Hero cop, who sat next to the first lady, charged with rape

[The Straight Story]

A former "top cop," who had the honor of sitting next to first lady Michelle Obama during a televised presidential speech four years ago, is facing rape allegations.

Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two women on Thursday, according to authorities.

The women called authorities and said once they arrived at a second, undisclosed location, the retired officer pulled a gun on them, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement.

He allegedly forced them "to engage in the use of narcotics and to engage in sexual acts," the statement said. He was charged with rape on Saturday.

DeCoatsworth became a hero in 2007, after an assailant shot him in the face with a shotgun, according to a White House statement preceding President Barack Obama's 2009 speech to Congress.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/19/us/philadelphia-police-rape-charge/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[egduj]

1. I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt to President Obama and his lovely wife,

that they had no idea something like this would happen four years down the road when they made the seating arrangements for this televised event.

[jberryhill]

2. Clearly they planned it together