Mount Vernon PD (New York) being investigated by DOJ for strip searching everyone they arrested

[concise]

Police in New York suburb routinely used unnecessary strip searches, report finds

Report shows police routinely violated residents’ civil rights in Mount Vernon, north of New York City

www.theguardian.com

No single incident prompted the investigation into Mount Vernon’s approximately 160-officer force. But the illegal strip-search in 2020 of two women, one age 65 and the other 75, were emblematic of the department’s shortcomings, said the report, which was released at the end of last week.

Arrested on suspicion of buying drugs, officers searched the women’s car, found nothing, and hauled them into a police station in handcuffs, the report said. Supervisors there approved a fully nude strip-search by detectives who “told them to bend over and cough”.

After an internal investigation found that the officers had lied about the pair buying drugs, those involved were docked a few vacation days, the report said.

The police union representing officers in the department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Until at least the fall of 2022, it was the Mount Vernon force’s practice to strip-search every person it arrested, according to the report. Officers also strip-searched people they did not arrest, detained and interrogated people without formally arresting them, and arrested people for verbally criticizing police officers.

 

[get these nets]

Good that the FEDS put a big spotlight on the problem.
Those are bullshyt cops operating under gestapo policies.

 

[DonB90]

Booty churnin Mt.Vernon.



Arrested people for verbally critizing police

Is the DOJ report gonna result in anyone fired or prosecuted or is this just some nice report that results in nothing actually being done?

 

[The Dust King]

DWB = Driving While Black/Brown

this has happened to me multiple times, once being in mt vernon

legit pulled me over for no reason, beat me up, strip searched me twice

no drugs no nothin

cops and judges and such have so much power its ridiculous

today my homey was waiting for his case this morning and sat there for 3 hours

judge came in late and adjourned it for another day because "i dont feel like hearing this case today"

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

That’s where Puffy is from

 

[General Mills]

Strip searching 65 and 75 year old women