A recent report by the US Department of Justice has uncovered a pattern and practice of police misconduct within the Mount Vernon Police Department, located just north of New York City. The investigation revealed a range of civil rights violations, including illegal arrests, unnecessary strip and cavity searches, and unconstitutional detentions.
One of the incidents highlighted in the report involved the illegal strip search of two elderly women in 2020. The women were handcuffed and subjected to a fully nude strip search at the police station, despite no evidence of wrongdoing. The officers involved were found to have lied about the women buying drugs, yet faced minimal consequences.
