No one is saying he’s not a piece of shit or that he didn’t abuse his power or that he got off easy by resigning. This just does not meet the definition of rape.
Reverse the roles. Female cop, male prisoner. Guy makes the same offer, she accepts. Did she rape him, or is it more likely that the guy gets an additional sexual harassment charge?
If you’d have read the article, you’d know that’s not what happened.
“You’re not too bad,” the woman can be heard saying on body-worn camera footage. “What’s it gonna hurt me if I work the system, you know what I mean?”
No, not for me. My wife and I are both athiests, but she believes in spirits, some sort of afterlife where some are able to communicate with the living world (like mediums).
I’m very skeptical, and I’ll reserve judgement until something can be proven.
I’m all for individual spirituality if it makes you happy and doesn’t negatively influence your decision making process.
I have a problem when it makes people hurt others, or vote for those who would legislate hurting others.
Coerced consent is not consent, so sex after threats is rape, yeah, I agree with you there. But that’s not what happened in this case. I don’t think the two scenarios are the same.
The cop still committed a crime, I just don’t think the crime is rape.