A little outside of Pennington...
Ok, so I have been reading up on this case of an alleged sexual assault by several NJ State Troopers on the Trentonian website.
You can read the latest on the story here.
But the gist of it is, seven off duty troopers went to the KatManDu night club and met a couple of young ladies.
Now, according to one of the trooper's lawyer, the men and the ladies left the club separately and met up again at the Ewing home of one of the troopers.
Now, according to the trooper's lawyer, five of the mostly married troopers had some form of sex with one of the women, consensually.
The woman, on the other hand, claims she was assaulted by the officers.
Now, my point here is this....
Do you think the officers, even if there was no assault, were still wrong?
Obviously, the adultery is wrong, but I am talking about something different.
For the most part, police officers, EMTs and firefighters are like living heroes to the young boys of this country. They are positive role models, who parents generally feel compelled to push their kids toward.
Now, I am not saying that consenting adults can not and should not do what they want behind closed doors. But, doesn't it seem a bit dumb in this case.
Maybe it is unfair of me, but I tend to hold police officers and other public servants to a higher moral standard than the average Joe. These men and women are supposed to be, in my eyes, examples to the rest of us.
My other point is this...
As a married state trooper, if you participate in this type of activity, it seems to me like you are just setting yourself up for a major incident.
I will not make judgement as to whether or not an assault occurred, because I do not have all the facts. But what I will say is this, to someone looking for a settlement or just looking to make waves, cops are targets.
Why, oh why, would you put yourself in this situation?
You can read the latest on the story here.
But the gist of it is, seven off duty troopers went to the KatManDu night club and met a couple of young ladies.
Now, according to one of the trooper's lawyer, the men and the ladies left the club separately and met up again at the Ewing home of one of the troopers.
Now, according to the trooper's lawyer, five of the mostly married troopers had some form of sex with one of the women, consensually.
The woman, on the other hand, claims she was assaulted by the officers.
Now, my point here is this....
Do you think the officers, even if there was no assault, were still wrong?
Obviously, the adultery is wrong, but I am talking about something different.
For the most part, police officers, EMTs and firefighters are like living heroes to the young boys of this country. They are positive role models, who parents generally feel compelled to push their kids toward.
Now, I am not saying that consenting adults can not and should not do what they want behind closed doors. But, doesn't it seem a bit dumb in this case.
Maybe it is unfair of me, but I tend to hold police officers and other public servants to a higher moral standard than the average Joe. These men and women are supposed to be, in my eyes, examples to the rest of us.
My other point is this...
As a married state trooper, if you participate in this type of activity, it seems to me like you are just setting yourself up for a major incident.
I will not make judgement as to whether or not an assault occurred, because I do not have all the facts. But what I will say is this, to someone looking for a settlement or just looking to make waves, cops are targets.
Why, oh why, would you put yourself in this situation?
posted by Janine Logue, Pennington Post Editor at
4:32 PM
3 Comments:
You sound very uninformed as well as unrealistic on this point. First of all the young lady may have not been aware that she did in fact leave the club with the troopers (even though, she was seeming in agreement). She may have seemed aware, alert and in compliance with everything going on around her, until after the fact. Unbeknowst to the clubs owners many of their patrons use, sell and take part in crimes involving date rape drugs. Not to say this was the case but, it certainly does happen. If this was the fact, the young ladies would not of been aware of what was going on. This drug, allows a person to behave normally, however the person has no realization of what they are doing. Just perhaps this was the situation, and after the drug began to leave their system, the reality of what IS going on sets in. Therefore, she was being raped. The fact explains why so many young women end up on the internet. They never knew what was going on in the first place.
Therefore, before too many opinions rage about the situation and what probably happened, educate yourself. No, not only for the sake of the story, but for your own awareness. (It can happen anywhere) be careful. Perhaps, she's not just looking for a payday. Perhaps she didn't go there to prostitute, or engage in pornographic activity. Perhaps the troopers were involved in something much more illegal than the opinion we have always harbored for them. Realistically, everyone in a uniform, in a position of public authority and service is not a hero. They are just people, with the same failings and victories just like the rest of us.
The point of my posting was not the young lady involved. Nor was it about whether or not she had a less than honorable motive.
Like I said in my post, I can not say whether or nor anything illegal happened that night, becaue I just simply do not have all the facts.
My point is that, I for one, expect more out of a group of troopers than this.
I agree with your points about the possibilities of drug use, and I do believe that women, as well as men, need to exercise caution when in a club.
I also agree that troopers and police officers are human, like the rest of us. But I think that they should have taken a moment to think about their actions, just like any other human should have.
Janine. In a fairy tale world, persons of authority would be above reproach, however, reality is a very stark experience. Visit the webmd site and look up the date rape drug. Read the entire definition, then compare the stories. You'll see there may have been much more going on than has been revealed.
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