Texas deputy accused of raping mother in front of her children resigns

[Galraedia]

Source: Raw Story

A deputy in Texas accused of raping a woman in front of her children has resigned, according to KHOU 11 News.

Lisa Rodriguez of of East Harris County told local media outlets earlier this week that the deputy came to her home to question her about harassing phone calls. During the questioning, the deputy allegedly sexually assaulted her in her own home. (Note: Raw Story does not usually publish the name of sex crime victims, but Rodriguez said she wanted her name and story to be public.)

“He hurt me,” Rodriguez told KHOU 11 News on Tuesday. “He took something from me without even asking. That’s what hurt the most and my children were in the same house I was.”

Rodriguez said the deputy, who has not been named, told her they should talk in a bedroom upstairs. She said the deputy then grabbed her hands and put them on his crotch. Rodriguez said the deputy told her if she resisted he would take her to jail.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/15/texas-deputy-accused-of-raping-mother-in-front-of-her-children-resigns/

[gopiscrap]

1. Fucking God damn cops

what a surprise...just figured because he's a cop he can do it and get away with it!

[arcane1]

2. A civilian would have been arrested, and NAMED!

What's this "resigned" crap? He should have been fired for not showing up to work, due to the whole arrested-for-rape thing.

There aren't two Americas. There are like a half-dozen of them

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I hope this is not over.

[russspeakeasy]

14. + 1

[7962]

44. Pretty much what I was thinking! He should be in JAIL until posting bail,

if any is granted.

[Historic NY]

3. Rather than being questioned he resigned......

WTF, he should be charged. He is a danger to the community.

[cstanleytech]

7. Oh I doubt that gives him an out from criminal prosecution. nt

[tumtum]

36. Your right.

Just because this POS resigned doesn't give him immunity from prosecution, and, from what I've read, this woman sounds very credible so I think that this former POS Deputy is in for a world of hurt legally.

[BlueStreak]

5. Why does it seem like it is always Texas and Florida?

[Snake Plissken]

6. All those oil spills must be getting into the water supply n/t

[tblue]

12. Wouldn't surprise me

if ingesting toxic substances altered some people's constitutions.

[Ed Suspicious]

21. What water supply? Texas is dried up.

[Rebellious Republican]

19. Believe me, I have seen numerous postings from across the nation here at DU very simular....

I have even posted on many of those threads that it will live a short life,and they did. Why, because it did not happen in Florida or Texas. Not news worthy here, lets bash Florida, Texas and the south in general so we can feel good about the utopias we live in elsewhere in the country( newsflash: There is no such thing). Everyone knows that people from Florida, Texas and the south in general are just plane evil, you know like me and many others here. If you want examples I do have those DU posts saved that died a quick and painless death.

[MrModerate]

20. Let's be real . . .

Florida and Texas are way overrepresented in stories of this kind, notwithstanding the fact that they are both large states.

There are clearly cultural factors at work here.

[BlueStreak]

22. The first step in solving a problem is to admit that there is a problem

And there are most definitely serious problems in Texas and Florida. Yes, there are stupid people everywhere, but Texas and Florida are clearly the central nervous system for stupidity in this nation. I don't agree with sitting back and being polite when the likes of Gomert, Perry, Cruz, Scott and West go off the deep end. We have to call those states out every time they do anything stupid. The media should not give those places the same deference that they give to Connecticut or Washington state.

As far as the media is concerned, they should be addressed as a laughingstock whenever that is deserved, which is almost daily.

I know that sucks for the many good people who live in those states -- and I once lived in Texas myself. But we have to stop looking upon those states as "Oh, that's just how they do things down in Texas." No, civilized people don't allow their cops to rape innocent citizens, and deal with it by asking the deputy to resign. That may pass for normal in the Congo or South Sudan, but we must not accept that as any kind of normal here.

[Th1onein]

24. You go ahead and paint with that broad brush. Alienate some voters.

Good job there.

And, by the way? I'm a native Texan, and I live in a Democratic stronghold--Galveston County.

[Rebellious Republican]

25. My thoughts exactly

Just a sample, so take the first step!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014559481

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023415631

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023414055

http://users.humboldt.edu/mstephens/hate/hate_map.html

[snooper2]

37. How come Alaska, Michigan and California have cities with highest rape stats?

What is their deal?

See my post 35 below-

[snooper2]

35. "Lets be real"....well if you want to be REAL you could look at the REAL data

And guess what, #1 and #2 are about as far fucking NORTH as you can get-

Could you expand a little more on these "cultural" issues you see as Alaska and Michigan are in need your expertise-


http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/04/26/most-dangerous-us-cities-women-anchorage-fairbanks-flint/

The Most Dangerous U.S. Cities For Women

We used the FBI’s numbers for violent crimes including murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault in addition to reported incidences of rape in each metro area. While the FBI warns that reporting can be troubling for ranking purposes (particularly as they only measure cases of “forcible rape” which discounts date-rape, statutory rape and other sexual assaults), and RAINN stresses that reported cases of rape barely scratch the surface of the true magnitude of the crime, the numbers are clear in one thing: for women in Alaska and Michigan, the threat of sexual assault is clear and present.

Only four months into the calendar year there have been 274 rapes in Detroit, Mich., in 2012 including four cases of serial rapists in the city. But surprisingly, the smaller city of Saginaw, some 90 miles from the auto manufacturing capitol suffers even higher incidences of the crime at 76 rapes for every 100,000 people in the metro area that the FBI measures at 197,310. Added to a troublingly high rate of nonsexual violent crimes (870 per 100,000), that number makes Saginaw, Mich., the country’s most dangerous city for women.

According to numbers from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, more than 85 rapes are committed annually per 100,000 citizens, which makes Anchorage No. 2 on our list.

