Man anally probed by police for 14 hours including 3 enemas

[Borgholio]

But the warrant WASN'T valid. They were continuing to search his bowels HOURS after it expired, and they did it in the WRONG COUNTY on top of that! It was clearly illegal.

[TheFeniX]

Cops have qualified immunity, not absolute. They can still be sued, but it has to be shown that it was obvious that what they were doing was illegal. In this case, that X-ray should hav been sufficient for the search authorized by the warrant. Thus, the rest was too invasive and illegal.

"You can't be too careful in the War on Drugs." Nothing will come of it.

Even if the insurance covers the cost of the law suit, those doc's are going to lose their license.

Doubt it. Even if wrong-doing was found, it would be too easy to claim they were operating under direction from, what they assumed, were legal warrants and officials they didn't think they could turn down.

Would love to be proven wrong, WRT to yours and Beowulf's posts.

[Knife]

Cops have qualified immunity, not absolute. They can still be sued, but it has to be shown that it was obvious that what they were doing was illegal. In this case, that X-ray should hav been sufficient for the search authorized by the warrant. Thus, the rest was too invasive and illegal.

"You can't be too careful in the War on Drugs." Nothing will come of it.

Even if the insurance covers the cost of the law suit, those doc's are going to lose their license.

Doubt it. Even if wrong-doing was found, it would be too easy to claim they were operating under direction from, what they assumed, were legal warrants and officials they didn't think they could turn down.

Would love to be proven wrong, WRT to yours and Beowulf's posts.

I'm unaware of any legal forces to compel Dr's to perform scripted procedures via warrant. Any Dr can refuse to perform a procedure he/she feels is unethical and not needed. Normally, if the patient feels strongly enough that they want it done, they can go find a physician to do it but they can't make the Dr do it. What happened, if as described, is plainly unethical and against the profession. I would find it unimaginable that the professional organizations did not sanction these Dr's heavily. Maybe you're right and the State won't yank their licenses, but these guys/gals are going to be black listed and driven out of business.

[bilateralrope]

No, this is not routine, typical, or OK in the US. That's why the people involved are being hauled into court.

I'm not so sure about that. That link has a long list of rapes committed by police, most of which led to no punishment, and this statistic:

According to the National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations, the United States outdoes India when it comes to custodial rapes of women by law enforcement personnel