Unprecedented Radical Roberts Court Demands you Strip for a Traffic Ticket

You keep saying "any reason." That's just not true. I'm not telling you to agree with the ruling. I am all about raging against this court and this administration for their civil rights positions.

However, this ruling does not mean you can strip searched for "any reason." It means if you are arrested and taken to jail/prison you can be strip searched there.

 

But the police can arrest someone for "any reason." As long as they "suspect" you of something, such as driving while black. The problem is how much can the police do to someone without having any evidence of wrongdoing.

 

Which brings us back to the case in question. Florence was wrongfully arrested and subsequently strip-searched, essentially as a punishment. Now the court has decreed "tough beans".

 

I don't see the problem with it. Jails need to be able to strip search people. Frankly, that's more important than an incarcerated person's humiliation.

Though it does sound like maybe Florence brought the wrong argument in his suit. Maybe he'd have got somewhere if he sued them for jailing him with the general population of people already convicted. I'll admit my ignorance (which comes in part from not having been arrested before) and say I assumed that convicted inmates were separated from people awaiting trial. I think that is how it should be.

 

Police State.

 

That just means the problem is that of unlawful arrest, not that of strip-searching. Unlawful arrest is wrong, whether strip-searching is done or not. Therefore, the discussion should be over when the police can arrest people and such, NOT over what restriction the police can do once you are in fact arrested.

 

I think this is a valid argument. Incidentally, it's similar to stances I've taken regarding the death penalty.