DO WE REALLY NEED A PRESIDENT WHO IS UP THE NEO-FASCIST COP UNIONS' ASSES?
SOCIOPATH
AND ETHICALLY DEPRAVED LAWYER KAMALA HARRIS AND HER COPS -
There is a reason why neo-fascist cop unions have been so generous to
her!
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California
law gives the attorney general broad authority over law enforcement matters.
But aides to Ms. Harris said that in these and other cases, she hewed to the
state Justice Department’s hands-off policy, not interceding in officer-involved
shootings unless the local district attorney had a conflict of interest or
there was “obvious abuse of prosecutorial discretion.”
THE
LAWLESS LAWYER CLASS
LAWYER
JACKIE LACEY PROTECTS HER MURDERING GANG INFESTED L.A. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS A REMINDER THAT THE LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO THE LAWYER CLASS!
ONLY
KAMALA HARRIS HAS DONE MORE FOR MURDERING COPS AND THEIR GENEROUS NEO-FASCIST
COP UNIONS!
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During
her time in the DA’s office, Lacey has prosecuted only one officer for killing
a civilian, leading to protests outside her office and her home.
“She
continues to find that it is necessary for police to kill unarmed people,”
Gascón said. “Perhaps she thinks it’s fine, or perhaps it’s all the money she
has taken from police unions.” Lacey has benefitted from more than $5 million
in contributions to outside committees benefiting Lacey has come from law
enforcement unions.
Chicago police earn ‘beyond a failing grade’ in clearing sexual assault cases, according to new report
•October 8, 2020
The vast majority of sexual assault and abuse reports made to
the Chicago Police Department in the past decade — between 80% and 90% — have
not resulted in an arrest, according to a study of city data released Thursday.
The findings in the report by the Chicago Alliance Against
Sexual Exploitation reflect the Chicago Police Department’s ongoing problem
with clearance rates, but also shine a light on the traumatizing effects the
lack of arrests can have on victims, advocates said, many of whom rarely report
such crimes at all because of fears the system will challenge and doubt them.
“There is a sense of institutional betrayal,” said Christine
Crow, a staff attorney at CAASE who represents survivors during criminal legal
proceedings. Survivors already struggle with a sense of wanting to come forward
to protect others, Crow said, and a broken system is a roadblock.
“They are trying to make sure they are doing everything in their
own power to uphold the feeling of obligation they have," she said.
"It’s incredibly demoralizing. For some it can be re-traumatizing.”
The report, “Too Little, Too Late?,” examined 10 years of crime
data that is publicly available on the city’s website, focusing on four sexual
assault charges: aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault,
aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual abuse.
The group and other advocates are using the report’s findings to
demand a more robust response to sexual violence in Chicago, asking politicians
and policymakers to throw support and dollars — including some from the police
budget — behind a wider menu of solutions, ranging from more free legal
services, rape crisis centers, community-based mental health services and
accommodations at schools and workplaces for survivors experiencing trauma.
“I would love to see our leaders, the mayor, our aldermen, all
the folks who are involved in this system to really account for the fact that
only 10 to 20% are getting an arrest,” said Madeleine Behr, policy manager for
CAASE and the writer of the report. “That is beyond a failing grade.”
The findings were not surprising to the advocate community,
which has long criticized Chicago law enforcement for a lack of commitment to
ensure victims of sexual violence get justice. They’ve also previously called
for a wider array of solutions and support for victims.
But the demands are now happening amid an intense national
debate over policing effectiveness and strong calls for the diversion of
policing funds in the wake of high-profile cases of excessive force, including
the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd during an arrest in May.
The Chicago police budget is $1.7 billion. And the city is about
to start budget hearings, with some nongovernment organizations and progressive
aldermen expected to argue that policing dollars can be better spent in
communities and on prevention.
In a statement, the department said it agreed with a key finding
in the new report that policing alone cannot address gender violence. The
department said it had recently secured a $1 million grant for Chicago police
to hire a coordinator to work with advocates and organizations on policies and
training.
“The report … highlights several important findings, and we
share the opinion put forth in the report that sex crimes are not something
that police can solve alone," the statement read. "We need the help
of the communities we serve to raise awareness around sexual assault and
provide additional support to Chicago’s survivors.”
The report comes as the department has faced criticism for the
rate at which it solves other serious crimes.
