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Valley Local Coverage Ahwatukee Chandler Gilbert Pinal County Scottsdale Tempe Print Article Email Article Most Popular Change Type Size Woman goes after Mesa over jail incident Senta Scarborough The Arizona Republic Mar.

9, 2007 04:20 PM A 26-year-old Mesa woman is seeking a $268,000 settlement from the City of Mesa saying officers violated her civil rights when they forced her to expose her breasts and removed her nipple and stomach rings in the presence of male officers and inmates.

In January, Mesa attorney Keith Knowlton filed a notice of claim, the first step in a lawsuit, on behalf of Aran Griffin against the Mesa Police Department, two detention officers, two police officers and a jail supervisor.

"It was absolutely disgusting.

I got treated like a piece of meat.

I was in a hungry lion cage," Griffin told the Mesa Republic.

"I felt embarrassed and humiliated..." advertisement The notice of c...

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