Officer Sexually Assaults, Then Arrests Mother - Judge Does Nothing
REVIEW OF INCIDENT:
A CBS affiliate in Clark County, Nevada, has uncovered video of a disturbing incident in family court, in which a mother present for a routine proceeding is sexually assaulted and then arrested in full view of the court. An internal investigation has since revealed that both the harassment and its alleged cover-up may be part of a wider problem of abuse within the family court system.
Monica Contreras was led from the court into a waiting room for a supposed, though unexplained, drug search. She then says a Officer Ron Fox touched her and ordered her to lift up her shirt. When she fled back into the courtroom and complained to the Judge, asking at least for a female Officer, then Officer Fox had her arrested for "making false accusations against a police officer."
Contreras two year old daughter was present the entire time. The Judge, Patricia Doninger, never responded as Contreras pleaded with her and the Court Officer to know why she was being arrested, instead turning her chair from the incident to play with Conteras daughter. At one point in the video, Contreras is heard begging the Judge to turn around and watch what was happening to her.
Contreras filed a complaint with internal affairs, and Officer Fox has since been fired and the judge is also "no longer employed" by the court.
The internal investigation has reportedly uncovered numerous additional incidents of abuse in the family court, and now is investigating why none have been reported.
ANALYSIS OF VICTIMS ACTIONS:
Did the victim harm, steal, or threaten anyone? No
Did the victim violate anyone's individual rights? No
No crime committed by victim.
The original definition of crime was an act harmful to another person.
ANALYSIS OF THE POLICE ACTIONS:
Did the police harm, steal, or threaten anyone? Yes
Did the police violate the victims individual rights? Yes
The officers violated the victims rights. There actions are criminal.
QUESTIONS:
- Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
- Is government the biggest violator of our individual rights?
- What is more dangerous, freedom or a government that has authority over you?
- Does anyone have the right to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your rights?
- If a person is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, is he a criminal?
- If government is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, is it a criminal organization?
- Do we have an obligation to obey criminals?
- Do we have an obligation to obey a criminal organization?
- Does anyone have the right to claim ownership over you?
- Do you own yourself or is someone else your master?
IN CLOSING:
All people are created equal and have certain individual rights which are the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We can do as we please within our rights, as long as we do not violate the rights of others. No one has the right to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, violate your rights, or molest you. All interactions between people should be voluntary.
To help secure our individual rights, governments may be created, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter it, abolish it, or withdraw there consent to be governed.
We own ourselves. No one can claim even partial ownership over you without violating your rights. Self-ownership means not only that you own yourself, but everyone owns themselves. The best way to ensure respect for our self-ownership is to respect the rights of others. Without self-ownership, there is no freedom.