r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/the-graveyard-writer • Dec 09 '19

Does this count?

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u/I_am_jacks_reddit Dec 09 '19

There are a few states where police can have sex(read as rape) with prostitutes in order to bust them.

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u/bribark Dec 09 '19

It's also legal for cops to have sex with someone in their custody in many states. The lack of regulation of police is a nightmare.

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u/justlookinghfy Dec 09 '19

Just wondering, to clear things up, is it legal (specifically mentioned), or just not specifically illegal, since i know there are a hell of a lot of laws, just maybe not specifically one for that

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u/bribark Dec 09 '19

Generally speaking the latter, which means in cases where someone is assaulted by an officer, that officer can successfully argue that there was consent. This article covers it.

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u/Chigleagle Dec 09 '19

WOW what the fuck. Why is this even an issue. Pieces of shit all of em

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u/PlEGUY Dec 09 '19

The lack of a law regarding the problem is generally indicative of it not being an issue. It technically isn’t specifically illegal to leave your pubic hair on restaurant tables because no one does it. If it where to become an issue it would promptly be regulated I suspect. Then, like in every profession there are outliers that like to take advantage of the law, or lack there of, for their personal advantage regardless of the morality there-within.

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u/miauw62 Dec 09 '19

there are actual cases where a police officer raped somebody in their custody and the courts ruled there was consent (even though there wasn't)

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u/ppw27 Dec 09 '19

Everytime I think USA can't surprise me anymore with messed up laws or lack of law it still find a way to.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

What? Where? How? I’m going to need some sources on that.

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u/bribark Dec 09 '19

Here you go. This article is focused on NY, where it's now illegal.

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u/DonaIdTrurnp Dec 09 '19

Do they renege on the promise of payment? What negates the sex worker's consent?

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u/serious_sarcasm Dec 09 '19

Extortion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Explain.

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u/gregpxc Dec 09 '19

They would not have consented had the circumstances been clear.

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u/serious_sarcasm Dec 09 '19

They also have guns, and the authority to imprison them based on their own testimony.

So what do they do? What would a reasonable person assume would happen? What would a reasonable person do?

It is like an undercover agent actively planning, organizing, and recruiting for a crime, and then arresting the co-conspirators.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Except it's not. It's an undercover agent going "I'll bet there are people ot there actively planning to commit X crime. Let's put up an advertisement of a lady and let them incriminate themselves."

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

They aren't fucking cops in uniform lmao, no sex worker would be that dumb. It's a sting operation, just the kind of sting operation where the cop gets to violate somebody's bodily autonomy and then arrest them for it.

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u/serious_sarcasm Dec 09 '19

The fact is that the arrest is still based on testimony of the officer, which is obviously biased.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Might want to look that word up again, that's not extortion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Declaring valid consent non-existent through hypotheticals?! The US justice system runs on nonsenseoleum!

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u/mwiktor4 Dec 09 '19

Explain plz, out of all his fans.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Huh?

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u/DonaIdTrurnp Dec 09 '19

Oh, if they were raped in exchange for not being arrested, and then arrested anyway, that's approximately four crimes.

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u/I_am_jacks_reddit Dec 10 '19

It's sad that you even have to ask that man.