It is telling that police are thought to be our protectors from rapists and predators when they themselves are too often the rapists and predators. 
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TW: sexual assault by police
Police have sexually assaulted me at pilgrimage (when I was 15 years old), at work while I was reporting on a trial in a courthouse (when I was in my 30s), and at protest near Tahrir Square (when I was 44 years old).
Police have sexually assaulted me at pilgrimage (when I was 15 years old), at work while I was reporting on a trial in a courthouse (when I was in my 30s), and at protest near Tahrir Square (when I was 44 years old).
Boston Police hid from the public their own evidence in 1995 that one of their officers had sexually assaulted a 12yo. He kept his badge, worked on child sexual assault cases, and became union president. He allegedly went on to molest five other children. bostonglobe.com/2021/04/10/met…
A former detective in Texas suspected of the massacre of his wife, daughter, 17, and an 18yo friend, was ast summer while still a cop, charged with sexually assault & assault by strangulation of his daughter when she was 16. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04…
A 2015 study in the U.S. found that, over a 10 year period, an officer was caught in a case of sexual misconduct every five days. buffalonews.com/2015/11/26/sex…
“Some officers coerce street-based sex workers into performing sexual acts to avoid arrest. Relying on law enforcement to respond to sexual violence ignores the reality that many cops are perpetrators of such violence,” teenvogue.com/story/what-hap…
As recently as March, it was not illegal for federal law enforcement officers in the U.S. to "have sex" with people in their custody and claim it was consensual. You can’t consent to sex with someone who is armed and is detaining you! huffpost.com/entry/house-pa…
In the U.K. the Guardian reported on “extraordinary catalogue of sexual misconduct allegations against Metropolitan police officers": 594 complaints against the police service for the Greater London area between 2012 and 2018, of which 119 were upheld. theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…
“Black women and women of color who experience gendered violence rarely report to police, because of the systemic misogyny and racism that leads to survivors not being believed or supported,” teenvogue.com/story/8-to-abo…
In the U.S., more than 3/4 of sexual assaults go unreported to police. The 2nd most cited reason that a survivor cites not reporting is they believed police would not do anything to help. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d…
A study funded by the National Institute of Justice found that only 18% of reported sexual assault cases lead to arrests.
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Out of every 1,000 sexual assaults, only 230 are reported to the police, nine cases get referred to prosecutors, and five will result in a prison sentence, according to RAINN, the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the U.S.
rainn.org/statistics/cri…
rainn.org/statistics/cri…
So: who protects us from the police.
And who do the police "protect?"
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