The most disturbing scene in Crash in real life.

So, there's an article about allegations being brought against a lovely police officer from Albany that is absolutely disgusting. The link to the story is http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=668448&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=3/2/2008. Granted, the story is three pages long, so for those of you who don't want to read the whole thing, I will summarize here in my own words.
Basically, a 28-year-old white woman was driving a rental car through a neighborhood supposedly looking for a friend who she was supposed to pick up. A police vehicle drove past her two times before it pulled her over for not signaling (but she was never issued a ticket). The police force had been cracking down on drugs, so they were on the prowl I suppose, which is good because there shouldn't be drugs in neighborhoods. Anyhow, they pulled her over, and asked her about hidden crack pipes because she "fit the profile" - a "white girl in a rental car." She said she had no drugs, and the officer grabbed her cell phone off of her lap. He then questioned her about some private calls she had made as well as a call to a friend. The police officer then called her friend from her cell phone asking her if she was supposed to be picked up. Usually, police need a search warrant to go through someone's cell phone. Before it all was over, the woman was searched outside of her vehicle by a male officer who supposedly inserted his finger in her vagina. The other officer searched her car and dumped all the contents of her purse out, questioning her about why her wallet was empty and asking if she had spent all her money on drugs. The woman had asked to be searched at the precinct. A female officer then came to search the woman still at the car. The woman was then let go with a warning to not drive around there anymore and that she was lucky. No drugs or evidence of criminal wrongdoing were found. The woman drove off, and called her father soon after, hysterical about the situation. The "situation" is being handled internally by the police.
This whole thing makes me quite angry, as it should any person with any kind of heart. Really? First, I get sick of people taking their power and using it in absolutely ridiculous situations. Honestly, how does a person, regardless of race or sex, in a rental car fit the profile? The profile of what? A vacationer lost in a neighborhood? Or a rampant drug abuser? There was nothing noted about the police looking for a specific person. Then, what right does the officer have to take the phone and look through it? What probable cause did she give him? And what probable cause was there to even search her or the car? I can't even begin to speak about the allegation of sexual abuse either. Finally, the fact that the whole thing is being taken care of internally?! What is that? Let's let an organization that has a problem take care of it itself. Great! By not bringing in an outside source, the investigation, in my opinion, cannot be carried out in an unbiased manner. If these allegations are true, this officer should be deep in trouble...for multiple things. This is ridiculous. Yet another power crime. Great. Maybe we should be paying attention who we are putting into power and how much power we are giving them.

"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe." -Frederick Douglass