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Title: Rape Charges Dropped Against Cops Who Admitted to Sex With Teen They Kidnapped
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/a ... rs-kidnapping-charges-dropped/
Published: Mar 7, 2019
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2019-03-08 05:47:58 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2779
Comments: 44
New York, NY — It has been over a year since then 18-year-old Anna Chambers accused two on-duty NYPD officers of raping her in the back of a police van on the night of September 15th, 2017. As emphatically as she claims she was raped and did not consent to having sex with two police officers, she asserts not only have the police continued to attempt to intimidate her but the very justice system she looked to for help was set up to help the alleged rapists. Now, her claims have been proven correct. Both of the officers, Eddie Martins and Richard Hall had faced up to 25 years in prison on the original rape and kidnapping charges, But this week, they had all those charges dropped. Because the system is set up in a way to protect predator police officers, the charges have been reduced to bribery and official misconduct. They have both since been released on their own recognizance. “It’s just outrageous,” said Chambers’ lawyer, Michael David. “It was a clear-cut case. She was kidnapped. There was DNA evidence,” he said. After Chambers’ case garnered national attention, New York lawmakers were forced to pass a bill last year banning cops from having sex with people they arrest. Up until last April, cops in New York could have sex with people in custody, so long as they claimed it was consensual. And that’s exactly what happened in this case. Both officers kidnapped Chambers in 2017 for allegedly possessing marijuana. The cops conveniently let all of her friends go, and kept only the tiny teen girl. As TFTP reported, Chambers used social media to voice her outcry for justice. She stated she was never actually arrested, just dropped off near the police station after she says Hall and Martins had their way with her, both men raping her while she was still in handcuffs. Her friends were also told she was being arrested and could be picked up at the NYPD station. They were also allegedly told not to follow the van, a possible indication they had planned the rape beforehand. After she was raped in the police van and went to the hospital afterward, nine cops allegedly showed up to harass and threaten her. “They came with nine cops to intimidate her and her mom, to discourage them from coming forward and reporting the rape and sex assault,” attorney Michael David, told The Post. The officers accused Chambers of making a false report, and suggested that she had made accusations against cops in the past, which she has not. “Anna said [the officer] was trying to manipulate a rubber band over his name tag, so she couldn’t see who it was,” David said. “He kept saying to Anna and her mom, ‘How do you know they were real cops?’ ” David said. “You don’t know what you’re talking about. Your daughter doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” the officer allegedly said. The harassment expanded later as Corey Guskin, 59, who works for the city, was captured on video harassing the teen over the incident. Because it was caught on video, he was officially charged. The law cops were using to protect themselves from Anna’s testimony happens to exist in 34 other states as well where police officers can claim sex with someone they have taken into custody was consensual. Buzzfeed News described the previous situation in New York: It was one of 35 states where armed law enforcement officers can evade sexual assault charges by claiming that such an encounter — from groping to intercourse — was consensual. The fact that this was legal at all speaks to the nature of the sadistic above the law attitudes of police officers. While the same standard passed in this bill already existed in jails and police stations, before its passage, police could rape someone in their custody, claim it was consensual and then get off with a slap on the wrist misconduct charge instead of felony rape—which happens to be the case with Chambers’ attackers. As Chambers’ lawyer said on Wednesday, “You can’t have consent, when you have two cops on duty. These are two cops over six feet, over two hundred pounds.” “She is 5-foot-2, 90 pounds,” he added of Chambers, who did not attend Wednesday’s court hearing, according to the NY Post. We agree. When armed individuals chain a person’s hands and kidnap them, there is no reasonable manner in which that person could consent to having sex. Even if there was no struggle and the arrested person goes along with police demands, when you are under duress and kidnapped against your will, there is no consenting. As Buzzfeed reported at the time, in a sample of 158 police officers who’ve been charged with sexual assault, sexual battery, or unlawful sexual contact with somebody under their control, at least 26 have been acquitted or had charges dropped based on the consent defense, according to a Buzzfeed review of a Buffalo News database of more than 700 law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct. These numbers are indeed startling. “Cultural shifts happen, but what we need to see is a policy shift,” said Terra Burns, an advocate in Alaska who has worked to expand police sexual assault laws. “There’s a long entrenched history of institutionalized rape culture that has to change.” Indeed, one need only browse through our archives to see the brutal reality that is police sexual misconduct. Arguably, the reason it is so pervasive is the fact that, like these two NYPD cops illustrate, they can get away with it with little to no consequences.
Poster Comment: The law cops were using to protect themselves from Anna’s testimony happens to exist in 34 other states as well where police officers can claim sex with someone they have taken into custody was consensual. Buzzfeed News described the previous situation in New York: It was one of 35 states where armed law enforcement officers can evade sexual assault charges by claiming that such an encounter — from groping to intercourse — was consensual. The fact that this was legal at all speaks to the nature of the sadistic above the law attitudes of police officers.
“They have guns, they have handcuffs. You can’t have consent under those circumstances.”
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#7. To: Deckard (#0)
Here's the "tiny teen girl": She's 18. She wasn't kidnapped -- she was arrested for possessing marijuana, prozac pills and klonopin. She offered to exchange sex for dropping the charges. Nothing was illegal.
