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ON THE CLOCK WITH A MINUTE TO EXPLORE NOTABLE HEADLINES FROM
THE WEEK. FIRST ON THE AGENDA, A MINOR
TRAFFIC INFRACTION IN DEMING LED TO A LAWSUIT BY A MAN WHO
SAYS POLICE FORCED HIM TO, CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO READ
THIS OUT LOUD, BUT UNDERGO *** CAVITY SEARCHES AND A
COLONOSCOPY WITHOUT CONSENT BECAUSE THEY SUSPECTED HE WAS
HIDING DRUGS. HE WAS SUBJECT TO PROCEDURES,
AGAIN, NO CONSENT AND COUNTY NOT COVERED BY THE SEARCH
WARRANT. NO DRUGS ARE FOUND, HE GOT A
BILL FOR THE COLONOSCOPY AND NOW CHRIS RAMIREZ REPORTS
THERE WAS A SIMILAR CASE WITH THE SAME DRUG SNIFFING DOG WHO
PICKED OUT ANOTHER MAN AFTER A MINOR TRAFFIC INFRACTION.
LAURA, IS IT THE DOG, MEDICAL PERSONNEL?
IS IT EVERYONE. >> BLAME THE DOG.
>> THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THINGS IN THE WORLD.
WHERE DID THIS GO HORRIBLY WRONG?
I FOUND THE MEDICAL STAFF PERSONALLY, THAT IS WHERE IT
ALL WENT WRONG. >> I AM HORRIFIED PERSONALLY
BECAUSE THIS IS DEMING. I AM FROM DEMING, AND SO THIS
IS WHAT HAPPENED IN MY SMALL TOWN.
IT HORRIFIES ME AND I COULD NOT HAVE COME UP WITH A MORE
RIDICULOUS HYPOTHETICAL TO TEACH MY BUSINESS STUDENTS
WHEN I TEACH THEM CRIMINAL LAW SEARCH AND SEIZURE PROTECTION.
THIS IS TERRIBLE. THERE WERE FAILURES ALL ALONG
THE LINE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
WHEN IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AND THEY GOT A WARRANT
FROM THE JUDGE, THAT WARRANT WAS ONLY APPLICABLE IN LUNA
COUNTY AND THEY WENT TO SILVER CITY TO GET IT DONE IN GRANT
COUNTY. MIMBRES HOSPITAL REFUSED TO DO
IT, SO, THAT SHOULD BEEN A BIG RED FLAG.
>> JURISDICTION IS A BIG PROBLEM.
>> I'LL MAKE IT VERY QUICK. THIS IS MY FRUSTRATION WITH I
THINK OVERREACHING BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS WAR ON DRUGS HASN'T WORKED AND THIS IS THE KIND OF
REPERCUSSIONS WE GET FROM DOING THIS, THIS IS THE KIND
OF THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN EVERYONE THINKS THE GOVERNMENT
HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER IT WANTS TO FIGHT THE WAR ON
DRUGS. >> LAWSUITS.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND DEFINITELY A ACCOSTED MY SENSE OF CIVIL
LIBERTIES LIKE YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN DENY -- STOP IT, DAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DENY OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A
BREATHALYZER TEST IF YOU'RE PULLED OVER FOR DRUNK DRIVING
AND YET THIS CAN HAPPEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL.
>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD ANALOGY.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW ORDINANCE AIMED AT CURTAILING
PROSTITUTION BY TARGETING THE CARS USED BY THEIR CLIENTS AND
THEIR PIMPS. POLICE COULD SEIZE THEIR CARS
IF THEY ARE USED IN A CRIME. SOME ARE CONCERNED THE LAW
OVERREACHES ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE FORFEITURE HAPPENS BEFORE
THERE IS A CONVICTION. SOPHIE PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT
DISTINCTION, BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY CLEAR DISTINCTION RIGHT
THERE. >> OKAY.
SO, YOUR CAR, UNDER THIS ORDINANCE WHICH I BELIEVE IT
KICKS IN THIS WEEKEND -- DOUBLE CHECK, BUT, DOUBLE
CHECK ME ON THAT, BUT I BELIEVE IT KICKS IN THIS
WEEKEND. >> YOU'RE ARRESTED FOR A
PROSTITUTION-RELATED CRIME AND THEY SAID THEY ARE ONLY
TARGETING THE JOHNS BUT THAT COULD BE -- ACTUALLY THE
ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN SO THAT IT COULD BE ANYBODY INVOLVED
IN THAT PROSTITUTION-RELATED CRIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CONVICTED, THEY CAN TAKE YOUR
CAR. AND, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS,
AND THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS IN NEW MEXICO, TOO, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO END UP HAVING DONE REALLY ANYTHING.
>> LAURA, WE HAVE HAD FORFEITURE ISSUES HERE FOR A
LONG TIME. KIND OF UNDER THE RADAR
THOUGH, YOU KNOW. >> THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUE TAKING SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY WITHOUT A HEARING AND
IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. THEY HAVE TO GO -- THEY SHOULD
GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS BEFORE THEY CAN JUST TAKE
SOMEBODY'S VEHICLE WITHOUT HAVING ACTUAL DEFINITIVE
GUILT. >> WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
WE HAD SO MANY GOOD SUBJECTS TONIGHT, BUT MORE COMING UP ON
THE WEB. COME SEE US THERE.
THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
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