In a small Seattle suburb, a rape investigation sparks a war over speech and power.

  • @Dkarma
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    15 days ago

    Yeah it’s not like cops are trained liars with immunity for their lies…

    Get fucked.

        • @Cypher
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          25 days ago

          Hardly justifies abusing people such as the clerk who have no power to resolve the issue.

          • @[email protected]
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            35 days ago

            Alright, so they collectively threw up their hands, and instead of devoting resources to help this traumatized person they prosecuted her instead.

            Don’t tell me they couldn’t do anything when they did something.

            • @Cypher
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              5 days ago

              They seemingly exhausted avenues of investigation and when that was inconclusive they were forced to seek intervention against a person harassing numerous staff members.

              They did something, against a person whom could be positively identified snd their actions proved beyond a doubt. Your position is a false equivalence.

              Edit: also you seem to be suggesting that individuals including the clerk had power to perform some action but instead chose to sue. This is ridiculous.

              • @[email protected]
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                15 days ago

                Mayor Katherine Ross and Police Chief Brian Lynch were both there at the hearing, supporting the clerk

                Lux believes police botched the investigation, pointing to lost evidence, unpursued leads, and the involvement of an officer who’d been suspended for shoddy follow-through on sexual assault cases.

                The mayor and police chief have the power here, to either address the issues in their police department on a policy level or by investigating the officer that’s bad at his job. Did they do anything?

                • @Cypher
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                  5 days ago

                  If you read the article first you would know

                  Snoqualmie police say they’ve already investigated, and even had an outside agency review the case to double check their work

                  • @[email protected]
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                    05 days ago

                    I did

                    They covered their butts instead of offering a traumatised woman services.

                    I know the answer is “it doesn’t work like that”, and I’m saying it should work like that.