Lawyers State Prosecutors In Manassas,Obtained Warrant To Force Teen To Be Taken To Hospital, Have Privates Injected To Force Arousal, To Be Photographed For Evidence In Sexting Case

If this wasn’t in the Washington Post, I wouldn’t have given this claim any credibility.  The full article, authored by Tom Jackman and captioned “In ‘sexting’ case Manassas City police want to photograph teen in sexually explicit manner, lawyers say” is here -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/07/09/in-sexting-case-manassas-city-police-want-to-photograph-teen-in-sexually-explicit-manner-lawyers-say/

According to the Washington Post,  A “Manassas City teenager accused of “sexting” a video to his girlfriend is now facing a search warrant in which Manassas City police and Prince William County prosecutors want to take a photo of his erect penis, possibly forcing the teen to become erect by taking him to a hospital and giving him an injection.”  Per the Post, “The case was set for trial on July 1, where Foster said Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Claiborne Richardson told her that her client must either plead guilty or police would obtain another search warrant “for pictures of his erect penis,” for comparison to the evidence from the teen’s cell phone. Foster asked how that would be accomplished and was told that “we just take him down to the hospital, give him a shot and then take the pictures that we need.””

the Manassas City Police, has since released a statement which can be read here:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/07/09/manassas-city-police-release-statement-on-teen-sexting-case/.  The statement claims that a parent complained that a 15 year old girl received pornographic videos via text from a 17 year old boy, despite requests to stop. Per the statement, “It is not the policy of the Manassas City Police or the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office to authorize invasive search procedures of suspects in cases of this nature and no such procedures have been conducted in this case.  Beyond that, neither the Police Department nor the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office discusses evidentiary matters prior to court hearings.”  Notably, however, while the Manassas City Police says it is not their “policy” to authorize invasive searches in these type of cases, they do not deny doing so.  Which implies that the warrant was sought after, and potentially authorized.

I hope that this is untrue.  It makes no sense whatsoever to subject a subject of a crime, during an investigation, to a more traumatic experience than that he or she is accused of inflicting.  If this happened, it was either (a) inhuman; (b) a disturbing effort to force a plea; or (c) both.