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Investigate Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McGraw for allowing Cavity Searches by Officers in Public.

Created by B.D. on December 25, 2012

Two Texas women are suing after state troopers subjected them to a humiliating and invasive 'roadside body cavity search' that was caught on video. Female trooper Kellie Helleson is seen in the footage aggressively searching the private parts of Angel Dobbs, 38, and her niece, Ashley Dobbs, 24, in front of passing cars. The trooper used the same rubber glove for both of them. They were initially stopped by Helleson's colleague David Farrell on State Highway 161 near Irving after he saw one of them throw a cigarette butt out the window. Angel Dobbs said Helleson irritated an anal cyst she suffers from during the search, causing her 'severe and continuing pain and discomfort.' The suit said: 'Angel Dobbs was overwhelmed with emotion and a feeling of helplessness and reacted s

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