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theHandpuppet

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Sat Feb 22, 2014, 04:14 PM Feb 2014

Rally will support woman who said she was raped by cab driver (Cincinnati)

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20140222/NEWS/302220040/Rally-will-support-woman-who-said-she-raped-by-cab-driver
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Feb 22, 2014

Rally will support woman who said she was raped by cab driver

(excerpt)
In late January, the woman filed a federal lawsuit against Cincinnati police Officer Adrienne Brown for arresting her instead of helping her.

The woman’s suit alleges Brown took the woman to the Hamilton County jail instead of a hospital early Jan. 19, swearing at her and treating her like a criminal. The officer charged her with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct while intoxicated.

“My beautiful night out turned into a nightmare,” said the woman, 44, in an interview with the Enquirer. “I don’t trust the police anymore. If you are hurt, the police are supposed to help you. She talked to me like I was some kind of trash on the street, like some kind of dog. She had no compassion at all, as a woman, for what happened to me. I am just outraged.”

Cincinnati police spokeswoman Sgt. Julian Johnson concedes Brown didn’t do enough to help or show care and concern for the woman following her traumatic experience.... MORE
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Rally will support woman who said she was raped by cab driver (Cincinnati) (Original Post) theHandpuppet Feb 2014 OP
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