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August 16, 2017

Houston, TX: No Charges for Officers over Public Body Cavity Search
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And in Houston, Texas, prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against
a pair of Harris County Sheriff's deputies who are accused of conducting
a roadside strip-search of 21-year-old Charnesia Corley, in an incident
her lawyer calls "rape by cop." Video of the June 2015 traffic stop
released Monday shows a pair of deputies shoving Corley face down onto
the pavement after pulling her over for allegedly running a stop sign.
Corley says the officers removed her pants, threatened to break her
legs, and penetrated her vagina without her consent as they searched for
marijuana. Corley's lawyer is calling for the appointment of a special
prosecutor to reinvestigate the case.


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