Sorry we strip searched you to keep the prison safe. Here’s 240$ now try to stay out of trouble. The only thing sadder than the state giving 3M to criminals is the thought of the astronomical cost of a trial; so the state got of easy just paying to settle. I say people give up some of their rights when laws are broken you can’t have it both ways. Prisons are dangerous enough without misdemeanor criminals now able to freely sneak in drugs and weapons.
what? it does not matter if he/she was searched because what if they did bring something in for a violent offender? then what are you going to do? it’s for the safety of all including the guards they make sure nothing goes beyond including anything small that could be used as a weapon whether non-violent offender or not!
if this is the matter, then what will happen when a felon says i want a gun? and then you deny him because he is a felon? afterall, he is a citizen and has that right when he is out of jail to bear arms! can we see this being twisted?
3,000,000 less atty. fees 1,200,000 (40%) leaves 1,800,000 for 12,500 plaintiffs so they each net 144.00 What a waste of time, effort, and money to line the pockets of a plaintiff attorney. This county must have like what it was doing to rack up 12,500 plaintiffs. That’s like 3 a day for 11 years. Strip searches are a “deterrent” for people dumb enough to land their sorry _sses jail. No sympathy here and obviously no payoff either.
Any of you yahoos hear “innocent until proven guilty?”
What if your 16 year old daughter was stopped for a bogus reason like a curfew violation car check? Bet you’d say then a strip search and cavity check protects everyone in Allegheny county?
Utter BS. The law has been clear and plenty of precedent-the police were wrong and arrogant and kept violating peopls rights.
Obviously, you have never been in this situation yourself. Imagine that you are being taken in for booking. Now they searched your car, they searched you, checked your pockets etc. before they even took you to the police station. then because you couldn’t reach someone by phone, they take you to the county lockup. Now you are just in a holding cell, with your street clothes, waiting to make a phone call to have someone come and pick you up….this is the case where these folks were being strip-searched. There is no need to do this, no reason at all, and you will not be going anywhere else in the jail, certainly not to general population, because, and get this: you are not a convict! You might even have the charge dismissed before it even goes to county court. this all happens because someone at the jail thinks they have to process EVERYONE as if they are security risks etc. This was a no brainer; it is going to require someone to THINK and act as if you are indeed INNOCENT until proven guilty…when you get convicted and are sentenced, then they can worry about a strip-search and security of the jail; it’s Allegheny county jail, where the guards treat you like scum, no matter what your circumstance because they’ve heard it all and they believe no one gets taken in, if they aren’t a crook. I know the security risks involved; they just need to act a little more professionally, that’s all and this would have been avoided.
you are right Sally, these guys posting are comparing apples to oranges…the police were searching people who did nothing more than jay-walking and had no ID on them when they were taken in. this was all unnecessary.
Sorry we strip searched you to keep the prison safe. Here’s 240$ now try to stay out of trouble. The only thing sadder than the state giving 3M to criminals is the thought of the astronomical cost of a trial; so the state got of easy just paying to settle. I say people give up some of their rights when laws are broken you can’t have it both ways. Prisons are dangerous enough without misdemeanor criminals now able to freely sneak in drugs and weapons.
what? it does not matter if he/she was searched because what if they did bring something in for a violent offender? then what are you going to do? it’s for the safety of all including the guards they make sure nothing goes beyond including anything small that could be used as a weapon whether non-violent offender or not!
if this is the matter, then what will happen when a felon says i want a gun? and then you deny him because he is a felon? afterall, he is a citizen and has that right when he is out of jail to bear arms! can we see this being twisted?
3,000,000 less atty. fees 1,200,000 (40%) leaves 1,800,000 for 12,500 plaintiffs so they each net 144.00 What a waste of time, effort, and money to line the pockets of a plaintiff attorney. This county must have like what it was doing to rack up 12,500 plaintiffs. That’s like 3 a day for 11 years. Strip searches are a “deterrent” for people dumb enough to land their sorry _sses jail. No sympathy here and obviously no payoff either.
Any of you yahoos hear “innocent until proven guilty?”
What if your 16 year old daughter was stopped for a bogus reason like a curfew violation car check? Bet you’d say then a strip search and cavity check protects everyone in Allegheny county?
Utter BS. The law has been clear and plenty of precedent-the police were wrong and arrogant and kept violating peopls rights.
Gee Sally, sounds like you didn’t enjoy your experience with the police.
I think I go through the same basic procedure when I visit the doctor.
If my child were arrested, I’d prefer that the police did whatever they could to keep drugs and weapons out of the cells.
Obviously, you have never been in this situation yourself. Imagine that you are being taken in for booking. Now they searched your car, they searched you, checked your pockets etc. before they even took you to the police station. then because you couldn’t reach someone by phone, they take you to the county lockup. Now you are just in a holding cell, with your street clothes, waiting to make a phone call to have someone come and pick you up….this is the case where these folks were being strip-searched. There is no need to do this, no reason at all, and you will not be going anywhere else in the jail, certainly not to general population, because, and get this: you are not a convict! You might even have the charge dismissed before it even goes to county court. this all happens because someone at the jail thinks they have to process EVERYONE as if they are security risks etc. This was a no brainer; it is going to require someone to THINK and act as if you are indeed INNOCENT until proven guilty…when you get convicted and are sentenced, then they can worry about a strip-search and security of the jail; it’s Allegheny county jail, where the guards treat you like scum, no matter what your circumstance because they’ve heard it all and they believe no one gets taken in, if they aren’t a crook. I know the security risks involved; they just need to act a little more professionally, that’s all and this would have been avoided.
you are right Sally, these guys posting are comparing apples to oranges…the police were searching people who did nothing more than jay-walking and had no ID on them when they were taken in. this was all unnecessary.