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New York County Could Be Liable for Jail Strip Searches
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that Herkimer County (New York) was not entitled to qualified immunity if it maintained a policy that allowed the routine strip-searching of misdemeanor arrestees without reasonable suspicion that they may be concealing weapons or other contraband.
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