Once one puts on a uniform they, for whatever reason, believe they are above everyone around them. It creates a flawed dynamic and it increases the potential of abuse.
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Street prostitutes, (the lowest of low) are often targeted by police for rape.
Who are THEY going to call?
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When will the #metoo movement reach law enforcement agencies since there are obviously many bad cops engaging in domestic and sexual violence-related misconduct? They need to be outed and held accountable for their predatory/abusive behavior.
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Thank you, Buffalo News, from the Buckeye State for undertaking this project. The state of Ohio bears show officers listed, but just over 50 per cent have been convicted to serve time in jail, anywhere from a few days to 19.5 years. Many also have had to register (for life) as sex offenders. Some had to pay a fine.
Of the men (and one woman) in blue who were NOT convicted, many were simply “terminated” or they “resigned” or they were given several days suspension, with or without pay. So....do their records of suspension follow them to their new positions in law enforcement elsewhere? I would guess the answer is No. I’d like to hear what Mike Dewine, State AG now running for OHIO GOVERNOR IN 2018 has to say about this atrocious record while he’s been AG for the last 8 years. To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke, What have you been doing all day, Mr. DeWine, and why does it cost Ohio so much money?
I’m no Criminal Justice scholar, but I don’t remember the Miranda Rights including anything about those who arrest you having the right to sexually assault you.
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As I recall, the officers were on duty at the time.
If a doctor has an affair with a patient, even if she enthusiastically engages, he will still lose his license in most states.
The reasoning is that a doctor has a power over a patient which is by its nature intimidating and warps the judgment of the person he is having sex with, a sort of "Stockholm syndrome" variant.
The 18 year old female was captured by these officers and was in no position to offer "consensual" sex.
It muddies the water a little to view this young woman's on line images, which are frankly sexually provocative, but we long ago settled in this country that a prostitute can be raped like any other woman. Consent is not something given in context--it is an absolute. If she said no, that was a no.
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This is disgusting that police can get away with rape, this filth should have their sentences doubled, absolutely shameful.
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Police rapists and other abusers of women in the police forces should be driven out of service, to drumbeat and trumpet-blare, and tattooed for life as an additional punishment.
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On this general subject, beware of this, citizens: if you are traveling by car Interstate, do not carry large sums of cash, particularly if you are driving long distances and stopping at fast food places for quick meals, disposing the waste paper in the car. Police in many states are constantly on the lookout to seize cash from travelers and you might never get it back. The grounds: suspicion that you are dealing drugs or involved in illegal activity. If you carry cash, make sure to hide it like somewhere deep inside your trunk where police can't go without a search warrant (don't believe it when they tell you otherwise).
Billions of dollars have been taken from citizens across the nation by police departments eager to get money for new patrol cars and other goodies.
One way to avoid seizure if you must transport larger sums would be to buy a bank check or cashier's check made out to yourself. No one could cash it without your signature. Better yet, wire the money ahead and don't have it with you.
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Carry it in a locked briefcase. A search warrant is required to open it.
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I think many commenters fail to understand that consent is always a defense against a charge of rape for normal people. Still, consent has to be proven and accepted by the jury. What the other party says, or doesn't say, will likely be determinative. So the "loophole" is really no different that what we all have. Very biased language.
There are exceptions, minors are protected (statutory rape); I believe correction officers and psychiatric doctors are prohibited from using consent as a defense. The question is whether the exception should also apply to ordinary police officers. In my opinion, maybe yes, but I don't think the numbers, as reported, rise to the level that an "exception" not "loophole" should be imposed.
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Wow! With a headline like that and the NY Times accuses the Trump administration of undermining law enforcement.
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One need to read today's NYT to learn about various felonies committed by Baltimore police. Truly a great example of urban policing.
2/13/2018
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This is disgusting. Who are we protecting with these laws and why? If nothing, police officers should be getting double the time for such offenses.
