# Clenching your buttocks during a Terry stop? Prepare for your anal probing. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255 "2013-11-06T17:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/161 "2013-11-10T22:07:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > What the hell is a Terry stop? It’s been explained at least three times in the thread already. If you don’t want to read the whole thing, you could do a search. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/162 "2013-11-11T12:05:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s been explained at least three times in the thread already. If you don’t want to read the whole thing, you could do a search. Heh. I’d be tempted to specify _where_ to search.😛 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/163 "2013-11-12T12:55:43Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > WTF did they think the third enema would turn up that didn’t get flushed out during the first two? > [@lieu](#): > > Dessert. > [@elucidator](#): > > You are a very sick puppy. _Last in, last out_, the sequential process of digestion. The third dig would have reached even the last thing he ate… dessert. Friend, your mind went in a less palatable direction? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/164 "2013-11-12T19:31:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. I’d be tempted to specify _where_ to search.😛 I smell a new meme – _google your ass_ … ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/165 "2014-01-14T05:37:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They did. They ignored it. > > I hope he collects millions. City and county have settled for [$1.6 million](http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_24899995/deming-hidalgo-county-settle-nm-anal-probe-lawsuit). From that story, a lawsuit against the doctors and the hospital is still ongoing. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/166 "2014-01-14T13:21:22Z")
I’d say that the city and county got off way too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/167 "2014-01-14T13:29:23Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I’d say that the city and county got off way too easy. The town has a population of just under 15,000. I would guess that $1.6 million is a tough pill for them to swallow. I just hope that Eckert is smart enough to move to a different town. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/168 "2014-01-14T13:41:21Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > City and county have settled for [$1.6 million](http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_24899995/deming-hidalgo-county-settle-nm-anal-probe-lawsuit). > > From that story, a lawsuit against the doctors and the hospital is still ongoing. From the article: > [@](#): > > … Eckert had endured three enemas, two anal probes and a colonoscopy … Sounds like a Christmas carol to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/169 "2014-01-14T13:47:47Z")
I’m glad that the victim in this case was compensated but it would be better if those responsible faced criminal charges. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/170 "2014-01-14T13:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > … Eckert had endured three enemas, two anal probes and a colonoscopy … I currently have a case against the aliens who gave me “The Ol’ 3-2-1”, as they called it. Looking to settle for ◊1.6 million. This thread gives me hope (but not an attorney yet. Any volunteers?). I’m whistling past the graveyard here; my real hope is that David Eckert can get on with his life, and I wish there was jail time for those involved. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/171 "2014-01-14T15:29:42Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I’d say that the city and county got off way too easy. Maybe those two cops got off, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/172 "2014-01-15T13:02:11Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > The town has a population of just under 15,000. I would guess that $1.6 million is a tough pill for them to swallow. I just hope that Eckert is smart enough to move to a different town. Odds are the police force have insurance against compensation pay-outs, or the cost will be shared by other police forces. I doubt this money will be coming out of school funds. Otherwise people in small towns would be pressured never to sue even after extreme events like this, and they’d have no real hope of ever being compensated either. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/173 "2014-01-15T13:10:11Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Odds are the police force have insurance against compensation pay-outs, or the cost will be shared by other police forces. I doubt this money will be coming out of school funds. Otherwise people in small towns would be pressured never to sue even after extreme events like this, and they’d have no real hope of ever being compensated either. I wouldn’t make a bet on this. A lot of cities and government agencies “self-insure” without thinking of the consequences if something actually goes bad. And I’d be really surprised if cost sharing among the local police included settlement payouts for the actions of abusive cops. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/174 "2014-01-15T13:50:40Z")
Does anyone know of updates for some of the recent, similar cases? This is one of them: [http://www.elpasotimes.com/latestnews/ci\_24750069/woman-sues-over-drug-search-after-crossing-at](http://www.elpasotimes.com/latestnews/ci_24750069/woman-sues-over-drug-search-after-crossing-at) I never got that kind of attention when I was in El Paso. I thought there was one more. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/175 "2014-01-15T14:00:43Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Odds are the police force have insurance against compensation pay-outs, or the cost will be shared by other police forces. I doubt this money will be coming out of school funds. Otherwise people in small towns would be pressured never to sue even after extreme events like this, and they’d have no real hope of ever being compensated either. The city I’m in a few years ago had a mayor and city counsel that made themselves lawsuit targets (mostly by illegal union busting and some really poor and not very legal employment decisions, but they did some other really stupid “someone should sue” shit - and you know, someone did). The city was insured and the stupid mayor and city counsel made a big deal about how this “didn’t cost us anything.” Except an increase in premiums and the League of Minnesota cities required a new mayor and city counsel majority to RENEW any insurance. Oh, and the new mayor and city counsel was required to grovel for the actions of the old administration. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/176 "2014-01-15T15:01:09Z")
The money is nice, but those involved should still see serious jail time, not to mention loss of jobs, being banned from law enforcement anywhere, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/177 "2014-01-15T15:01:18Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Odds are the police force have insurance against compensation pay-outs, or the cost will be shared by other police forces. I doubt this money will be coming out of school funds. Otherwise people in small towns would be pressured never to sue even after extreme events like this, and they’d have no real hope of ever being compensated either. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I wouldn’t make a bet on this. A lot of cities and government agencies “self-insure” without thinking of the consequences if something actually goes bad. And I’d be really surprised if cost sharing among the local police included settlement payouts for the actions of abusive cops. Nearly all US municipalities are self-insured. It’s not really that big a problem because their parent states guarantee their debts anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/178 "2014-01-15T15:47:33Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Nearly all US municipalities are self-insured. It’s not really that big a problem because their parent states guarantee their debts anyway. How is it that cities declare bankruptcy on occasion? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255/179 "2014-01-15T16:39:17Z")
I misspoke. I was under the impression that most states did not authorize municipal bankrupcties under Chapter 9, and were thus liable for municipal debts. However, it appears there are now 26 states which do allow municipal bankruptcy, so it could very well be a problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-your-buttocks-during-a-terry-stop-prepare-for-your-anal-probing/673255.md?page=8)