Eckert ... appeared to be clenching his buttocks. Law enforcement thought that was probable cause to suspect that Eckert was hiding narcotics in his anal cavity. While officers detained Eckert, they secured a search warrant from a judge that allowed for an anal cavity search.
The lawsuit claims that Deming Police tried taking Eckert to an emergency room in Deming [New Mexico], but a doctor there refused to perform the anal cavity search citing it was "unethical."
But physicians at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City agreed to perform the procedure and a few hours later, Eckert was admitted. ... no narcotics were found. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery, sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large intestines. No narcotics were found.
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At the hospital, two abdominal x-rays were performed along with two forced digital anal exams, three forced enemas, and a colonoscopy all done without the patient's consent. And all this for pulling a running stop. Eckert is suing the police officers, the doctors, and the hospital as the hospital is now billing him thousands for all these procedures.
This news story was originally dated Nov. 4, 2013, but the nightmarish incident began January 2, 2013.