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Reading this, I am floored and forced to think that we are a lawless society pretending, with grand illusions, to be otherwise. Could this be yet another source of the unstated arrogance of many police officers? They can kill at will merely be saying "I felt threatened" and the can rape merely by saying, "She gave consent"? How can this be? It doesn't seem possible in a nation with constitutionally enumerated rights of citizens.
On this general subject, beware of this, citizens: if you are traveling by car interstate, do not carry large sums of cash, particularly if you are driving long distances and stopping at fast food places for quick meals, disposing the waste paper in the car. Police in many states are constantly on the lookout to seize cash from travelers and you might never get it back. The grounds: suspicion that you are dealing drugs or involved in illegal activity. If you carry cash, make sure to hide it like somewhere deep inside your trunk where police can't go without a search warrant (don't believe it when they tell you otherwise).
Billions of dollars have been taken from citizens across the nation by police departments eager to get money for new patrol cars and other goodies.
One way to avoid seizure if you must transport larger sums would be to buy a bank check or cashier's check made out to yourself. No one could cash it without your signature. Better yet, wire the money ahead and don't have it with you.
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Sexual assaults of people held in custody by police officers is the ultimate 'criminal' abuse of those in charge of administering justice. What an outrage. The least that ought to occur is to remove them from office, shame them publicly and send them to jail if not prison. Something is very wrong in the selection process, if we have rapists as officers.
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I do not believe as everyone else leaving comments here that a woman might have had sex with a office would never have given consult.
I can imagine a situation where a woman might have instigated the sex with the officer with the idea she would not be arrested.
This does not give permission to this officer to have sex with this woman.
It is only recognition that it is possible that consult could have been given and when it was it should not be considerred rape.
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Most simply, we need to end the myth of consensual sex which says consent is possible when there is a profound difference in the power and authority of the parties involved. Just as it is impossible to consent to sex if you are unconscious or in a coma, it is impossible to consent to sex when your "partner" has the right to arrest or detain you and has declared that right by first contacting you under the flag of authority.
Recognizing the difficulty in power imbalance, the military has a policy prohibiting fraternization in which you run afoul of the policy by having business or personal relationships when the parties have a primary senior-subordinate relationship. The core basis for a fraternization policy is the possible need for the senior to order his subordinate into danger--"Take that hill"--and fraternization would make necessary military orders difficult in the extreme.
There is a clear parallel whether the relationship is military officer-enlisted, priest-penitent, doctor-patient or police officer-detainee.
It is past time to strike consent from laws in all these cases.
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The percentage of cops getting out of their charges are low but this doesnt mention all the cops that tried to take advantage of young girls. I was pulled over repeatedly when driving to my college classes. Cops would tell me I needed them for protection and give me their card. I was more afraid of the cops then the hoodlums.
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So, let's add in the cops who shoot victims who are not a threat, the unreported rapes, the theft of currencies with no evidence that the money id for drugs, the outright theft and resale of drugs, the assaults, the bribery and coercion...
But, what about all the good cops you ask? I think they left for Canada. Both of them.
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No surprise here. When I was living in Albany, CA, a neighbor--a single mom--called the police to report a theft. The cop who showed up raped her. He then made himself comfortable in her apartment, taking a shower, and then went on his way. Who was she going to call for help? The police?
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OK, so we should be surprised that there are laws which favor cops when they rape someone but shouldn't be surprised when there are laws which favor cops when they kill someone?
Let's admit it -- kill, rape, murder, beat, humiliate or whatever -- if you do it as one of "us" to one of "them" ... well, just don't be too obvious about it cuz I don't want to feel too guilty about the diseased, destructive, despicable mayhem I am prepared to (quietly) tolerate to do whatever is necessary to keep me and mine "safe."
