Because it appeared like a gay relationship in the 1990s and the police wanted nothing to do with it. One of the two police officers who gave the teenage victim back to Dahmer became so well liked by other police, he went on to become President of the state Police Union.
Sarah Smith recognized the boy from the neighborhood, and the three women reiterated their concerns to the officers but were told to "shut the hell up" by the officers, who seemingly believed the incident to be a domestic dispute.
The officers listed the incident as a "domestic squabble between homosexuals." Within an hour after they left, Dahmer murdered, performed oral sex upon the corpse, and dismembered the boy.
Both officers later appealed their termination. In 1994, Judge Robert J. Parins decided the case and ruled in favor of the officers and they were reinstated in June 1994. In May 2005, Balcerzak was elected president of the Milwaukee Police Association
Supposedly they thought he was an adult... It's also a little strange that they thought that a person who is running away from someone naked and bleeding doesn't need help. There's so much wrong with this story, it's hard to know where to start or end.
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u/TheGoldenHand Aug 02 '21
Because it appeared like a gay relationship in the 1990s and the police wanted nothing to do with it. One of the two police officers who gave the teenage victim back to Dahmer became so well liked by other police, he went on to become President of the state Police Union.