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 Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:39 pm Post subject: Houston Police Commit Horrible Sexual Assault, In Public, on Film. Texas Jury Sets Them Free. (Video) NSFW |
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| Quote: | Corley was pulled over by Harris County sheriff's deputies for allegedly running a stop sign around 10:30 p.m. June 20, 2015, according to her lawsuit. She pulled into a convenience store parking lot off Ella Road in North Houston and began speaking with the deputies.
The deputies believed they smelled marijuana as they were talking to Corley and subsequently searched her car. When they found none in the car, they started to search Corley herself in the parking lot – in plain view and in a "non-sterile environment," according to the lawsuit.
Corley was initially ordered to take off her pants for a strip search, but the deputies later tried to cavity search her. She protested at first but was thrown to the ground and searched anyway, according to the suit.
Corley claimed the deputies searched inside her genitalia and allegedly found 0.2 ounces of marijuana, although the deputies' attorney later said the deputy searching Corley never penetrated her privates. Corley was arrested and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.
Charges against Corley were later dismissed.
Two of the three deputies involved in the search were indicted by a Harris County grand jury on charges of official oppression.
That led to an unusually public fight between the sheriff's office and the district attorney's office, with then-Sheriff Ron Hickman criticizing the decision to charge the deputies as "not based on a review of evidence, but rather ... upon a local news report."
Charges against the two deputies, Ronaldine Pierre and William Strong, were dismissed in August 2017, when Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg presented the case to a second grand jury after new evidence emerged.
The dismissal of their charges and the subsequent release of the video of the search reinvigorated the public's interest in the case.
As the story gained visibility, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez weighed in on the case, saying his administration was "fully committed to ensuring that every resident of our community is treated with dignity and respect," and acknowledging that department policies prohibit deputies from conducting strip searches without a warrant issued by a judge. |
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