#3- Fairbanks Alaska
#4- Springfield Ill.
#5- Redding CA (OMFG, California, I thought everything was PERFECT THERE!)
#6- Flint MI
#7- Pine Bluff Arkansas
#8- Lawton OK
#9- Battle Creek MI
#10- Memphis


http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lml45jfem/americas-most-dangerous-cities-for-women/

[BlueStreak]

40. I was referring to more than just abuse of women

It seems to me that whenever there is news of some really third world level of behavior, especially with the support of the government, the story comes from either Florida or Texas at least half of the time.

Sure there are brutal crimes everywhere. But how many other states would deal with this situation by simply asking the officer to resign?

[snooper2]

41. I don't think that is going to be the end of the story

I'll make it a point to start posting stupid asshole shit from other states so we can even the coverage-

[BlueStreak]

42. Fair enough. But I don't believe anybody has been going out of their way to target FL and TX

That is just how the stories have gone.

[MrModerate]

46. I don't dispute your numbers . . .

But that's not what I was talking about. My post was about bizarre police misconduct, which unfortunately includes rape in the guise of traffic stops.

And which seems to be particularly severe in Texas and Florida.

[The Wizard]

31. What do Texas and Florida have in common?

Governor Bush.

[A Little Weird]

8. Cops are out of control

This predator should be off the streets!

[pnwmom]

9. Especially cops in Texas. n/t

[They_Live]

13. and New York, L.A., Oregon, Seattle, Georgia, Chicago...uh

what was your point?

It's pretty much everywhere.

[pnwmom]

15. Just this week I've heard about cops in Texas raping women

who have been stopped for speeding or littering. At least 12 women across the state all reported being subject to cavity searches by the side of the road -- and some of them were on videotape. Two of them have already won a lawsuit about this and others are sure to follow.

And I heard about other cops in Texas who stop people with out-of-state plates, confiscate their cash and threaten to put them in jail and their kids in foster care unless they sign a waiver handing over their property to the police. One little town has been making millions every year through these forfeiture laws, that allow the police to seize property and keep it for the police department (even if the victim is never charged with a crime). Yes, there are other departments across the country that abuse these laws, but I've never heard of abuse as egregious as in Texas.

[They_Live]

16. Oh, I know exactly what you're talking about.

I guess my point was about widespread corruption and police brutality everywhere.

It all needs to stop.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. jeezus

That is just...jeeeeeezus.... I'm speechless.

Feel ill.

[defacto7]

18. Similar has happened to me in Florida

where the police tried to extort money. That was back in the 70s.

[RandiFan1290]

32. One of those cops already has their job back

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Trooper-Who-Conducted-Cavity-Search-Reinstated-219055671.html

Trooper Who Conducted Cavity Search Reinstated

The Texas Department of Public Safety reinstated a state trooper on Friday that it fired for conducting a roadside cavity search during a traffic stop for speeding.

DPS Director Steve McCraw said he was rehiring Trooper Jennie Bui after a grand jury chose not to indict her for the incident in Brazoria County that has triggered a lawsuit by the two women involved.

"It was determined that the relatively inexperienced trooper was directed by a more senior trooper to conduct the inappropriate search," McCraw said in a statement issued late Friday afternoon. "While the actions of Trooper Bui constitute misconduct, I believe her actions are mitigated such that she should not be terminated from the agency."

[pnwmom]

34. I thought it was strange that they indicted her but not the guy who called her to the scene

and told her to do the "search."

[MrModerate]

47. One would think that being so stupid . . .

As to not recognise an inappropriate instruction from a superior would disqualify one from being a police officer.

Apparently not.

[meow2u3]

33. Sounds like crooked cops are using civil forfeiture laws

for the express purpose of extorting money from out-of-state motorists. The Feds ought to step in and put an end to these blatant violations of civil rights.

And I heard about other cops in Texas who stop people with out-of-state plates, confiscate their cash and threaten to put them in jail and their kids in foster care unless they sign a waiver handing over their property to the police. One little town has been making millions every year through these forfeiture laws, that allow the police to seize property and keep it for the police department (even if the victim is never charged with a crime). Yes, there are other departments across the country that abuse these laws, but I've never heard of abuse as egregious as in Texas.

[tblue]

10. I hope he does more than resign.

He should go to prison!

[Dawson Leery]

11. Oink.

[Th1onein]

23. Cue the milk toting cop!

Yay cops! They're the best!

[Skeeter Barnes]

26. The bad apples are piling up. Every day it's another violation of someones rights or violent assault

[Hulk]

27. What I read is shocking and appalling...

I just have to hope it wasn't all factually accurate. In any case, it needs to be investigated; and if ANY part of it is true, that SOB needs to be fired and locked up and charged with malicious assualt and rape. I can't believe anyone can be this cruel and such a monster. Happening in Texas, it wouldn't surprise me as much.

[Niceguy1]

28. there are discrepancies

In the op...

The headline doesn't match what the alledged victim says... headline states in front of the children...the victimsays children were in rhe house.

[demwing]

29. Good point. Being raped in private

Is much less rapey than being raped in front of your kids.

[Niceguy1]

30. I did some research

and the author of the raw post injected that into the story when it wasn't part of the source articles. I was mainly commenting on the credability and motives of the raw author.....

[snooper2]

38. "raw story" isn't a news organization

They copy and paste shit other from other news organizations and put their spin on it-

They should be shut down for fraud

[LiberalFighter]

39. He really needs to suffer appropriate consequences.

[rocktivity]

43. Resigns? How about

"turns himself in?"


rocktivity

[Kelvin Mace]

45. I'm betting this isn't the first time this happened

I bet that if they god back and talk to women he has dealt with in the past, similar stories will appear.