Strip searched woman alleges sexism

[Ashley Anxiety.]

This is a tough one to swallow.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/11/18/16196821.html

OTTAWA - An Ottawa woman who was violently brutalized by police wants heads to roll.
"Should they keep their jobs? Probably not," said Stacy Bonds, 27, who was traumatized when Ottawa police unlawfully arrested her and violated her Charter rights in 2008.
An internal police investigation is ongoing after a judge threw out public intoxication and assault charges against Bonds, ruling Ottawa cops violently attacked her, illegally strip searched her, cut her shirt and bra off, and left her in a cold cell for three hours, half naked, after she soiled herself.

And just four days before Bonds' arrest, on Sept. 2, 2008, Sgt. Steven Desjourdy, one of the officers involved, used excessive force on an aggressive woman who he kicked and shocked with a Taser while in custody.

Desjourdy later pleaded guilty to a Police Service Act charge for the Taser attack and was demoted to first-class constable for 90 days.
"How do you cover up your tracks on that one? You know, you did it to one person, you did it to another," Bonds said, adding Desjourdy's punishment in that case is laughable.

"That makes me feel like why is this guy a sergeant?"
At the very least, she said, the officers involved should be suspended without pay for a "serious" length of time and be required to undergo extensive sensitivity training.

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[JadeMerik]

Why would he do that?

...... One of the male officers leaves the room and returns with a pair of scissors, then uses them to cut off Bonds' shirt and bra, slicing them up the back as he kneels over her head

 

[dcgottaeat]

Cops were suppose to help you not break you. Hope they get what they deserve.