Winehole23
12-04-2011, 02:14 PM
In San Antonio, "A police officer accused of accosting an 18-year-old woman for sex after she was targeted for a drug arrest four years ago pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of official oppression and will lose his Texas peace officer's license." The sentence of one-year deferred adjudication probation, though, means the conviction may eventually be expunged from his record - a courtesy unlikely to be extended to the 18-year old he coerced for her various offenses. Reading the account from the SA Express-News (http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Cop-takes-plea-in-sex-case-2336613.php#ixzz1fZVJQjKJ), it sounds like the underlying facts amount to using a drug-warrant as a pretext and coercion tool to solicit the the services of a prostitute on behalf of a fellow officer, who fondled the woman but was then rebuffed when he could not pay.
The two cops then stood lookout on behalf of a third, unidentified "friend" who paid for oral sex. Another former SA police officer - the one who would've liked a freebie but couldn't afford it - is awaiting charges related to the same incident. You can only lean on folks so hard, I suppose, even prostitutes with outstanding drug warrants.
I've often wondered how common this is. The incident reminds Grits of a study out of Chicago, discussed here (http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/03/study-3-of-tricks-by-sex-workers.html), which found that 3% of all tricks performed by sex-workers operating independently (without a pimp) were freebies given to police for protection. Via Injustice Everywhere (http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/).http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/
The two cops then stood lookout on behalf of a third, unidentified "friend" who paid for oral sex. Another former SA police officer - the one who would've liked a freebie but couldn't afford it - is awaiting charges related to the same incident. You can only lean on folks so hard, I suppose, even prostitutes with outstanding drug warrants.
I've often wondered how common this is. The incident reminds Grits of a study out of Chicago, discussed here (http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/03/study-3-of-tricks-by-sex-workers.html), which found that 3% of all tricks performed by sex-workers operating independently (without a pimp) were freebies given to police for protection. Via Injustice Everywhere (http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/).http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/