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Police raid strip club to photograph strippers

madoka

madoka

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Nice to know that this is where all our tax money is going to.

http://www.10news.com/news/question...kearny-mesa-strip-club-03072014?autoplay=true

A manager at Cheetahs strip club says his dancers felt violated by police who photographed them almost nude.

The mood at the strip club in Kearny Mesa quickly turned intense Thursday night when 10 officers swarmed the building with guns and bulletproof vests, interrupting business for a couple of hours.

"I didn't know if it was a bank robbery or serial killer on the loose the way they had come in like that," said manager Rich Buonantony.

The detectives showed up to make sure all 30 dancers had proper permits and were in compliance. Surveillance video shows the women lined up and officers taking down their information.

"They asked us for our licenses and then took down our Social Security and had us line up in the back of the dressing rooms and take pictures," said stripper Katelynn Delorie.

Delorie is a hairdresser by day and a stripper at night. She has a lot of tattoos and says that made things even worse.

"They made me feel like I was a gang member pretty much and they wanted to document every single one of my tattoos," said Delorie.

Buonantony says he is happy to work with police but hopes they are more subtle about it next time and respect the dancers.

"It's just the show of force, show of power was incredible," he said. "We are good citizens. We want to be a part of the community."
 
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Why did they bust in wearing SWAT gear and guns? They are strippers. They are't hiding weapons on their body. More tough guy SWAT have nothing to do but bully women.
 
Kadarin said:
This clearly required the use of a SWAT team.
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This was not a swat team, it was regular police. Have trouble distinguishing between the two? Good. Don't break the law and you'll be fine. Move along now.

Militarized police only are a concern for potential evil-doers. The rest of us feel safer :whiste:
 
Not sure how this is not a 4th Amendment issue. San Diego police statement (in the article) that this was just a "random inspection" does not (to me) obviate the need for a warrant if you're lining people up, detaining them, forcing them to disclose social security numbers, etc. How is this practice not illegal?
 
People in power have been and will continue to do whatever they want to do......until some extreme examples are SET.

Since it seems like nothing is ever done to those that abuse power, it will continue to happen.

ohh well
 
Kadarin said:
This clearly required the use of a SWAT team.
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Probably a contracted requirement with the Fed government to pay for your SWAT team. That you must meet a quota for using them or lose your funding. You know, prove that you need / use them sort of thing.
 
Jeeebus said:
Not sure how this is not a 4th Amendment issue. San Diego police statement (in the article) that this was just a "random inspection" does not (to me) obviate the need for a warrant if you're lining people up, detaining them, forcing them to disclose social security numbers, etc. How is this practice not illegal?
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Exactly. Maybe it's different in California (a lot of things are, ha) but if you didn't do anything wrong and aren't suspected of a crime, you can't be detained. They can waste your time for about 20-30 minutes but after that, they have nothing.

People just don't know their rights. Also, I don't know if he would win but the business owner should set a precedent by suing the city for disrupting business and for their blatant, unnecessary show of power.
 
akahoovy said:
Exactly. Maybe it's different in California (a lot of things are, ha) but if you didn't do anything wrong and aren't suspected of a crime, you can't be detained. They can waste your time for about 20-30 minutes but after that, they have nothing.

People just don't know their rights. Also, I don't know if he would win but the business owner should set a precedent by suing the city for disrupting business and for their blatant, unnecessary show of power.
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The best thing you can do is just complain at the moment though.

If a police officer decides to break the constitution and conduct an unwarranted search, you don't have the right to anything further, you don't have the right to use force to protect your right. You get to complain about it to the press and the police officer gets to go home at night, and come into work the next morning.

So what is it exactly that we have again? Rights?
 
momeNt said:
The best thing you can do is just complain at the moment though.

If a police officer decides to break the constitution and conduct an unwarranted search, you don't have the right to anything further, you don't have the right to use force to protect your right. You get to complain about it to the press and the police officer gets to go home at night, and come into work the next morning.

So what is it exactly that we have again? Rights?
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You're right about that, I agree, and it's a problem. The part of me that has a problem with authoritarian figures would want to solve the problem right then in the moment... whatever that may be, but it wouldn't end well. Litigation is probably the best way to start correcting the abuse the police officers take advantage of, but I admit you need judges who are going to side with your complaint.
 
momeNt said:
The best thing you can do is just complain at the moment though.

If a police officer decides to break the constitution and conduct an unwarranted search, you don't have the right to anything further, you don't have the right to use force to protect your right. You get to complain about it to the press and the police officer gets to go home at night, and come into work the next morning.

So what is it exactly that we have again? Rights?
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When you are in the situation, you may want to mention what you believe to be a violation, but only to a point. In the heat of the moment, the cop will not be open to hearing your complaints. So, from a self-preservation point of view, the best thing to do is to comply with the cop and file a complaint afterwards, when you are no longer under the control of or in danger from the cop.

But, that is just my take on things.
 
MotionMan said:
When you are in the situation, you may want to mention what you believe to be a violation, but only to a point. In the heat of the moment, the cop will not be open to hearing your complaints. So, from a self-preservation point of view, the best thing to do is to comply with the cop and file a complaint afterwards, when you are no longer under the control of or in danger from the cop.

But, that is just my take on things.
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That's a good take on things. In the end though it accomplishes next to nothing. I don't think those complaints curtail police behavior. Not until police feel the consequences personally, like no pay suspensions and things like that.
 
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