San Antonio police officer charged with sexual assault of transgender woman

[MarieDelta]

Sigh. More Violence.


According to the report, the victim alleges that Officer Craig Nash picked him her up on the morning of February 25, handcuffed her, told her to lie down in the back of the car, then drove her to another location and sexually assaulted him her before dropping him her off.

There was enough evidence, including GPS information that linked Nash’s car to the reported scene of the crime and the victim’s identification of Nash in a lineup, to arrest Nash, who is currently being held on a bond of over $25,000 and charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of official oppression.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2010m2d27-San-Antonio-police-officer-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-transgender-man

Blech.

[Doggie_Wood]

The story speaks for itself - one day we will be able to live in harmony.
And for your information, this did not happen in San Antonio, TX
But in, are you ready for this, San Antonio, CO
A state where there is considerable acceptance for the GLBT community. Yet we are not at the total acceptance point yet - hopefully we are making progress.

:2cents: Doggie :doggie:

[12voltman59]

Of course, at this point----you have to put this story in the sphere of "the officer has an allegation against him" at this point---a formal investigation does need to be done and based on that---legal proceedings should follow---if he is in fact found guilty of this act--I hope that he gets "the book thrown at him."

At this point--he does get a presumption of innocence.

Hopefully--this cop is a rare bad apple and does not represent the rest of his fellow officers in that they would not do an act of this sort against anyone when it is their duty to "protect and serve" all citizens no matter the status of the victim.

[tenni]

Doggie
For those of us who do not know all of the US postal shortforms, what state is San Antonio, CO?

[cliffordmontero]

Colorado, I almost started singing the "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" theme. Then, I saw your Canadian, so now I feel stupid. ;-)

[MarieDelta]

Of course, at this point----you have to put this story in the sphere of "the officer has an allegation against him" at this point---a formal investigation does need to be done and based on that---legal proceedings should follow---if he is in fact found guilty of this act--I hope that he gets "the book thrown at him."

At this point--he does get a presumption of innocence.

Hopefully--this cop is a rare bad apple and does not represent the rest of his fellow officers in that they would not do an act of this sort against anyone when it is their duty to "protect and serve" all citizens no matter the status of the victim.

Absolutely Volty, however the victim did report it right away. So possible chance of DNA?

They will both get a chance in court.

[12voltman59]

Absolutely Volty, however the victim did report it right away. So possible chance of DNA?

They will both get a chance in court.

It is obvious that in this case---this cop's superior's are taking it seriously and not shielding him behind "the thin blue line."

It does seem that they must have some very stong evidence against him even at this early stage.

[FalconAngel]

I have a friend of mine that is a former city cop. According to his experiences, guys become cops for one of two reasons;

1. To actually make a positive difference in the community, or

2. To be able to get away with things that would get anyone but a cop arrested right away.

Sounds like that guy was of the 2nd type.

[_Joe_]

I was about to say - I haven't heard of this in our local news!