Elaine R. Bryant spoke after an officer responded to a dad’s call that his 11-year-old daughter was talking to a “predator” online.

  • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    14610 months ago

    He tells the officers his daughter is already asleep, and that he had hoped they could help talk to her about the seriousness of the situation. The female officer quickly tells him that his daughter could be charged with creating sexually explicit content.

    The father protests and says that she is a child who was manipulated by an adult, according to the police report and the father’s TikTok video. The officer asks him if she was taking pictures, and the father ends the conversation.

    In audio of the body camera footage, the female officer can be heard asserting again as she walks away from the house, “She’s taking pictures of herself naked. She’s creating child porn.”

    This is the same fucking logic groomers use…

    Once they get anything they shouldn’t have, they blame the victim and blackmail them into more and more stuff.

    Even if they do t get anything more, the child would be less likely to tell anyone.

    It’s fucking insane that the issue isn’t these cops, the actual law is set up like this, and there’s no way to know how often it prevents report.

  • @sara@lemmy.today
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    It’s disgusting cops are victim blaming a literal 6th grader for being preyed on, but not at all surprising unfortunately.

    • @jeremy@midwest.social
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      8210 months ago

      This is standard. I know of a minor who was groomed, and he was told repeatedly that he could be charged with creating child pornography. Don’t let the Columbus PD fool you: this is how they all behave.

      • FuglyDuck
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        4510 months ago

        The departmental issue is they got caught on video.

        That’s what the chief is “disappointed in” and insists “doesn’t reflect the department”…

        • hypelightfly
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          “This doesn’t reflect the department, usually we don’t get caught.”

          • snooggums
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            “We don’t really look in the mirror and reflect on our behavior because that would make us feel bad.”

    • @Mr_Buscemi
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      It’s the same thing they did to my sister when she was 19. A guy in our city found her online and began stalking her everywhere. He would harass her and send her disgusting things even though she had never met or talked to the guy before.

      When we called the police and had one come to the house to file a report, the cop was just blaming my sister. He was acting like he couldn’t imagine a boy would do these things if my sister didn’t lead him on.

      A few years later the guy sent a underage girl from my school his dick pic. She showed it to me because she was disgusted and both amused at how pathetic it looked. It was sadly not the last time I’ve seen his dick pic.

      Now the fucker has a YouTube documentary about how pathetic he is and it’s at over 500k views.

    • IninewCrow
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      1210 months ago

      The problem to them is not that they said what they said … the problem to them is that they got caught saying it.

  • @Clent@lemmy.world
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    5210 months ago

    All I hear is, “I’m sorry and concerned a recording of my fellow officers went viral”

  • @ChrisLicht@lemm.ee
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    FWIW, I have never met an intelligent cop or detective. I have met some remarkably unintelligent cops and detectives.

    It’s rather shocking that the next step in the criminal justice system requires 7 years of education and the ability to pass a bar exam, but police officers range from dolt to average in intelligence, and are often loosed on the streets with months of training.

    This is no way to run a criminal justice system.

  • be_excellent_to_each_other
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    Bryant concluded her statement by saying: “As I have said from the first day on the job — when our officers do the right thing, we will have their back. When they don’t, we will hold them accountable.”

    Ok, Chief Bryant, we’re waiting!

  • Queen HawlSera
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    1010 months ago

    I feel like an apology isn’t quite as impactful as arresting the police officers who bullied a child rape victim…

  • @Ransom@lemmy.one
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    910 months ago

    When I hear that one of these good apples has fallen in the line of duty, I say a prayer of thanks.