Vermont teen accuses police of sexual assault after arrest [View all]

[Lee-Lee]

So the chief of police directly responded to her post on social media with facts of the arrest and body cam footage of her actions and behavior and the arrest.

https://m.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/cop-on-the-tweet-chiefs-social-media-posts-draw-criticism/Content?oid=6582615

People are upset accusing the police chief of "intimidation", but I'm glad to see a chief who is responding to false accusations directly. It seems to be the in thing to some people to invent stories of police misconduct and abuse, and that's a trend that is bad for everyone. It builds distrust based on lies, and it makes it harder to go after real cases of abuse when you have to deal with a bunch of BS ones that have to be investigated too.

People who make false allegations of police misconduct should be called out and exposed for their lies in the same manner that they spread them, in my book. That's the only way to counter the spread of the lies in the community when people start them. If your going to attack the integrity and honor of a department and individual officers with lies you deserve every bit of shame and embarrassment that comes with actual proof of what happened being released when it doesn't match your claims. There should be no double standard where you get to spread false allegations unfettered but the department can't respond in kind and must limit where they respond.

It is not "intimidation" to simply release the truth and facts, backed by video evidence.

You can see the body cam footage here for yourself and be the judge.

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I love body cameras. If your a good cop they do nothing but protect you from false allegations, make investigations of allegations much faster to weed out the BS from the legit, and make it much easier to get a conviction on cases like this one.

Honestly, I would have pepper sprayed her. But I find male officers tend to be more restrained on use of force on females than I was as a female officer. At the point your are wrestling with me and kicking at me I am not going to risk an injury to myself to avoid discomfort on your part, so get ready to feel the burn....