Air force officer who led sexual assault response unit acquitted in groping case

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Air force officer who led sexual assault response unit acquitted in groping case

Associated Press in Arlington
theguardian.com, Wednesday 13 November 2013 22.38 GMT

A jury has acquitted an air force officer – who once led the branch's sexual assault response team – on charges that he groped a woman outside a Virginia bar.

The seven-member jury deliberated about an hour after hearing closing arguments Wednesday in the misdemeanor assault case against 42-year-old Lt Col Jeffrey Krusinski. His arrest came amid a national furor over sexual abuse in the military and whether top brass take the issue seriously.

A 23-year-old woman testified that Krusinski grabbed her backside on May 5 outside the Crystal City bar.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/air-force-officer-not-guilty

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Of course he was

which is why the military "justice" system needs to be taken away from the military.

[Historic NY]

2. It was in an Arlington Va. civilian court.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. That will teach me to make assumptions...