SAN DIEGO — It was just after 1:30 a.m. when former San Diego police Officer Anthony Hair told a dispatcher he’d arrived at Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee to drop of…

The investigators also asked Hair for permission to check his uniforms for semen.

“I don’t know my rights. Do I have to?” the former officer asked. “I don’t think I want to do that.”

I plead the right to no blacklight searches!

  • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    6 months ago

    Ahh yes, one of the privileged professions where the punishment for murder or rape is resigning, but keeping your pension. Even keeping your career if you move one district over.

      • dwalin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        6 months ago

        He was in a position of power, and took advantage of that said position of power. It may not be you typical alley rape but its sexual assault (ps i know nothing about laws, #notlegaladvice)

          • Trofont@lemmy.worldEnglish
            261·
            6 months ago

            So just to clarify, if a police officer has someone arrested and says “perform sexual favors or I’ll make your punishment more severe potentially affecting you life and livelihood” that to you is the same as a bribe?

            • no_kill_i@lemmy.caEnglish
              519·
              6 months ago

              If you’d have read the article, you’d know that’s not what happened.

              “You’re not too bad,” the woman can be heard saying on body-worn camera footage. “What’s it gonna hurt me if I work the system, you know what I mean?”

              • LordGimp@lemm.eeEnglish
                37·
                6 months ago

                People in police custody cannot legally consent to sex. Regardless of how willing she was, she was still being held against her will. That, by california law, is still rape.

                By your reasoning, would threatening a woman until she has sex with you still count as rape? Because you seem to be saying that everything is fine and dandy as long as the woman eventually consents, regardless of circumstance.

                • no_kill_i@lemmy.caEnglish
                  114·
                  6 months ago

                  Coerced consent is not consent, so sex after threats is rape, yeah, I agree with you there. But that’s not what happened in this case. I don’t think the two scenarios are the same.

                  The cop still committed a crime, I just don’t think the crime is rape.

                  • Trofont@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    13·
                    6 months ago

                    According to California law it’s literally rape. So you’re quibbling over fine line definitions for no reason. In addition, the woman would not have had sex with him if not for his position and authority. The fact that she didn’t scream and complain is irrelevant. It’s the same as if a woman doesn’t fight off an aggressor because shes afraid of more or worse violence. The lack of physical resistance is not consent.