CA policeman rapes 21-year-old with internal 'cavity search' & department attempts to bribe her

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/8/1458068/-California-cop-rapes-21-year-old-with-internal-cavity-search-department-attempts-to-bribe-her

One victim described her victimization as, “the worst night of my life.” She is known, in court, only as 21-year-old Jane Doe. She describes an assault by Kern Country deputy Gabriel Lopez which took place on March 25, 2013. Lopez and deputy Christopher Escobedo showed up at Doe’s apartment to do a spot check on Doe’s boyfriend who was on probation. But what happened after was illegal, disgusting, and all too common.

They then moved to her bedroom and found the 21-year-old woman stirring from sleep. The officers placed her in handcuffs. Lopez patted her down and then, according to a civil lawsuit, proceeded to move his hands down her shorts, grab her crotch and grope her. The handcuffs were removed. Then the officers left.

Approximately 10 minutes later Doe said Deputy Lopez arrived back at the apartment alone.

He told Doe he needed to perform a cavity search on her to check once more for drugs. He took her back to the bedroom and instructed her to take off all her clothes. He touched her all over her naked body as she bent over with her hands against the bed. She sobbed throughout. She begged him to stop, but he refused. And then he left.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Yayyyyyyyy, drug war!

[LeftyMom]

2. Kern County's seriously fucking special.

These are the fine folks who brought you the Satanic Panic. They're also first rate drug warriors and unusually racist even by the standards of rural law enforcement.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/the-county-kern-county-california-deputies-tactics

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Also, very racist group of cops

[pnwmom]

3. What a horrifying story. I'm surprised the police admitted it. I wonder if she went to

the hospital afterwards so they could collect evidence, or if the boyfriend had his cell phone on -- or what. It would be nice to know what measures could be taken to have a better chance of prosecuting these assaults.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Where did they get the cash for bribes? Probably seized from innocent people

[SwankyXomb]

6. Meth dealers, more likely.