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Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense by tomp on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:24PM (#3789370)
The title is misleading; IANAL, but according to the article text, the Supreme Court approved that officials can search people before putting them into prison, only for offences that can put you into prison! I'm quite astonished that this wasn't the case already, i.e. they take your freedom, but they don't check what you're carrying with you?!?
Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense by mikecane on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:30PM (#3789415)
It applies to general population of a jail too.

Let's say you are arrested in NYC. You can be taken to a holding cell at a local precinct. Then you are shuttled to downtown, to a holding cell in the court building. You go from being one person in a precinct cell to going into the "general population" of other people waiting to see a judge. Before being put in that larger holding cell, you will be subjected to a strip search now thanks to the Supreme Court. And if your offense is something as minor as not cleaning up your dog's poop? Is that fair?

Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense by tomp on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @03:14AM (#3791882)
I think the real question is why do you get jailed for not cleaning your dog's poop. That would never happen in Europe (I hope).
Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense by darklajid on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:31PM (#3789421)
You can board these precious airplanes by asking for a pat down (although discouraged?).

I'm clueless about the laws in the US. Can you go to jail for example if you pee in a park? Drive too fast? Are too drunk on the streets to find home? If any of these lead to a yes, do you think those people should be forced to strip in front of someone? Because they, obviously, are bad guys?

Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense by 18pfsmt on Monday April 02, 2012 @04:43PM (#3789972)
To answer your questions:

1) Public urination is a ticket (got one in college, many years ago).

2) Speeding is a ticket unless you are going excessively fast (100mph in 30mph zone; these numbers vary among states).

3) Too drunk on the street will get you taken to the drunk tank to sober up/ sleep it off (not jail).

Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense by mikecane on Monday April 02, 2012 @05:08PM (#3790107)
Sorry, but getting off with a ticket depends on what you look like and where you're doing it. You'd probably be outraged if a cop flagged you down and decided to frisk you, but that's what happens in many non-white neighborhoods in NYC every day, Constitution or not.