![]() He says so far, he’s heard from several other victims. “I believe that the chief and his administration are more than competent to conduct a criminal investigation but there’s nothing wrong with other eyes on this as well,” said Thompson.Īs for this case, the attorney said it raises the question of who else may have been roughed up or otherwise violated within the walls of the facility. Now that the facility has been permanently shut down and all the officers tied to the street crimes unit have been reassigned to uniform patrol, the WAFB I-TEAM has learned the mayor’s office and BRPD are even looking at outside agencies to possibly assist with their ongoing criminal investigation into the matter. This is the latest complaint that has come out of the Brave Cave. It is unconstitutional and I believe that someone should be arrested for it.” None of that happened here and for you to do that to someone and then release them, I think it is telling, and it’s problematic. ![]() You should have a warrant along with probable cause before you look in someone’s private parts like their buttocks or vagina. “You definitely should have reasonable suspicion before you body search someone. Officers should have probable cause and reasonable suspicion before they arrest individuals,” said Thompson. Why she was taken to the Brave Cave and again searched and a body cavity search was done on her, I don’t know. WAFB’s Scottie Hunter asked the attorney if he believes it’s telling that the woman was released without facing any charges and without even being given a ticket for the lack of insurance. Once officers could not find anything, and after more than two hours, she says she was released after she was finally allowed to provide proof of the prescriptions. Thompson said while there is no video of their trip to the Brave Cave, the woman claims she was forced to strip naked inside the facility and stretch open her private area. “It’s very problematic from the very beginning of the stop to the transportation and arrest of my client to the search of my client.” “There’s no law that states that you must carry certain pills in certain bottles of prescriptions that you have lawfully,” said attorney Ryan Thompson, who represents the woman. “That’s my Adderall and my Xanax,” the woman explains. The video shows she repeatedly told them she has a prescription for the medications and she can be heard asking them several times to check her Walgreens app for proof.īody camera video shows one of the officers question the woman about the pills when they discover different pills inside the same bottle. At one point during the traffic stop, officers found pills in the woman’s purse. She explained that the gun was not loaded and she bought it years ago-using it for protection because she owns a night club. ![]() The officers said because of the open container and because the insurance on the car has expired, they were going to search the car.Īfter searching her bag, officers found a gun that the woman says she legally owns. The officers also questioned the couple about a Twisted Tea alcoholic beverage that they found open and empty in the door cupholder on the passenger side of the car. A police report from the traffic stop shows the street value of the marijuana that was found inside the car was a dollar. The woman’s husband admitted to officers that there was a small amount of marijuana in the car.
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