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Comment from a friend in law enforcement: What would you be willing to do to walk away from a dead to rights DUI? Prosecution for a crime that will be a 1, 2, 5 or 20 year sentence knowing the sweet non consensual multiple relationships that await you? An officer has absolute power to abuse that climbs exponentially the more vulnerable the population. “I’ll do anything for you to let me go!” Is something I’ve heard as a forest ranger from kids getting a ticket for an abandoned campfire as they visualize that college acceptance, sports carriers, success/failure in life depends on the one instance. Yes this is consent, but the duress is implied. Cops get this offer all day long, and the mass majority have ethics and don’t act. Those that do are usually under 30 and male. Absolute atrocities at the Hitler degree happen every minute to undocumented powerless people who have nowhere to turn.
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Not really 'news'. This was a big problem way back when TR was Police Commissioner of New York City. Even then it put the 'play' in the concept of 'Pay for Play'.
When police act like frat boys, the city and the nation pay a high price in loss of public respect for institutional corruption (Serpico), as in "Ahhh, d'ey're all a bunch of crooked bums", Thus every good cop, public servant, even mayor or president is defamed by the bad ones.
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Today the 'bad apples' are in the majority. It used to be the opposite. Not anymore today.
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While they're clearing the rape loophole, they can clear the rape kit backlog, and condemn the rape "president". But I sense the uniformed thugs who support "covfefe" are also responsible in part for the backlog and their right to "do"-process their arrests...
Oh, and legalize sex work already, so that those in that line of work can't be taken advantage of by officers for "investigation" of a crime that isn't. The real silent majority stands with that.
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As a retired police officer, I just have to say that any officer who doesn't understand that having sex with someone under arrest, whether consensual or not, is not fit to wear a badge. As for it being consensual, that does not hold water in even the most backward states. That any such defense exists in this day and age is an outrage. But, then, much in this current day and age is an outrage.
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This article made me think there was a specific law that gave police an easy way to avoid rape charges.
In fact, having read the article, it seems that there is no "loophole to close." The question is whether we need additional laws forbidding police officers from engaging in sexual acts with people whom they have detained. It's hard to imagine that situation occurring without many laws being broken already, but I don't see the harm in codifying this in our laws.
Still, this article is a shoddy way to express an editorial opinion. It seems designed to mislead the reader.
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First of all, police are subject to the same rape laws as everybody else. Sex without consent is rape for them just like any other rapist. There are special laws on the books, particularly for correction officers. As you may be aware, rape in prison is an epidemic, which is why those laws were passed. Police officers are not treated like correction officers under current law because the legislature did not believe them to be serial offenders. If there are, in fact, lots of police rapists, then the proposed reform is needed. If that is not the case, though, then this is just another unwarranted attack on law enforcement. The answer to the question lies in statistics. Do police rape more than ordinary citizens and are they at all comparable to correction officers, so that they need special laws? According to the editorial, there were 14 sexual assault cases per year, nationwide, against police officers. When you consider how many police there are, that number is pretty darn small. Maybe there are a lot more such crimes that go uncharged, but this Editorial seems to accept its statistics. If they are accurate, the police are nothing like correction officers and subjecting them to a more stringent law is just a way to pick on the police rather than to respond to a real problem.
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It would be an “unwarranted attack” on police officers? The language is sickening. Please read the comments of the commenter below, retired police officer, David Kannas, “ any officer who doesn’t understand that having sex with someone under arrest, whether consensual or not, is not fit to wear a badge.”
It’s hard to imagine anyone less qualified to be the police than the police.
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My dad used to say “the police deal with the worse of society, and eventually they become like them”.
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So the sex between a cop and a woman (or man) s/he has in custody is consensual? How can it truly be consensual, given the enormous imbalance of power between them?
So the cop gets to claim a, that the sex was not rape but consensual, and b, the person in custody offered it in an effort to avoid charges or a ticket. So, in other words, the person in detention gets raped and then charged for attempting to trade sex for leniency.
That's quite a system. Astonishing, but, sadly, not surprising.
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Only the girls who pursue legal action get counted. What about all the girls that get raped in exchange for their freedom and walk sheepishly away from the scene. This loophole should be closed immediately, it is likely enabling a much larger problem.
