Caught on camera: Cops illegally enter home, arrest naked woman

Arizona resident Esmeralda Rossi was in the shower when her daughter told her there were police officers at the front door. She grabbed a towel and went to meet them, but soon felt uncomfortable with the pushy attitude of one officer, Doug Rose.

"So I closed the door," Rossi said. "I turn to go into my living room, and I probably get about five steps in; and all of a sudden, I just hear boots running in after me, telling me 'Stop or I’ll arrest you.'" While Rossi and her daughter recorded the incident on their cell phones, Rose arrested and then un-arrested Rossi, who was still clad only in her towel.

A police department investigation concluded Rose entered Rossi's home illegally and attempted to provoke her into breaking the law. His report on the encounter excluded many key details, including Rossi's nudity. Rossi is now suing the city, because "I felt helpless. I felt violated. And honestly, I felt molested."

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