

For one, it was severely lacking in probable cause. The police did obtain a warrant to rectally search Eckert but that warrant itself was problematic. No narcotics were found.Īt no time did Eckert give his consent to these searches. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert’s anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again no narcotics were found. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors and police officers.

Doctors penetrated Eckert’s anus to insert an enema a third time. Doctors penetrated Eckert’s anus to insert an enema a second time. Doctors penetrated Eckert’s anus to insert an enema. Doctors performed a second exam of Eckert’s anus with their fingers no narcotics were found. Doctors then performed an exam of Eckert’s anus with their fingers no narcotics were found. Eckert’s abdominal area was x-rayed no narcotics were found. See exhibits listed under docket item 27.) Then the officer “observed” that Eckert was standing “erect with his legs together” and his “buttocks clenched.” This was all the justification the Deming police needed to subject Eckert to the following horrific chain of events at a hospital in neighboring Silver City.ġ. (Eckert’s lawyer calls into question this dog’s training, presenting documents that claim to show it hadn’t received the proper field training and recertification. Another officer brought in a drug dog which reacted (a relatively worthless indication of anything - drug dogs can easily be “alerted” by their controlling officers) to the driver’s seat. They asked him to step out of the car and then searched his vehicle (without his consent). For whatever reason, the officers decided Eckert was hiding something, or perhaps they were unsatisfied that a routine stop hadn’t blown up into something bigger.

This post is going to be very short on commentary because the hideous abuse of justice has basically rendered me near speechless.ĭavid Eckert, a resident of Deming, NM, was pulled over by police officers after failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign.
