the city of Deming and Hidalgo County. His lawsuit against the hospital and doctors has not yet been settled.
Quote: renoEckert has received a settlement of $1.6 million from the city of Deming and Hidalgo County. His lawsuit against the hospital and doctors has not yet been settled.
I'm guessing the officers or "first responders" suffered no repercussions. They probably think it's funny.
He probably got rectum rebuild as part of the settlement.
I'm afraid that Eckert's windfall will be his undoing.
Quote: Baccaratfrom79Funny how cops and their departments are never wrong. Ever notice??? "We did it by the book". "All the protocols, rules sand regulations were followed", "After our extensive and exhaustive investigation of all the facts, we conclude the officer(s) did nothing wrong", Etc., Etc. Gee, how about the truth, "I/We made a mistake and killed your innocent 12 year old boy on the swing", "A mistake was made and we over reacted", "It's the horrible truth, we just messed up", Etc.
That would be infinitely more acceptable to me. I know mistakes happen. Anybody who has done much of anything also realizes it as well. The lies, just like the lies that the government told Pat Tillman's mother are revolting. The kids are dead just the same, but loving family shouldn't have to bare the indignity of being lied to like they were idiots to be disrespected. Often the truth or parts of it come out, and then the family has to suffer it all over again with a revised explanation. After the falsehood perped on the sufferers, they don't know if and when they can know they aren't being lied to again.
I know what the streets are, I spent lots of time in and around Paterson, Camden, Passaic, Newark and throughout the 5 boroughs.
Quote: petroglyphAfter the falsehood perped on the sufferers, they don't know if and when they can know they aren't being lied to again.
I hate to say it, but you have to lie and cheat in some way like the others to survive. Let all the crooks and killers run free then so that we may kill them in the streets. Skip the government baloney. Let them get jobs like the rest of us, and live with their own decisions. Assume you are being lied to.
Quote: Baccaratfrom79Two innocent officers sitting in their car in Brooklyn when the deranged killer came up from Baltimore to "kill some police officers". The saga will continue for a very long time.
No cop I know lets a person just walk up to his car. Slow cops waiting for the government to help them.