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I was married to a cop. They are sometimes offered sex in exchange for release. The proper response is to JUST SAY NO, not consider that consent!
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Even more nauseating than claiming "consent" is the ploy that the victim was trying to "bribe" the officer.
[And in these cases it needs to be made very clear than any (brotherhood) officers aiding or abetting will be dealt with severely.]
There's an old police department saying: Your badge will get you sex, but sex will get your badge. Too many carry on with this dance until the last half of this sentence finally gets them. Let's get them if they try to put the first half into action. Better still, dissuade them from ever trying the first half.
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Wow, this is insane. I'm really losing faith in this country. The United States is a third world country compared to the Western Europe. We are so far behind it's not even funny. And Americans don't realize it.
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Tom, You are so right. We are a scary country indeed. I notice it immediately after returning and encounter the TSA/customs authorities. They are so awful and intimidating. We have people with barely a high school diploma wielding way too much power. Many of our cops are ex-military.
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This presents the question of what judge, jury member or state elected official thinks that a police officer having sex with someone they detain/arrest is actually okay.
A person who thinks that way has to be a fundamentally flawed individual.
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Lawmakers and law enforcers should be held to higher standards than the rest of us given their inherent powers over the law and its application. If they are not willing to accept this burden they should not seek out the roles that allow them authority.
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Nancy, But this is exactly why many go into these professions. They seek the unearned admiration and authority. Conceit and abuse are rampant.
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According to Wikipedia, there were 765,000 sworn, full-time law enforcement officers (defined as those with general arrest powers) on duty in America in 2008. Additionally, agencies employed another 44,000 sworn officers, for a total of over 800,000. So, the 700 officers claimed by the editorial who were arrested for alleged sexual offenses (note that this was over a 10-year period, so assume 70 per year on average against a base of those 800,000 sworn officers) represents an incidence of .00875% in any one year – less than one one-hundredth of one percent of police officers were charged with a credible sexual offense against those in their power, and only a relatively small percentage of those got off on the “consent loophole”.
I drive a lot. I don’t think I’d want to bring this up seriously as a problem to a state trooper who might pull me over for weaving as a lighted cigarette butt fell from my fingers to lodge between my legs. Not that he’d likely be TOO angry, but state police officers should avoid laughing hilariously as they check your ashtray for signs of pot.
The notion that legitimate rights of consent should not be exercised innocently by cops when identified issues related to that exercise are so infrequent – and apparently CAUGHT, investigated and prosecuted – seem a mite excessive to me. And more than a little insulting to cops.
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Three cheers for police rape, Richard !
Well done...take a bow.
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There you have it.
I had to reread this because it was so astoundingly cruel, in a school boy way.
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That's about the level of his ethical grasp and (a)moral education.
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it would be nice to see a comprehensive account of known criminal activity by police officers, root out the bad and allow the best to thrive.
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Well, not exactly 'nice' per se.....perhaps revealing, sickening and revolting, but that filthy laundry certainly deserves some sunlight, bullypulpiteer.
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Can police legally rape people in 35 states? Is it a fact? Unfortunately, it is and the great state of NY is one of them. Laws in 35 states allow cops to have sex with someone in their custody, very sad. sounds like some third world country statistics. I am glad that the New York State Assembly last week passed legislation to close the loophole but the state Senate is "still considering"is, what is there to consider? this is a crime and the rape culture should change in every state in this country
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Read the law. PEN § 130.05. Try to find where it says that police can legally rape. Or just take if from me. I've already read the law. And what you say is simply not true.
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THIS ARTICLE doesn't scratch the surface of the tip of the iceberg.
EXAMPLE:
it's still SUPER-"legal" for cops to rape prostitutes.
("Gee... I had to let her give me oral sex so i could PROVE it was sex for money, heh heh!")
If Americans knew even 1% of how often police rape women in America, they'd be rioting in the streets. Harvey and Cosby are amateurs. Ask Louima.
