RECALL IT BEING LIKE A PADDED CELL WITH A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT AND A DRAIN IN THE CENTER, AND IT WAS JUST A VERY STENCH, SMELLY PLACE.
Under questioning from her attorney, Mr. Lawson, Kennedy also described to which she was subjected in her testimony:
[Kennedy]: ONE OF THE LADIES CAME INTO THE CELL WITH ME AND SHE STARTED TO RUN HER FINGERS THROUGH MY HAIR. AND I WAS ASKING HER WHY SHE WAS DOING THAT, AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT SHE WAS CHECKING ME FOR FLEAS AND FOR LICE.
AND SHE HAD ALSO ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY VENEREAL DISEASE, AND I TOLD HER NO. AND SHE SAID, WELL, WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO TAKE EACH ARTICLE OF CLOTHING OFF AND TURN IT INSIDE OUT AND THEN GIVE IT TO US. SO I - I -
[Lawson]: EXCUSE ME. DO YOU KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THIS OFFICER, THE WOMAN WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WAS THAT MARY BUELNA?
[Kennedy]: I - I - THE NAME SOUNDS - YES, IT SOUNDS -
[Lawson]: BUT THERE WERE TWO LADIES?
[Kennedy]: BUT THERE WERE TWO. THERE WERE TWO.
[Lawson]: HOW WERE THEY DRESSED?
[Kennedy]: IN UNIFORM.
[Lawson]: FULL UNIFORM - BADGES, EVERYTHING?
[Kennedy]: I DON'T RECALL. I JUST REMEMBER THEY WORE UNIFORMS.
[Lawson]: THAT WAS IT? JUST THE TWO OFFICERS AND YOU, NO ONE ELSE -
[Kennedy]: Yes.
[Lawson]: - IS THAT RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT. NOW, WHAT HAPPENED, THEN, AFTER THEY - THEY TOLD YOUR THEY WANTED YOU TO TAKE OFF EACH ITEM OF YOUR CLOTHING?
[Kennedy]: I KEPT ASKING WHY I HAD TO DO THAT AND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, AND THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD JUST FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE AND DO AS THEY SAY.
SO I - AFTER I HAD GOTTEN ALL OF MY CLOTHES OFF, THEY TOLD ME TO TURN AROUND AND - NO, FIRST OF ALL, THEY TOLD ME TO BEND DOWN AND TOUCH THE FLOOR AND TO DO LIKE THESE HOPS LIKE - LIKE A - A - HOPS LIKE A RABBIT WOULD HOP. AND I TOLD -
[Lawson]: WHILE YOU WERE BENT DOWN?
[Kennedy]: YES.
AND I TOLD THEM THAT I COULDN'T BEND DOWN, THAT I HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY BACK. AND THEY JUST TOLD ME, THEY SAID, LOOK, YOU'RE GOING TO THE - YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU TO DO. SO, YOU KNOW, I - I WAS SCARED AND I DID WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO DO.
THEN THEY TOLD ME TO BEND DOWN AND TO SQUAT MY - OPEN MY LEGS APART AS FAR AS I COULD, TO STICK MY FINGERS UP MY VAGINA, AND TO PROBE UP THERE TO, UMH, I WAS - I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT FOR.
[Lawson]: WHO WAS IT THAT TOLD YOU TO DO THAT, KAREN?
[Kennedy]: I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS.
[Lawson]: WAS ONE OF THE OFFICERS DOING MOST OF THE TALKING?
[Kennedy]: YES.
[Lawson]: WHAT WAS THE OFFICER DOING, THE OTHER OFFICER, AT