SOMEBODY’S GOING TO GET SUED: Syracuse Cops Force Doctors to Probe a Man’s Rectum for Drugs, Then Bill the Man For It.

According to the story, Jackson was arrested after a pretextual traffic stop where officers found a baggie of marijuana and detected cocaine residue on his car seat.

Jackson has a long rap sheet and was combative with police in jail, but the encounter crossed into dubious ethical and legal territory when police compelled doctors to perform a medical procedure they saw as unnecessary.

Previous cases like this have resulted in police and hospitals paying out huge amounts of money to settle lawsuits.

Jackson was clearly trouble, resisting and taunting the police, but: “At least two doctors resisted the police request. An X-ray already had indicated no drugs. They saw no medical need to perform an invasive procedure on someone against his will.”

I wonder why the doctors gave in, and just how much the city will have to pay out to settle.