Cop Must Pay $2 Million for Forced Sex
Source: Court House News
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN)
- A federal judge ordered a former deputy sheriff to pay $2 million in damages to a 15-year-old girl he forced to give him a blow job.
Former Jackson County sheriff's Officer Steven W. Burgess pleaded guilty in 2010 to violating the girl's constitutional rights.
He was sentenced to 14 years in prison without parole.
Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/10/58348.htm
IT is about time some justice is done against Police who abuse their authority.
According to the background story "Teen Says Predatory Cops Get a Pass" - the problem is systemic and (dare I say) incestuous in the Police Force in Kansas City.
As the previous Court House News story details;
Officer Steven Burgess admitted that he knew the girl, C.B., was just 15 when he sexually assaulted her in July 2007according to the federal complaint.
C.B. claims Burgess' superiors turned a blind eye to his predations upon girls and women long before he assaulted her.
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The problem today for U.S. - is that justice is turned on its head. Nearly every day you hear of abuse of ordinary citizens and rich cats like Mitt Romney getting a blind eye of justice about their abuse of the law, lies and frauds.
Someday in the future, the crowd roars over in the Middle East and Europe will come a calling here. That's when the true character of the citizenry and the nation will be known.
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laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Why does the system always save itself and take vast years to meet out justice?
eggplant
(3,917 posts)Still slow, but the civil suit can't really start until after the conviction.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)14 years in prison for a sexual predator fuzz bunny
Wouldn't wish that on a dying dog.
Wonder if they've cleaned house yet - or just got better at covering it up.
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laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Poster - please post a rant if you wish;
but it is bad form to wish ill will on another.
Being a police in prison (as stated above) - is more than enough punishment.
What needs to be addressed (and I'll study it this week)
is - whether or not - the Dept the officer came from
Cleaned up its act.
It is much more vile, for bad faith such as this to transpire;
to see public servants cover it all up!
panzerfaust
(2,818 posts)Especially when only those who feel it their right to restrict the speech of others get to make the decisions - ie, those who have voluntarily signed up to be censors.
I guess such people are going to be right there to support fascists such as Ari Fleischer who, in the wake of (the ever so convenient) 911 attack warned Americans "... to watch what they say, watch what they do."
Oh. Sorry. That was so many news cycles ago that I bet there are people reading this (likely potential jury censors) who have no idea what this refers to.
Quick: Vote to hide this reply to cover your own ignorance.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)with your own community standards, which, unlike DU's, could be tolerant of those who advocate prison rape.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)same as a measure of justice......
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Advocating rape is a human detestable thing;
and is most certainly - Anti Progressive....
As stated above - (twice) - his being a fuzz in prison;
guarantees much suffering - already!
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)they ought to stop acting like a jackass.
