I don't know if you have been watching this train wreck of a Senate rave in Maine, but it got more interesting today when some woman accused the Democrat nominee of rape.
I have questions. Why now? As a police officer of 37 years, I know that these cases are easier to sole the sooner they are reported. Allegedly, this occurred in 2021, which is five years past. Why now? The cynical answer is that she is making these accusations as part of a political calculation. But that would be extremely tacky.
The non-cynical answer is that she was devastated after the attack and has gone through years of therapy to regain her sense of self-worth. She is now ready to come forward. Has she yet gone to the police? Have warrants been sworn?
The timing is suspect and deserves more than a few answers.
That is a knotty problem all the way around.
ReplyDeleteI know of one case of sexual assault. The victim did file a report.
The person staffing the desk told her she was in the wrong department and to go the the next jurisdiction over. The gentleman she was with ripped the top of the desk off and informed the man that he WAS going to take the report that night...and to initiate medical care. Sometimes, it is really good to have a weight-lifter as a friend.
The lawyer for the perp filed for extensions every time the victim showed up to testify. She lost four day's worth of wages. The fourth time she showed up, the lawyer had him cop-a-plea for a misdemeanor CSC charge.
It was his fourth middemeanor CSC "conviction" in the last six months. How many other women did he rape in that time that did not come forward and exhibit the grit those four women did?
Oh, and he was not in the US legally.
As far as I know, he is still here.
I wonder if she reported it before?
ReplyDeletePeople that make false accusations should face jail punishment equal to the crime they falsely accused someone of committing.
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