TW: rape, police violence
“The detectives took turns raping her in the backseat as the van cruised the dark streets and as she sat handcuffed, crying and repeatedly telling them ‘No.’ Between assaults… the van pulled over so the cops could switch drivers”
#AbolishThePolice
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“The detectives took turns raping her in the backseat as the van cruised the dark streets and as she sat handcuffed, crying and repeatedly telling them ‘No.’ Between assaults… the van pulled over so the cops could switch drivers”
#AbolishThePolice
🧵
New York is one of 35 states where cops can evade sexual assault charges by claiming it was consensual
Some states have recently closed this loophole
Most have not, “because it has been politically unpopular to push laws that target cops and anger their powerful unions”
Some states have recently closed this loophole
Most have not, “because it has been politically unpopular to push laws that target cops and anger their powerful unions”
In most of the states that do not outlaw sex between on-duty cops and detainees, an officer can claim consent and face only a misdemeanor “official misconduct” charge, which carries a maximum one-year sentence
An @AP study found that 990 cops lost their job for sexual misconduct between 2009 and 2014…
How many escaped charges?
How many were never even reported?
How many escaped charges?
How many were never even reported?
https://twitter.com/awkwordrap/status/1388915608025280515
Hours after being repeatedly raped and then dropped on the street, 18yo Anna went to a hospital, where she told nurses two NYPD detectives had sexually assaulted her
Semen collected in Anna’s rape kit matched their DNA
And 2 weeks later she was ticketed for weed possession
Semen collected in Anna’s rape kit matched their DNA
And 2 weeks later she was ticketed for weed possession
“Part of the reason the problem’s so bad in policing is there are people who are drawn to the job for the gun and the badge and the authority... And everybody else just keeps their mouth shut.” - Penny Harrington, a former Portland, Oregon, police chief.
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
Step 1 of the @TENDEMANDS to #DefundThePolice includes:
Abolish police unions, and immediately strip their power by making police union negotiations public, demanding the @AFLCIO denounce police unions, and prohibiting political candidates from accepting police union donations.
Abolish police unions, and immediately strip their power by making police union negotiations public, demanding the @AFLCIO denounce police unions, and prohibiting political candidates from accepting police union donations.
https://twitter.com/TENDEMANDS/status/1381316851951665156
Step 3 of the @TENDEMANDS — to eliminate discriminatory policing, prosecution and sentencing, on the road to #AbolishThePolice — would prevent people like Anna from ever being targeted in the first place
https://twitter.com/tendemands/status/1371915038299160577
The @TENDEMANDS Step 4 — to institute complete law enforcement transparency and accountability — and Step 5 — to independently investigate all police crimes and abuses of power — would prevent cops from getting away with raping (or killing or brutalizing) with impunity
https://twitter.com/AWKWORDrap/status/1387846537410121738
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