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and yet that is exactly the valid and successful claim of cops in NY that have been accused of sexually assaulting people in their custody.
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Do keep in mind that what happened is rape no matter what. She cried and pleaded with them to stop- that's rape under any law. This isn't a quid pro quo of "have sex and I won't arrest you", which is also illegal. This is flat-out forcing someone to have sex when they don't want to, which is the definition of rape.
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It's ALSO criminal because they were ON DUTY.
That's a variety of crimes (even theft of taxdollars and fraud!) for a police officer who we are paying to KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE.
We all also have to demand TRIPLE-punishment for any cop convicted of a felony (vs what a non-police officer would receive, since we only paid ONE of these groups to PROTECT US).
It's incomprehensible how corrupt police are in America today.
Prosecutors are the real villains here, however. (Cops are just the byproduct.)
In umpteen super-scandals, they LIED about why they couldn't go after the cops.
CASE IN POINT:
Eric Garner.
The NYPD said the cops FALSIFIED POLICE RECORDS (before the video came out and proved the cops had lied as always) in the Garner case.
No grand jury necessary to put them in cuffs and set excessive bail as you do on little people every day, even for more minor crimes than KILLING A MAN AND COVERING IT UP.
Falsifying records is a misdemeanor. No grand jury required, so THERE GOES that totally false excuse prosecutors use every day.
WHY haven't those Garner cops been cuffed, tried, or jailed for ADMITTEDLY false records?
A: because all prosecutors are dirty too. Power Corrupts even good people.
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That was someone's child. An 18 year old is so young. Those men should have been thrown under the jail!
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Consensual? While under arrest by armed officers? How much greater power imbalance could you have? It is not credible that a person under arrest would consent to sex.
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Wow, just wow. Close the loophole now.
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Police officers who are sworn to protect the public SHOULD face harsher sentences if they break the law, not get away with minor sentences. Period.
The entire legal system protects them for their atrocities to the poor & weak, people of color or those who can’t afford expensive lawyers. Shame on them, and shame on us that we turn a blind eye towards it.
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If a prison guard can not have sexual relations with a prisoner, why would a police officer be allowed to have sexual relations with a citizen in custody?
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Prosecute them, jail them and put them on a national Sex Offender Registry/List of Sexual Predators when they prey on women or men. You would think we were still living in the dark ages. These aren't police; these are sociopaths. #lockemup
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Fire them and make sure they never have a badge and weapon again.
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abel ferrara: the bad lieutenant. great film. every cop, dirty or not, should see it.
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or listen to Police Truck by the Dead Kennedys.
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The majority of police officers truly believe in their oath to serve and protect us. As the victim of sexual abuse as a child, the police detective assigned to my case gave my 9 year old self the courage to testify. He sat with my brother and I in the hallway for the duration of the trial so that our father couldn't intimidate us into not testifying. When my Dad tried to to do so detective Crawford put himself between us so we knew that we were safe.
Officers like this are a disgrace to every police officer who serves with honor. What a disgusting abuse of power. How can we trust police officers when this type of behavior happens.
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In what universe is a woman in custody able to give consent to the policemen who are holding her? The implication is that her consent to sex will make them treat her more leniently. That is actually a threat because the inverse is also true. If she didn't give consent she would be sorry. Even a prostitute can be raped. Not only is the behavior of the police reprehensible, but that anyone would even think to use supposed consent as a defense is even worse. The police got away with two crimes; rape and falsely claiming consent. They should not only have lost their jobs but also been sent to prison.
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Agreed!!!
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It may not be rape, but it's still a crime. Police have a well defined code of conduct and being seduced by someone you arrested is verboten.
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@John- I did not imply seduction. I think it is more likely that the police asked her for sex in such a way that she couldn't say no without endangering herself. Even if a woman offers sex it would be a bribe to make the officers act more leniently. Either way, the police are professionals and should act in a professional manner. This is no different from a psychiatrist asking a patient for sex or a patient offering sex in exchange for free treatment. See how clear that is?
