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    83 days ago

    In Worcester, Massachusetts, police officers enforcing anti-prostitution ordinances coerced women to touch their genitals and perform sex acts.

    Investigators said undercover officers conducting sting operations fondled the genitals of women suspected of prostitution and asked them to reciprocate — even though local laws did not require such touching as a prerequisite for an arrest. In 2019, one woman told authorities, an officer flashed his gun and threatened to arrest her on a drug charge if she did not provide oral sex.

    Alrighty then