It’s one of the most shocking and infamous cases to ever come out of New Mexico: A man, falsely suspected of carrying drugs, forced to undergo multiple anal cavity searches.
Now, a year and half after the incident and six months after a settlement of $1.6 million in local taxpayer money was announced, New Mexico Watchdog has learned at least three police officers involved in the case are still on the job, while the status of three others remains a secret.
Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante told New Mexico Watchdog all three officers in his department who were listed as defendants in a subsequent lawsuit are on active duty. Gigante wouldn’t say why or reveal if the officers were disciplined.
“That is a personnel matter,” Gigante said in a telephone interview.
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ReplyDeleteI imagine that it's already in the works.
DeleteHas anyone collected a list of official responses after police atrocities?
ReplyDelete1) "Officer safety" (of course)
2) "He was following department procedure."
3) "It's a personnel matter, I can't talk about it."
4) "The case is being investigated, I can't talk about it."
5) "The officer was so traumatized by what he had to do that he has been getting counseling from his pastor/psychologist/priest of Moloch [fill in as applicable]."
Wow, a few more and you'd have enough to play bingo.
You're on a roll tonight. :)
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