Between 2011 and 2017, clearance rates for nonfatal shootings
and homicides in the city showed dramatic declines, falling some 20 points
below national averages and far beneath other big cities such as New York and
Los Angeles.
An outside evaluation of the detective division recommended
several changes in 2019, including more rigorous hiring and selection of
detectives, improving supervision of cases and detectives, increasing access to
technology and reassigning detectives to district houses, closer to the
communities they work in.
At the end of that year, the homicide clearance rate had
improved somewhat to 53%, compared with 36% two years earlier, according to
statistics released by the department Wednesday.
The research for the CAASE report was limited to sexual assault
cases, and started last summer as a way to update existing data on outcomes of
rape allegations, the organization said. But as the policing conversation
around reform and funding grew more urgent this year, the advocates became
concerned about some comments on social media that argued against cutting
policing budgets — posts that suggested change should be resisted because
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault need police to investigate
cases.
“We have been deeply distressed by the way survivors of sexual
violence are being used as a political shield to deflect urgent critiques of
(U.S.) policing systems, including Chicago’s,” the report reads. “Questions
like ‘What happens to rapists and abusers without police?’ and ‘Won’t sexual
assault and domestic violence be more frequent if police aren’t there to
investigate and arrest offenders?’ stem from a deep misunderstanding of how
these crimes are being addressed. For survivors seeking justice through the
criminal legal system, current responses are grossly inadequate despite law
enforcement and the public claiming that addressing sex crimes is a top
priority.”
To make their point, the researchers decided to narrow their
first report to an examination of Chicago police to offer a clear picture of
current arrest outcomes. A second report on the performance of the Cook County
state’s attorney’s office is also expected.
Overall, the arrest rate over the 10 years for all categories
was about 13%, according to the report. And, even when an arrest occurred,
survivors had to wait an average of 13 to 72 days for their assailant to be
detained.
The charge with the least arrests was criminal sexual assault,
the researchers found, which typically includes allegations that an offender
committed rape without a weapon. This would be indicative of an acquaintance
rape, which advocates say is the most common type of assault but the one
investigators are least likely to vigorously investigate.
Sarah Layden, the policy and program director at Resilience, a
Chicago-based rape crisis center, is among those calling on the Police
Department to engage in more serious analysis of why so many cases go unsolved.
Layden called some of the figures in the report “appalling,” and she said
alternative ways for supporting victims should be funded.
“Through the years I have come to the reality that the criminal
justice system is not the complete answer … It is simply not a system that is
set up for justice across the board,” said Layden.
“We need to look at some of the investment we’ve made in the
criminal justice system and find out if there are alternative ways to address
sexual violence,” she said. "Perhaps there needs to be conversations
around what does bring survivors healing.”
Recommendations in the report include that Chicago police
analysts do a more thorough examination of the details of each sexual assault
case to find “insight into what cases are likely to see an arrest.” And the
report demands state officials correct the “ineffective system” of testing and
tracking rape kits, a system criticized for years for long processing delays.
And its writers also join the chorus of groups calling for
diversion of police funds, backing a campaign by a network of Chicago-based
domestic violence organizations calling for the reallocation of $35 million
from the Chicago police budget for services for survivors.
“We support this ask, and press city leaders to commit to this
funding," the report reads. “Prevention initiatives are the only way to
stop gender-based violence, including sexual harm and domestic violence, from
occurring in the first place and help survivors heal if it occurs.”
The study did not explore specific reasons why there are not
more arrests, but rather focused on the data and the recommendations.
Investigators have long said such cases can present a special challenge because
of the time it takes to process evidence, the fact there are often no
third-party witnesses and obstacles that arise when the perpetrator and victim
know each other.
In its statement, the Chicago Police Department outlined other
initiatives that aim to improve its investigations, including creating
“trauma-informed” interview rooms at two of the city’s detective areas, which
have more comfortable seating for survivors. The department also collaborates
with prosecutors and advocates, who meet regularly to address sexual assault
cases in Chicago.
And in 2018, Chicago police began teaching a class at the
department’s training academy, which was required by a change in state law,
that emphasizes the need for sensitivity in difficult cases but also teaches
the science behind how a brain reacts to trauma. The training in Chicago is
given to recruits and detectives alike, police said.
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