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This is a vile loophole, of which I had been ignorant.
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I do not often agree with the Editorial Board . . . but Good Lord! In this case I do. It is incredible that no statutory bar to consent exists in some states!
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This is just one example of the abuse that police get away with.
They generally don't support democrats who support unions.
The irony is that the police unions have "negotiated " amazing contracts and protections for their membership.
Cops literally can get away with murder, theft, rape, and most other crimes.
And in the few cases when they get unavoidably caught, they still get their full pension.
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The police are immune to many different types of criminal behaviors.
This also includes domestic violence, drunk driving/crashes. Assault (fights) are common. These guys will cover for each other no matter what they do.
Their badges are get out of jail free cards.
Some cops would be the criminals in jail if they weren't the cops.
Every department has one or more and they know who they are.
I think it is rare to be the 'good apple' today.
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My father was never charged by his buddies in the local police department after sending me to the hospital with a wound so deep my hair won't grow on the scar after forty five years. He'd been taking police science courses, and knew one of the guys who answered the call. In that one moment, I knew the police may be each other's friends, but never mine. Sadly, police cover-ups and unaccountability are the norm. That's been my experience, over decades of living, in many places in America. I am afraid of the police. And I'm white.
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What are the names of the officers?
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And what are the names of their low-life lawyers? These guys should be disbarred and publicly shamed. In an alternate Universe they'd be performing a thousand hours of public service; maybe cleaning roadside rest stop bathrooms and picking up trash.
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Edward Martins and Richard Hall
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Good grief. There is no conceivable circumstance in which an officer can ethically have sex with someone they've just arrested. Realistically speaking, it's going to be either rape or a corrupt exchange of sex for favorable treatment. Any officer who has sex with a person in their custody should be immediately and automatically fired, period, regardless of whether criminal charges are pressed against them.
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Isn't it wacky that the govt and press all act like it's still not 20 OTHER CRIMES for a cop to have sex with anyone WHILE ON DUTY.
YIKES.
We've not come a long way, baby...
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People serving the Public who can't do their job, and abuse others, need to find something else to do. We have had enough.
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In America.. Its OK to label ALL Muslims as terrorists .. nobody will fault you for misrepresentation .. If there is a terrorist attack look at the Muslim in your community with suspicion- perhaps they "knew" something.
Now let's look at COPS- The POLICE departments of the United States.. All the "Good Cops " know darn well who the "Bad Cops" are -- much like we assume all the good Muslims know who the bad ones are ..
Yet they are allowed to roam free and commit horrible, anti constitutional atrocities against the public ..
Will the REAL terrorist please stand ..
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Aw c'mon, rape is criminal activity, no matter who does it, no matter what the law says or doesn't say. NYPD should be accountable for criminal activity, even when they are the perpetrators. If that's not "the law as written." then change it! But more important... Rapists should be prosecuted, even when they are lawmen.
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New York's "finest?"
I think not.
Any decent cop would be outraged that any rule would permit the clam of "consensual," regarding sex between a cop and the person they arrest.
That such "rules" apparently have long been on the books, indicates that decent cops certainly don't carry the day. It's the "others" who dominate. And they wonder why so many are angry at cops in general!
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Disgusting, outrageous contempt for women with no power at all in the hands of a police officer. It should be a federal crime.
Unfortunately, since the police officer has control, the evidence of rape could be eradicated.
Once, when I was a very young mother back in the 70's, I had a tire go flat on the interstate. I pulled over to the shoulder and was trying to decide what I could do when an officer pulled up in front of my car. I had three children ages 4-11 in the car with me. It was a very hot July day. The officer propositioned me: he'd help with the tire if I'd take a short ride with him. I simply said, no thanks and eventually someone else stopped and changed the tire for me.
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I wish you'd gotten his name and badge number and turned him in; likely he was using this ploy on other vulnerable women and girls.
