amlevin
Regular Member
Unfortunately many are.
But there is a growing distrust of LEO in general.
And this article won't help regain any of it any time soon:
http://heraldnet.com/article/20110413/NEWS01/704139783/0/FRONTPAGE
A woman filed a complaint with Lynnwood, WA PD that she was raped. Police weren't satisfied with her story.
The woman was charged with false reporting. She was represented by a public defender and eventually pleaded guilty in Lynnwood Municipal Court. A judge granted her a deferred sentence and she was ordered to undergo mental health counseling and pay a $500 fine. The charge was dismissed in April 2010 once the woman met all the conditions of her sentence.
This occured in 2008. Today,
Now, three years later, Lynnwood police are trying to clear the woman's record after a suspected serial rapist was arrested in Colorado.
Apparently, if you are an emotional rape victim in Lynnwood, and you can't deal with the pressure of their inquiries, questioning, and accusations because they don't like what you tell them, they'll charge you, the victim.
Now they are wringing their hands and trying to clean the egg off their faces. Wonder why? Could it be the threat of a "Gerry Spence" type attorney begging her to take her case?
It sounds like this rape victim "got it again from the Lynnwood PD". This may sound a little offensive if your a Lynnwood PD officer but not as offensive as it was to the victim and to the public that they're supposed to be serving. Let the excuses begin.