Posted on 01/13/2023 3:14:14 PM PST by BenLurkin
A police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real time and allowed the attack to “play out” despite concerns over how long she was inside a known stash house.
The suit filed this week in Alexandria alleges Rapides Parish sheriff’s deputies “coerced” the woman into working as a confidential informant after her arrest on felony drug charges and failed to keep their promise to protect her if a purchase went bad.
The January 2021 incident was the subject of an Associated Press investigation that highlighted the perils police informants face seeking to “work off” criminal charges in often loosely regulated, secretive arrangements with law enforcement.
The lawsuit alleges that deputies waiting nearby feared for the woman’s safety because she was in the home too long and that one, Deputy Cassie Jolene Saucier, considered going in before ultimately deciding to allow the undercover deal to “play out.”
The lawsuit also names retired Lt. Mark Parker, the ranking official overseeing the operation, who told AP last year that the sheriff’s office didn’t start using equipment capable of monitoring in real time until after the woman’s rape and often sent informants into stings without any recording equipment at all.
“We’ve always done it this way,” Parker said. “She was an addict and we just used her as an informant like we’ve done a million times before. Looking back, it’s easy to say, ‘What if?’”
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
I’ll call BS.
It’s reckless to use civilians to do police work. “Hey, drug addicted woman, go into that house with violent men and let us know what you discover or we’ll send you to prison”. Actually now that I wrote it out, it sounds like blackmail.
From the article:
“We’ve always done it this way,”
Every time I hear that phrase I want to punch someone in the nose.
the popo should have settled with the woman before it became public.
It never should have happened,
the woman probably should have been monitored and pulled out.
(I believe they knew or should have known, and the woman knew this was a possibility, I also believe they coercerd her into doing the undercover thing and said she would be monitored)
I don’t.
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I’m shocked to find out cops lie.
Really.
Honest.
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A good example of what “Government” is really all about and how much they actually care about the average person.
Can’t let a few violent sexual assaults of the person trusting you with their life and safety get in the way that sweet, sweet asset forfeiture cash and property to fund more “protecting and serving”.
Oh boy, it doesn’t sound like Lt. Mark Parker bothered to consult a lawyer before making his statements to the press...
It is blackmail, just legal blackmail.
And the flipside of it is, police can use this blackmail to elicit legitimate evidence and testimony, or false evidence and testimony. We are just pretty much using the honor system and hoping that police won’t use it to manufacture false evidence against the citizenry.
If you were there, you should go to court and testify against her
Read the article - the police weren’t even monitoring and they admitted it.
Parker said. “She was an addict and we just used her as an informant like we’ve done a million times before. Looking back, it’s easy to say, ‘What if?’”
Parker doesn’t sound too concerned about their informant getting raped. Wonder if he’d take the same nonchalant attitude if it were his mother, sister, wife, or daughter.
Sad. Had an issue with people in the complex next to my house years ago dealing - 4 separate apartments, all 4 were dirty. Cops set up a buy, filmed the whole thing with a video cam from my back door - ended up busting three of the 4 apartments, one of which was a scumbag pedo raping his own daughter. Felt absolutely horrible for that girl, but was glad the scum got cleared out
And all this because they DID monitor a controlled buy.
Do some research...
The woman testified against Jones during the trial, later telling AP in a text exchange “it was not easy but was rewarding.”
Doesn’t sound like she was to upset.
Despite the woman’s cooperation, she was charged anyway just three weeks after the recorded assault with possession of drug paraphernalia. But prosecutors said late Thursday they plan to drop the pending charges against her.
She’s a known addict so exchanging sex for drugs is/was probably a regular occurrence for her. It became rape when there’s a potential for money while working as an informant.
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