Women Suing Texas State Troopers Over Roadside Cavity Searches

Two Irving women are suing two Texas state troopers and the director of the Department of Public Safety after they say they were violated, during what they call an unconstitutional search, when they were subjected to a roadside cavity search in full view of the public and without probable cause.

On July 13, while driving along State Highway 161, Angel Dobbs and her niece Ashley Dobbs were stopped for littering by Trooper David Ferrell. In the dashcam video released by the women and their attorney, Ferrell can be heard telling the women they would both be cited for littering for throwing cigarette butts out of the car.

When the trooper smelled an odor of marijuana in the vehicle and that's when he decided to call a female trooper to help with the search, including a cavity search.

Watch the dashcam video here.