All articles tagged with #strip search
A video has emerged showing Israeli soldiers detaining and forcing men, suspected to be militants, to strip down to their underwear at gunpoint. The IDF claims they are suspected terrorists, but Al-Araby Al-Jadeed News alleges that one of its journalists is among those detained. Israeli forces have not yet commented on this claim.
Three officers and a deputy chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana have been charged with attempting to cover up their use of stun guns during a strip search. The charges come amidst ongoing scandals in the department, including an FBI civil rights investigation and multiple federal lawsuits alleging abuse and humiliation of detainees. The officers allegedly used stun guns on a man during a strip search, unaware that their body cameras were recording. A supervisor discovered the excessive use of force and a plan was made to cover up the incident and dispose of the body camera footage. The deputy chief and three officers have been arrested and placed on leave.
Four officers, including a deputy chief, from the scandal-plagued Baton Rouge Police Department have been arrested and charged with attempting to cover up excessive force during a strip search. The officers were part of a disbanded street crimes unit that ran an obscure warehouse known as the "brave cave," where detainees were allegedly assaulted. The department is under FBI scrutiny, and numerous lawsuits have been filed alleging abuse by the unit. The arrests could jeopardize hundreds of criminal cases, and the district attorney will review each case individually to determine the officers' involvement and if they are necessary for prosecution.
A report by Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has revealed that children as young as eight are being strip-searched by police in England and Wales, with black children up to six times more likely to be searched than the overall child population. The report showed "deeply concerning" and "widespread" failures, with 2,847 children strip-searched from 2018 to mid-2022. More than half of the searches took place without an appropriate adult, and 51% of the searches led to no further action. The guidelines around strip-searches need to be strengthened urgently, said Dame Rachel, and parents should be informed in advance.