According to ResistRacism and SF Gate, the City of Oakland will pay $2 million to settle a case where Oakland Police Officer Richard Valerga sexually harrassed 16 Asian American women under the color of his role as police officer.
Hopefully, the officer spends six-months in jail at least. But here's his lawyer's argument against that:
The problem with this argument is the officer's admission of "no contest" is that it throws open to question just what he was doing during his six years of police work, and how many other women were harrassed -- I don't mean comments, but GROPING -- over that time?
Come to think of it. What was he doing in the U.S. Navy?
Hopefully, the officer spends six-months in jail at least. But here's his lawyer's argument against that:
When Valerga entered his no contest plea, his criminal defense attorney, Paul Brennan, said he could ask that Valerga not receive any jail time because he has no criminal history and had distinguished records as a police officer for six years and as a member of the U.S. Navy.
The problem with this argument is the officer's admission of "no contest" is that it throws open to question just what he was doing during his six years of police work, and how many other women were harrassed -- I don't mean comments, but GROPING -- over that time?
Come to think of it. What was he doing in the U.S. Navy?
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