This should not be surprising. Police in general don't care about rape - it's hard to accept the "hard to get a conviction" argument when they have years of ba

This should not be surprising. Police in general don't care about rape - it's hard to accept the "hard to get a conviction" argument when they have years of backlogged rape kits[1], which is further appalling when you find out that when they do actually test them they final serial rapists[2]. This is even when the police already only test "believable" claims[3], so the backlog is already biased towards conviction. Then even when caught in the act rapists can get off without any significant penalties[4], leading to victims attempting suicide[5]. No, it isn't a matter of rapes being hard to convict, it's that police just don't care if a woman gets raped[6]. Which isn't surprising given the high rates of abuse in police households[7], and can rape people in custody[8]. They then have the gall to say "defunding means they aren't solving crime". They weren't solving crimes when they had more funding, and have demonstrated they will happily change what they report to make their numbers look however they want [6 again] [1] https://www.endthebacklog.org/backlog/what-rape-kit-backlog https://www.endthebacklog.org/backlog/what-rape-kit-backlog [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/an-epidemic-of-disbelief/592807/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/an-epid... [3] https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/why-dont-more-college-rape-victims-come-forward/593875/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/why-do... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner https://www.fox26houston.com/news/father-calls-out-judge-for-giving-daughters-rapist-a-light-sentence https://www.fox26houston.com/news/father-calls-out-judge-for... https://www.insider.com/judge-teen-accused-rape-deserves-leniency-good-family-excels-academically-2019-7 https://www.insider.com/judge-teen-accused-rape-deserves-len... https://abcnews.go.com/US/inappropriately-light-sentences-sexual-assault-cases-hurt-reporting/story?id=59748226 https://abcnews.go.com/US/inappropriately-light-sentences-se... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/24/man-convicted-prep-school-sexual-assault-released-early/1549092001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/24/man-co... and on and on [5] https://jezebel.com/illinois-judge-reverses-conviction-of-18-year-old-rapis-1848344571 https://jezebel.com/illinois-judge-reverses-conviction-of-18... [6] https://www.startribune.com/ignoring-rape-complaints-when-police-fail-to-protect-and-serve/489385841/ https://www.startribune.com/ignoring-rape-complaints-when-po... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/17/abolish-police-sexual-assault-violence https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/17/abolis... https://gothamist.com/news/report-nypd-has-systematically-undercounted-rapes-in-nyc-for-years https://gothamist.com/news/report-nypd-has-systematically-un... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/19/thousands-of-reports-inaccurately-recorded-by-police https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/19/thousands-of... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/rape-victims-kits-police-departments.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/rape-victims-kits-poli... [7] https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-officers-who-hit-their-wives-or-girlfriends/380329/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-... [8] https://theintercept.com/2019/08/30/nypd-anna-chambers-rape-probation/ https://theintercept.com/2019/08/30/nypd-anna-chambers-rape-...