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Re:Court to Cops: No Immunity If You 'Don't Have Time for Co... by hga on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:38PM (#12979538)
Really??

https://www.google.com/search?q=strip+search+texas+road

And not just in Texas, see some of the articles.

ADDED: I missed that, to date, to my knowledge and from what I've just been reviewing, none of the police in these cases have been so much as criminally charged.

Yes, that indeed shows it didn't happen in the US.

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Re:Court to Cops: No Immunity If You 'Don't Have Time for Co... by tylerhobbs on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:44PM (#12979598)
If you read the quoted portion of his comment, you'll see he's talking about the officers being sentenced, not the offense happening in the first place.
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Re:Court to Cops: No Immunity If You 'Don't Have Time for Co... by maxerickson on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:41PM (#12979572)
They are saying that the police in the US often do not get charged with crimes when they abuse their power.

Of course it isn't absolutely true, but I think it is clear enough that there is lots of work to do in making sure that abuses of power are punished.

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