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Chicago Court upholds ruling against police strip search policy
A federal appeals court affirmed that Chicago Police Department’s 1952 1980 policy requiring strip searches for arrested women was unconstitutional. The court found the practice demeaning and unequal, noting no comparable searches for men and citing Fourth and 14th Amendment violations.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
Chicago Police Department
U.S. Court of Appeals
Harrington Wood Jr
U.S. District Court