SA police officer cops official oppression plea

[Winehole23]

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, 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 pros ute 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 pros utes with outstanding drug warrants.

I've often wondered how common this is. The incident reminds Grits of a study out of Chicago, discussed here, 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://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/

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blogspot. lol

[4>0rings]

It's a pretty common thing for SAPD.

[Winehole23]

blogspot. lol

cited recently in the NYT and NPR. it's a fairly well-regarded Texas criminal justice blog.

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