2 Texas Officers Cleared After Subjecting Black College Student to Body Cavity Search
Style Magazine Newswire | 8/18/2017, 9:54 a.m.
Source: TheRoot.com
The Root, previously reported on June 20, 2015, about the encounter Charnesia Corley had when she was pulled by two Harris County, Texas, deputies after allegedly running a stop sign. The officers said they detected the smell of marijuana. Dashcam footage shows officers slamming her to ground and removing her pants to do body cavity search in public in a gas station parking lot. Corley’s lawyer calls it “rape by cop.” Fox 26 reports that charges against Officers Ronaldine Pierre, 34, and William Strong, 37, were dismissed Aug. 4, the same day the case was set to go to trial. Harris County prosecutor Natasha Sinclair claims that there is “new evidence” but says that it must “remain secret.” Metro UK reports that police found half a gram of marijuana on Corley that night, but all charges against her were later dropped.