Nothing was illegal. So prostitution and bribery is legal in New York? I didn't know that.
misterwhite: Nothing was illegal. New York has laws against both buying and selling sex. In New York, a person commits the crime of prostitution by engaging in (or offering or agreeing to engage in) any sex act in return for a fee. [Repeat: For a “FEE”]. New York’s prostitution law applies only to people who “sell sex.” [Repeat: Sell sex”]. People who buy sex can be convicted of patronizing. She was not “selling sex” for a “fee” and “bartering” is not “bribery.” The police officers were not “buying” sex so they were not “patronizing.” There was no prostitution or bribery and what she did was legal in New York. She was doing “sexual bartering” — Defined as: “When one person agrees to do a sexual act in exchange for something they want.” Pinguinite: Footnote: If you ever want to have sex in New York and not be entrapped into committing an unlawful act – Then do “Sexual bartering.” She gives you sex and you give her a $100 Walmart gift card. Smart, Eh? I thought so. Disclaimer: This post was presented for informational purposes only and there is to be np response.
The hypocrisy that you and mw exhibit on this thread exceeds even liberal demos attitude toward Trump. It is really disturbing to see. You happily rubber stamp the death of any one who is merely accused of criminal acts ... so long as they don't wear a blue uniform. Add blue uniform, and presto... they can do no wrong whatsoever. So now you are on the mw's bandwagon suggesting that cops can rightly be paid sexual favors in exchange for not arresting and filing charges against women when they have a good-faith belief / probable cause that they committed crimes and that it is legally and, no doubt, morally justifiable for them to do this. What planet are you from again??? And of course, I'm not even conceding that what the cops did was ONLY what mw claims. I was just responding to mw in the terms he advocated took place. This woman, if the above is an actual photo of her, is certainly a hot woman. I guess to you that automatically makes her forfeit any rights as to what men do to her body. Excuse me... I guess not just any men, but male cops. Or why not female cops too? THEY can do whatever the hell they want with any sexy woman and it's okay, including while the woman is handcuffed. Because they are cops. It's truly types like you that completely lack any and all integrity whatsoever when you rubber stamp criminal and highly immoral activity just because the perps wear blue uniforms. Whatever your criticism is of Deckard for hating cops, criticism which I think is excessive, you go much farther in the other direction LOVING them. Of course, "cop" meaning "any person who wears a blue law enforcement uniform". It could be an ISIS member or Hillary Clinton and you'd still offer blind defense to the contents of the blue cloth. It's the reason I have you on bozo, but I only saw your post because I was logged out. You are plainly and irrevocably stupid.
The photo was to counter the claim that she was some innocent, little, "teenage" girl. Get off the "pound me too" bandwagon and admit that women DO use sex to get what they want.
The photo was to counter the claim that she was some innocent, little, "teenage" girl. Get off the "pound me too" bandwagon and admit that women DO use sex to get what they want. ....AND....??? Should these cops be on the police force????
You're doing 60 in a 40 and get pulled over. You broke the law. You know you broke the law. You give the cop a sob story and he lets you off with a warning. Should that cop be on the police force????
Well, that is a very good point. So.... handcuffing and raping a woman accused of a crime is perfectly acceptable behavior on the part of a uniformed cop. Thanks for chiming in with your most excellent rebuttal.
Are you stating that's what actually happened here or are you posing a hypothetical?
According to the article, that was her allegation. But maybe the cops, while on duty, had consensual sex with a woman they arrested. Whatever. Go write to the appropriate channels and suggest they be given a promotion, pay raise and cop of the year award for how they handled this woman. You and Gatlin are so far beyond the pale and I don't have time for your so utterly blind loyalty.
I believe they were demoted because of their unprofessional (but legal) conduct. I'm willing to accept that and move on.
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#15. To: misterwhite (#7)
she was arrested for possessing marijuana, prozac pills and klonopin. She offered to exchange sex for dropping the charges.
#16. To: Pinguinite, misterwhite (#15)
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… She offered to exchange sex for dropping the charges.
Pinguinite: So prostitution and bribery is legal in New York?
Prostitution and bribery is not legal in New York. I didn't know that.
And you now know that it is as misterwhite stated: “Nothing was illegal.”
#18. To: Gatlin, misterwhite, Deckard (#16)
#20. To: Pinguinite (#18)
This woman, if the above is an actual photo of her, is certainly a hot woman. I guess to you that automatically makes her forfeit any rights as to what men do to her body.
#23. To: misterwhite (#20)
#24. To: Pinguinite (#23)
Should these cops be on the police force????
#25. To: misterwhite (#24)
You're doing 60 in a 40 and get pulled over. You broke the law. You know you broke the law. You give the cop a sob story and he lets you off with a warning.
Should that cop be on the police force????
#33. To: Pinguinite (#25)
So.... handcuffing and raping a woman accused of a crime is perfectly acceptable behavior on the part of a uniformed cop.
#37. To: misterwhite (#33)
Are you stating that's what actually happened here or are you posing a hypothetical?
#44. To: Pinguinite (#37)
and suggest they be given a promotion, pay raise and cop of the year award for how they handled this woman.
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