Boston Globe: GOPer Involved In Illegal Strip Searches Of Teen Girls

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State Rep. Jeffrey D. Perry (R-MA), who is also running for Congress, is getting some unwanted attention for his tenure as a police sergeant in the 1990s -- particularly for two illegal strip searches of teenage girls conducted by an officer under Perry's command.

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In 1991, Officer Scott Flanagan claimed to be searching for drugs when he stuck his hand down a 14-year-old girl's underpants. Perry was the supervising officer on scene. The official complaint alleges Perry "observed the strip search'' but "did nothing to protect her." Perry, for his part, claimed that "it did not occur in my presence, and I have no knowledge of it,' , the Boston Globe reports.

In the second incident, in 1992, purportedly at Flanagan's request, Perry accompanied him to a 16-year-old girl's house. There, her parents later testified, Perry informed them that he and Flanagan had searched her for drugs, and added "oh, yeah, by the way, pulled her pants down for us."

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/boston_globe_goper_involved_in_illegal_strip_searc.php?ref=mp

[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. Wow! This is surprising.

GOP cops and politicians lying? Unheard of.

May he be delivered his just karma soon.

[Kber]

2. If you follow the links in the article to the court documents, it's even worse

I need to tuck my baby girl into bed and then either go shower or go throw up.

:(