Quote:US teenager may be forced to produce 'pictures of his erect penis' as part of 'sexting' case



Critics have called prosecutor's demands 'child abuse'

IAN JOHNSTON

Thursday 10 July 2014

A 17-year-old boy in the US could be forced to have an erection to enable prosecutors bringing a "sexting" case against him to compare his penis with one in a sexually explicit video, his lawyers reportedly claim.

The youth, from Manassas City, Virginia, is alleged to have sent the video to his 15-year-old girlfriend after she sent photographs to him.
The boy faces charges of manufacturing child sex abuse and possession of child sex abuse and, in addition to a prison sentence, could spend the rest of his life on the sex offenders' database.
His lawyer, Jessica Harbeson Foster, said she was told by a prosecutor that the youth would have to plead guilty or police would seek a search warrant "for pictures of his erect penis" to compare it with the video, according to the Washington Post. When she asked how this would be achieved, she said she was told "we just take him down to the hospital, give him a shot and then take the pictures that we need."
Ms Foster said her client "goes to school every day, plays football, has never been in trouble with the law before".
"Now he's saddled with two felonies and the implication that he's a sexual predator," she said.
"My goal is to stop the search warrant. I don't want him to go through that. Taking him down to the hospital so he can get an erection in front of all those cops, that's traumatizing."
The prosecution began after the girl's mother made a complaint about the video and the 17-year-old eventually arrested.
He was taken to a jail for juveniles, where Ms Foster said officials took photographs of his genitals without his consent.
Carlos Flores Laboy, a guardian appointed for the youth by the court, said he was horrified by the prosecutor's suggestion.
"As a parent myself, I was floored. It's child abuse," he said.

Quote: A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
"When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told the Daily News.
She got no details from police until after she had gone to the hospital to identify his body, she said.

Lauren Johnson Wrote:Hey, a cop said he was sorry for the wife's loss. Relax. It was an unfortunate outcome.

Quote: A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
"When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told the Daily News.
She got no details from police until after she had gone to the hospital to identify his body, she said.

Lauren Johnson Wrote:Hey, a cop said he was sorry for the wife's loss. Relax. It was an unfortunate outcome.

Quote: A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
"When I kissed my husband this morning, I never thought it would be for the last time," Garner's wife, Esaw, told the Daily News.
She got no details from police until after she had gone to the hospital to identify his body, she said.

Magda Hassan Wrote:All this military hardware they have been doling out to the police these last few years and it seems the police are far from ready professionally or mentally and emotionally to use them. They can't even seem to keep their own handguns under control. Or their racism. Or should I say extreme prejudice.