In a small Seattle suburb, a rape investigation sparks a war over speech and power.
Trivia from a Seattle native:
Snoqualmie and immediate environs is where basically all of Twin Peaks was shot.
The ‘RR Diner’ is in North Bend, just a bit further east on I 90,
The ‘Great Northern’ is the Snoqualmie Falls Lodge.
The waterfall is Snoqualmie Falls.
… I cringe at describing Snoqualmie as a ‘suburb of Seattle’.
Technically, sure, yes, you could live in Snoqualmie and commute to Seattle (enjoy your hour and a half commute both ways, if there are any serious accidents or stalls, inclement weather, or construction, one of which will be present 75 days out of 100) but its much more a very small town, way up in the mountains, not a giant maze of housing developments.
Word, I got really confused by that headline.
Man, no one came out of that article looking good, including the victim. Just a terrible situation all around.
Is this the case that they reference as an overwoke example?
He’d submitted the kit to the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory in March 2019, according to the crime lab report. Lux began emailing Bruton as early as that July demanding answers and accusing police officers of lying to her. Bruton replied that the results could take anywhere from six to nine months on average to come back.
The article paints the picture that Lux was immediately hostile to investigators and had a pre-existing notion that those in authority were out to get her.
I doubt the investigation was perfect, as basically none are, but their effort seems reasonable.
Based on the scant details in the article Im not convinced this wasn’t a medical event, as there’s no solid evidence of an attacker.
Yeah it’s not like cops are trained liars with immunity for their lies…
Get fucked.
So you believe the cops were lying about how long the test results take?
Get fucked.
The rules on the sidebar are quite short, I recommend you follow them.
Results shouldn’t take this long, the victim is being completely reasonably pissed.
Hardly justifies abusing people such as the clerk who have no power to resolve the issue.
Alright, so they collectively threw up their hands, and instead of devoting resources to help this traumatized person they prosecuted her instead.
Don’t tell me they couldn’t do anything when they did something.
They seemingly exhausted avenues of investigation and when that was inconclusive they were forced to seek intervention against a person harassing numerous staff members.
They did something, against a person whom could be positively identified snd their actions proved beyond a doubt. Your position is a false equivalence.
Edit: also you seem to be suggesting that individuals including the clerk had power to perform some action but instead chose to sue. This is ridiculous.
Mayor Katherine Ross and Police Chief Brian Lynch were both there at the hearing, supporting the clerk
Lux believes police botched the investigation, pointing to lost evidence, unpursued leads, and the involvement of an officer who’d been suspended for shoddy follow-through on sexual assault cases.
The mayor and police chief have the power here, to either address the issues in their police department on a policy level or by investigating the officer that’s bad at his job. Did they do anything?
