Saturday, February 08, 2014

Three Day Suspension for a Cop’s Sexual Assault? Terrifying Impunity in TX Police


An Austin police officer sexually assaulted a woman in the back seat of his cruiser, and she’s not the first one he molested, she claims in court.

Jane Doe sued Austin, its police chief, and her alleged assailant, Officer Jackie Len Neal, in Federal Court.

Doe claims Neal followed her for blocks on Nov. 22, 2013, then pulled her over and told her the car had been stolen. Doe says she told him that was impossible, as her father had just bought it and she had all the paperwork.

Neal handcuffed her and searched the car for drugs – then he searched her, groping and fondling her, Doe says in the complaint .... http://www.alternet.org