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Cops do not get sent to jail if they rape or sexually assault their detainees?

by nxm 3y ago

CuriousCosmic 3y ago
In some cases no. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/this-teenager-accused-two-on-duty-cops-of-rape-she-had-no https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/this-teena...
FireBeyond 3y ago
Hah. There was a case a few years ago where a cop "had sex with" a female teen (minor but above age of consent) who was handcuffed and in custody. He argued it was consensual, and the court agreed. The sister reply has this stunning statement: > She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented. Why is any state allowing LEOs to have sex with detainees, "consensually" or otherwise?
- jlokier 3y ago
  I find it even more stunning that there were two cops in the police van, and they both had sex with the handcuffed girl while on duty, confirmed by sperm DNA samples in the girl afterwards. Neither cop got any serious punishment, and this was due to their word against hers in court. If there had been in-van cameras or even just audio, it would almost certainly have corroborated her word as rape victim saying "no" repeatedly, or the cops' word that it was a fully consensual offer to have (presumably unprotected) sex with both cops in exchange for her freedom. (The cops' claim sounds like such a bizarre defence to me, because it obviously should be illegal to accept such an offer. But apparently it was allowed.)
dragonwriter 3y ago
> Cops do not get sent to jail if they rape or sexually assault their detainees? Frequently, no, because of pro-cop bias among (in what is simultaneously approximately the order of both strength of pro-cop bias and temporal order in which the biases apply to a case) cops (who are the first line investigators of crime), prosecutors (who's involvement is necessary for criminal charges), judges, and the public (i.e., the jury pool.)
- jimbob45 3y ago
  Frequently, no, because of pro-cop bias among cops, prosecutors, judges, and the public So...everyone?
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    The public in aggregate, yes, but not everyone individually, no.

Cops do not get sent to jail if they rape or sexually assault their detainees?

by nxm 3y ago

Cops do not get sent to jail if they rape or sexually assault their detainees?

In some cases no. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/this-teenager-accused-two-on-duty-cops-of-rape-she-had-no https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/this-teena...

FireBeyond 3y ago

Hah. There was a case a few years ago where a cop "had sex with" a female teen (minor but above age of consent) who was handcuffed and in custody. He argued it was consensual, and the court agreed. The sister reply has this stunning statement: > She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented. Why is any state allowing LEOs to have sex with detainees, "consensually" or otherwise?

jlokier 3y ago
I find it even more stunning that there were two cops in the police van, and they both had sex with the handcuffed girl while on duty, confirmed by sperm DNA samples in the girl afterwards. Neither cop got any serious punishment, and this was due to their word against hers in court. If there had been in-van cameras or even just audio, it would almost certainly have corroborated her word as rape victim saying "no" repeatedly, or the cops' word that it was a fully consensual offer to have (presumably unprotected) sex with both cops in exchange for her freedom. (The cops' claim sounds like such a bizarre defence to me, because it obviously should be illegal to accept such an offer. But apparently it was allowed.)

dragonwriter 3y ago

> Cops do not get sent to jail if they rape or sexually assault their detainees? Frequently, no, because of pro-cop bias among (in what is simultaneously approximately the order of both strength of pro-cop bias and temporal order in which the biases apply to a case) cops (who are the first line investigators of crime), prosecutors (who's involvement is necessary for criminal charges), judges, and the public (i.e., the jury pool.)

jimbob45 3y ago
Frequently, no, because of pro-cop bias among cops, prosecutors, judges, and the public So...everyone?
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  The public in aggregate, yes, but not everyone individually, no.