Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court says Vacaville police went too far when they pulled a drug suspect out of his wheelchair and took off his clothes in public.
The 1st District Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled last week that evidence from the strip search of Samuel White cannot be used and the case was returned to Solano County Superior Court.
The San Francisco Chronicle says White had $160 that a police informant gave him for methamphetamine.
Two officers lifted him into the air while a third yanked his pants off and pulled his underwear to his knees in plain view of passing drivers and customers at a nearby hamburger stand.
The money was found in his crotch.
The appeals court says Vacaville police humiliated White and violated his rights.