Misplaced Suspicion
- posted by Jim @ 6:47 PM
Here's a story out of Dallas, Texas, of an arrest for solicitation of
prostitution that went bad, way bad. On October 10, after 3 in the
morning, a Rapid Transit officer sees a woman strike up a conversation
with a man; the conversing couple get in the man's car and drive off
together. The officer stops the car, and arrests the woman for
suspicion of solicitation. Before she is booked at the station, she
goes into a restroom, the officer follows, he allegedly offers the
woman immunity from the pending arrest in exchange for sex, and they
have sex. Yesterday, the officer is arrested and charged with a sex
offense. Further, it turns out he does not have the authority to make
a solicitation arrest for activity that takes place away from a rapid
transit site. Further still, the woman had approached the original man
in the convenience store for a ride, not for sex, apparently.
For reams of information on, among other topics, Texas law enforcement
shortcomings, be sure to check in with Grits for Breakfast.
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