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The law needs to be stronger still, and not just outlaw sexual contact between police officers and those they arrest, but also between police officers and those who come to them for protection.
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This is infuriating. And people wonder why cops are loathed and NOT trusted. Clean up your house, Police. Or, we will eventually do it for you.
Someone arrested, or even " detained " CANNOT give consent, EVER. That's like saying a 10 year old can consent to sex. Ridiculous.
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Wow. someone really hates the police. probably authority in general. tons of rape going on everywhere but we are gonna single out police here.
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We're going to single out guys who have physical and legal authority over the victims and abuse that authority.
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The big difference is that cops have all the power and authority of the state. Their word is favored in court. They are paid to protect.
When a cop commits a crime it is more serious than when a citizen commits it.
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Police are not, and should not be above the law. It is perfectly reasonable to hold them accountable for their behavior. If they can’t control themselves, they have no business being police officers.
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Wow. I would not have imagined this to be the case. Thank you for bringing this very important issue to light.
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Maybe we need a #MeToo movement regarding police officers. I'm sure there are many similar stories to this one.
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It is hard to believe that fifty years since I entered Vietnam Nam this is still the law! And the get out of jail card.
~40% of soldier in my line company in the swamps along the Dong Nai, C Co, 2/18th 1st Inf Div, were black soldiers. I served as a combat medic, muchbif the time the only medic, and near the end as a school trained sniper.
Being the medic, men talked to me of their fears, joys, and past. Contrary to much of what is said, in my company the rural south white and black soldiers often chose to be teammates and even be in the same little bunker. Prejudice was not gone, but values and courage and especially reliability were the most important.
So I have never forgotten the day one of the toughest men I have known quietly talked of him and his five little siblings have a beautiful and wonderful mother and a big, tough, loving father and of the drives along the two lane roads and the fear and tension when a police car pulled out and the lights came on and often four or more police cars joining, all about 30 yards back.
It was all about momma or daddy was going to the farm for 30 hard labor days for his driving. Whippings and balancing at the end of the day or solitary.
Or momma could give them loud and vigorous multipartner sex. Not loud and enjoying it enough and asking for more and more. Dad did hard time and Mom drove home. No income but mom’s washing and saving trying to meet his bail.
she could say no, let her husband be raped and beaten. Yes Sir. Thankyou
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Thank you for speaking truth. I have overheard these same accounts---- but from the point of view of the attackers, all older LEOs and security guards. Needless to say they were all Southern White Knight members.
They all loved to talk about the locations of the field-hand breeding farms in our state that were turned into women's prison farms.
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Outrageous! This deserves a documentary that gets aired regularly and discussion in history books available in every high school in America. No more white-washing b.s.
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"I hope that police officers in the future will not experience . . . the same frustration and anxiety that I was subjected to . . . for the past five years at the hands of my superiors . . . because of my attempt to report corruption. I was made to feel that I had burdened them with an unwanted task. The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist . . . in which an honest police officer can act . . . without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers. Police corruption cannot exist unless it is at least tolerated . . at higher levels In the department. Therefore, the most important result that can come from these hearings . . . is a conviction by police officers that the department will change."
New York police officer Frank Serpico's 1971 testimony before the Knapp Commission
Many NYPD officers held Frank Serpico in contempt for cracking the blue code of corruption.
The NYPD has improved since then...or has it ?
The teenager who claims she was raped last year by two NYPD detectives while under arrest said cops later barged into her hospital room and aggressively tried to coax her out of bringing assault charges against their colleagues.
“At least 9 officers showed up to the hospital trying to intimidate me and my mom,” said the 19-year-old woman, who goes by the name Anna Chambers.
“I was sitting in the room by myself . . .they were pressing me, saying things like, ‘Oh, this isn’t the first time you’re having an encounter with the police.’”
NYPD's finest.
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Those men should be tried, publicly shamed and threatened with the loss of their pensions.
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