Ugly words, sexual prodding, abusive control mark Bradley deputies’ custody of girl, 17, at stop

A sheriff’s deputy in Bradley County used obscenities in presence of a minor at a traffic stop conducted without the giving of a Miranda warning and squeezing a girl’s private parts “hard” in a search. By David Tulis / 92.7 NoogaRadio The stop on April 8 in southeast Tennessee ensnared four people who were subjected to a 45-minute search and interrogation on an allegation by a deputy that she “smelled marijuana,” evidently on clothing worn by one of the people in an O’Reilly’s auto parts store, which smell evidently gave rise to probable cause for the arrest. Sheriff Eric Watson … Continue reading Ugly words, sexual prodding, abusive control mark Bradley deputies’ custody of girl, 17, at stop