Posted on 09/23/2014 11:54:45 PM PDT by Ken H
Oklahoma law enforcement seems to have something of a sexual assault problem. On Tuesday, Tulsa County Deputy Gerald Nuckolls, 26, was arrested amid accusations that he sexually assaulted two women while on duty. Though Nuckolls hasn't been formally charged yet, authorities say he admitted to coercing some six other women into sexual acts.
On Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested state trooper Eric Roberts, 42, on complaints that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted three women while on duty. The department began investigating Roberts in July after a woman reported being pulled over by Roberts and then raped.
And in August, Oklahoma City officer Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, 27, was charged with raping or sexually abusing seven people. The alleged victims, all black women, say Holtzlcaw forced them to expose themselves, perform oral sex on him, or have intercourse with him in order to avoid arrest.
So what's going on with Oklahoma police culture? Sadly, nothing that's not happening all around the country. "In any given month, there are multiple reports of on-duty cops raping women," Nicole Flatow at Think Progress notes. For example, let's take a look at March, 2014:
• Baltimore officer Martez Johnson was charged with raping a woman he drove home from the scene of a car accident; his trial started this month.
• San Jose police officer Geoffrey Graves was charged with raping a hotel maid after she called 911 to report being assault by her husband; a preliminary hearing is set for October 1.
• In North Port, Florida, officer Michelle Turner was charged with sexual battery after an alleged victim claimed Turner and her partner (who committed suicide in March) handcuffed and assaulted her at a party.
• Former Irwindale, California, police officer David Paul Fraijo was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman after pulling her over for a traffic stop.
• Odessa, Texas, officer Salvador Becerra was arrested after three women came forward saying they were touched innapropriately by Becerra during traffic stops and another said he forced her to perform oral sex on him after finding an open container in her vehicle.
• Detroit officer Deon Nunlee was charged with sexually assaulting a woman after being called to her home to investigate a domestic violence incident in 2013.
As Flatow writes, these incidents "illustrate the ways in which women are victims of police violence, too." And holding officers who commit sexual violence accountable seems (surprise, surprise) like just as much of a weak spot for U.S. police departments than holding officers accountable for any other crimes they commit.
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“Nicole Flatow at Think Progress notes.”
Yawn. Next!
Lord Acton. Horace Walpole voiced a similar sentiment.
Real dicks and small ones at that...
Got trouble just being fun, witty, engaging, interesting and smart?
Hell, women like being around that.
Then again, if you’re not comfortable in your own skin, then maybe being a dick is the job you could hope for to get close enough to a woman.
I won’t pick up a woman if there isn’t another man in the care and most times not even then.
To dangerous for me.
I’ll take my chances with some guy who just needs to make it down the road.
De nada.
Why are we surprised? Cops are drawn from the general population that produces teachers who rape their students, porn addicts, etc. There are always going to be bad cops.
The goal should be to learn from these incidents and use that information for better hiring and monitoring once on the job. The trouble is cops covering for other cops.
A smaller suburb of Chicago’s police force had nearly half the cops double dipping. They were working as security guards at local businesses while on duty. They got caught red handed, but the mayor didn’t want the political embarrassment. They were allowed to quietly resign over time.
Now all those cops are working on other police forces, infecting them. The silence of good cops is ruining policing.
I saw this coming a long time ago.
Be sure to watch the U-tube. (you had it on your Alerts post)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkhrWZ6twjw
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