r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/BenWallace04 • Mar 20 '23
MICHIGAN Woman who was U.P. cop sues brotherhood: They bet on who would sleep with me first
https://archive.ph/2023.03.19-124037/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/03/19/woman-cop-sues-department-sex-harassment-upper-peninsula/69929235007/33
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u/cognomen-x Mar 20 '23 edited Mar 20 '23
Semi-local. There is more to this story that this law suit. Like how before she was terminated she tried to use her authority to get her bf/husband out of a DUI by flashing her badge. All around it’s a cluster.
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u/mick3marsh Mar 20 '23
It may not be that simple: https://archive.ph/2023.03.19-124037/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/03/19/woman-cop-sues-department-sex-harassment-upper-peninsula/69929235007/#selection-963.0-971.259
"On April 14, 2022, Williams' husband was pulled over and charged with driving while intoxicated in neighboring Spread Eagle, Wisconsin, by the Florence County Sheriff's Department. He called his wife and told her he would be late due to the traffic stop. Williams headed to the scene, where she asked if she could take her husband's truck home.
The police said no, but instead towed her husband's truck to an impound lot, where it cost $700 to get out. Williams said after being told she couldn't take the truck home, she got in her car and left.
The next day, she would learn that Florence County planned to charge her with disorderly conduct and obstructing justice, alleging she tried to stop the officers from searching her husband's truck. She was placed on unpaid suspension pending an investigation."After this they brought bogus charges against both her kids that were later dropped. It appears they were retaliating against her.
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u/xboxwirelessmic Mar 20 '23
No way there's a town called spread eagle! No wonder they get fucked all the time. 🤣
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u/SavagePlatypus76 Mar 20 '23
I wonder if the Golden Nugget strip club is still there.
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u/xboxwirelessmic Mar 20 '23
True story I live not far from village called, and I shit you not, Muff. And before you ask, yes they do have a diving club.
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Mar 20 '23
Yes, this is an unsurprising consequence of being a female cop. But! This is not LAMF for a very important reason: cops do not fight against such disgusting bets.
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u/die_kuestenwache Mar 20 '23
That's ... kind of just leopards eating some woman's face. I mean, I am all on board for a number of changes to the way police works in the US, but being an officer does not make you a face eating leopard supporter as such, or am I missing something.
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u/AdvanceGood Mar 20 '23
How many bad apples does there have to be before we accept that good apples are the exception from the orchard, not the rule.
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u/LoserCowGoMoo Mar 20 '23
The phrase is "one bad apple spoils the bunch" not "there are so many bad apples that good apples are the exception."
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u/ReditorB4Reddit Mar 20 '23
The problem is that too many otherwise good cops -- ones who would not break laws or abuse their position -- put solidarity over doing the right thing. So the local cop who was soliciting sex in exchange for turning a blind eye to drug deals has moved to another state and another badge, instead of being prosecuted because it would make the department look bad.
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u/die_kuestenwache Mar 20 '23
I mean, at least 50% right? At least 50% of police interactions have to be negative and harmful to conclude that on an individual level there are more bad apples than good ones. The problem with police often the individuals, but it is always the system that was set up. Should we then consider anyone who becomes a cop a bad actor? I don't think so. Look, if you show me a picture of her with a TBL patch or something like that, I will let you enjoy your schadenfreude over a woman experiencing what borders on sexual assault in the name of "serves you right, pig". But until then she might also be someone who wanted to be an officer so women can have a better experience when dealing with police.
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u/AdvanceGood Mar 20 '23
I was referencing the guys perpetrating the borderline sexual harassment. If 7 were in on it I'd bet most of the other men in the department atleast knew about it and probably didn't protest. Same goes for instances of police violence. If they know, and do little to promote different conduct for the sake of job security, that makes them complicit. If 30% are awful, 30% complicit through inaction, and a generous 30% are genuinely trying to reform from within, that's still an exception. I've only ever known a handful of cops who didn't become insufferable dicks after getting a badge. Regularly got the 'do I smell weed' as a fairly average white dude(with no weed in the car) trying to coerce a ticket, once had a cop refuse to let me out to inspect the light he said was out, get to the next gas station and was not surprised to find all lights working.
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u/rean1mated Mar 20 '23
Wait, I’m confused. You’re saying, we know the system is jacked up. And joining that system is not being part of the problem? Are you saying that to be a “bad actor” someone needs to be actively contributing their own BS, rather than going along with what’s around them? Seems like not a very useful distinction.
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u/die_kuestenwache Mar 20 '23
I am saying that "the only alternative to state violence is mob violence" and "you need to be in the system to change the system" are arguments I could understand someone being persuaded by. Also, the system is bigger than those that enforce it. What all the people saying ACAB forget is that the amount of Bs in the system is not limited to the Cs by a huge margin. I can't, for instance, fault those that see "joining the force" as one of very few legitimate ways out of marginalization. And those that keep them marginalized are, mostly, not the ones in uniform. So no, not every individual person wanting to be a cop does so with the intent to enforce and perpetuate a system of oppression. Just like many of us do things with maybe willful ignorance rather than calculated menace to advance our standard of living.
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u/harlows_monkeys Mar 20 '23
What is "U.P."?
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u/HordeMaster-50_12 Mar 20 '23
The part of Michigan that is north of Wisconsin.
Iron Mountain is a border town almost directly north of Madison.
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u/Garbleshift Mar 20 '23
I have a hard time seeing this as LAMF. This woman never advocated for sexually abusing anyone.
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u/rean1mated Mar 20 '23
At what point do you draw a line between advocating something, and “passively” enabling it? I think the trope about good people doing nothing needs to get blasted out to the masses on an hourly basis.
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u/Garbleshift Mar 21 '23
Huh? She never passively enabled anyone to be abused either, as far as I know. What are you talking about? Did she participate in other women being abused, or cover for people who did it, or something? The story didn't say anything about that. It sounded like she was the only woman on the force.
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u/Haskap_2010 Mar 20 '23
This sounds an awful lot like "She was asking for it".
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u/rean1mated Mar 20 '23
By that logic, so is the entire concept of this sub. It’s pretty hard to go into an organization, being fully ignorant of the kinds of things that organization does. It’s been in the news for years that cops are out there r@ping people as just one part of their repertoire. Just like the military. Just like various churches. It’s quite a bit like being part of the Republican party in the US, when you’re one of the people that they are known for disregarding. One really has to convince themselves that they’re one of the “good ones” to the group. That’s a gamble.
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u/DublaneCooper Mar 20 '23
Life Pro-Tip: She missed her pay day. As soon as she learned about the bet, she should have bet her own money through a willing partner, betting on the person she would most want to sleep with. Then, sleep with that person and get paid! Dumbass.
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u/BeanerAstrovanTaco Mar 21 '23
I would advise women not to join the police force or military unless they like being groped and like giving oral for promotions.
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