An ACLU lawsuit brought against the D.C. Metropolitan Police on Wednesday for events over the weekend of President Trump’s inauguration accuses authorities of arresting innocent parties, indiscriminately pepper-spraying a crowd, detaining people for up to 16 hours without food, water, or restroom facilities, and — perhaps most egregious of all — performing degrading body cavity searches unnecessarily and as punishment.
“I felt like they were using molestation and rape as punishment. They used those tactics to inflict pain and misery on people who are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty,” asserted independent photojournalist Shay Horse, one of the four named plaintiffs in the suit. “It felt like they were trying to break me and the others — break us so that even if the charges didn’t stick, that night would be our punishment.”
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