(May 21, 2010 at 9:06 am)Dotard Wrote:(May 20, 2010 at 3:47 pm)binny Wrote: Before I was married my best friend was a gay man. He was raped by a police officer (male). This was an act of power. Needless to say the crime went unreported. I suspect if gay rape is less common it's because it just isn't reported.
And because an individual hollered "rape" then a rape actually occured? Pics or it didn't happen.
Why is it "needless to say"? Why didn't he report it? There's reason to suspect the story as factual right there.
The police officer in question used his power of authority in this situation. He was on duty, took advantage of a situation and my friend was too embarrassed and scared to report it. Who would believe him? After all a police officer would never behave this way would he? This was in the '80's. My friend wasn't out of the closet. If you're aren't in the persons shoes you really don't know how you would react.
I believe it happened because a distraught friend called me in the middle of the night.
binny