A Dashcam
video released by Texas attorney, Samuel Cammack III, has shown cop humiliating
a 20-year-old college student by searching her vagina for 11 minutes.
The
molestation took place in June 2015, when Charnieisha Corley, 23, who was just
20-years-old as at then, was pulled over by Harris County deputies. She was
stopped for allegedly running a stop sign.
Texas
attorney, Cammack, has said that Corley, a college student with no criminal
history at the time, was humiliated by police for no just cause. He has
insisted that his client was subjected to ‘rape by cop’.
According to
Cammack, his client was manhandled by the cops and her head was stuck under the
car before they eventually forced her pants off, which left her naked and
exposed in an open place.
The deputies
had claimed they could smell marijuana coming from the victim’s vehicle. When
they searched, they found nothing in the car but didn’t stop at that.
In the
dashcam recordings released on Monday by the attorney, Corley is seen
handcuffed and being thrown to the floor by a female cop. The officers then
removed Corley's pants and opened her legs.
They flashed
a torch towards her naked vagina after they had searched her and then
‘penetrated’ her vagina. All of these happened in a parking lot at a
convenience store.
In the
footage, Corley is seen lying on the ground, her legs open, as two female cops
stand and kneel interchangeably over her for about 11 minutes.
Also seen in
the clip is a male cop standing close by but having his back turned to Corley
and the rest of the officers. The officers are seen at a point putting both of
Corley's ankles behind her ears.
In the
footage, which is too graphic, Corley is heard saying to the cops after the
operation, ‘that was extreme, to pull my clothes down, in front of people.’
Two of the
deputies, in June 2016, were arraigned on charges of official oppression for
maltreating Corley while on duty.
The case was
listed to go to trial on August 7, but according to Harris County District
Attorney's Office Civil Rights Division Chief, Natasha Sinclair, their office
saw ‘significant new evidence’ that they believed they needed to present to the
grand jury.
Days before
the trial was to begin, prosecutors, however, dropped the charges and submitted
the matter to a new grand jury.
Corley’s
lawyer, Cammack, has said that they are planning on a $15 million suit and that
the civil case is scheduled to go to trial in January 2018.
Speaking to
a reporter, Cammack said he plans to request for an independent prosecutor to
oversee the DA's handling of the case against the cops.
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