Summary
Two former Missouri police officers, Julian Alcala and David McKnight, were charged in separate federal cases for illegally searching women’s phones during traffic stops to obtain explicit images.
Alcala, formerly with Florissant police, faces 20 counts of deprivation of rights for allegedly taking nude photos and videos from phones and deleting evidence.
McKnight, an ex-Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper, faces nine similar counts.
At least 29 women’s phones were allegedly searched.
Both men resigned after investigations began. The FBI urges victims to report misconduct by officers. The cases are unconnected.
Do cops just routinely grab victim’s phones at traffic stops and demand they be unlocked so they can sit in their car and scroll through the photos? How the hell is this legal? Why ?
This really pisses me off.
For the thick brained: “victim” in this context is the person pulled over.
Do cops just routinely grab victim’s phones at traffic stops and demand they be unlocked so they can sit in their car and scroll through the photos? How the hell is this legal? Why ?
No, that’s not normal or legal. Which is why these guys are getting charged with deprivation of rights.
Disgusting typical cop shit,
Sure, they resigned. Does it end there? They should be jailed for years.
Now I’m just curious about the stats. What percentage of women have nudies on their phones? I would have guessed you would need to search quite a lot of phones to get 29 with nudies on them, but I’m starting to think I’m wrong about that presumption.
Desperate and pathetic. Have these guys never heard of the internet?
I’m guessing it’s a power thing. They have “trophies” to get off too
Does this fall under protecting or serving?
