The administration of Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse, will decide whether to seek reforms in the New York Police Department unit that investigates such attacks.
"For President Biden’s administration, fixing the New York Police Department’s storied, but scandal-scarred sex crimes unit was a response to the #MeToo movement and part of a broader agenda of improving American policing. But the outcome of that effort, along with 11 similar efforts in other jurisdictions, may be decided by Donald J. Trump, who was re-elected last week after vowing to end the sweeping scrutiny of the police that Mr. Biden embraced. The Department of Justice two years ago began
investigating whether missteps by the sex crimes division, known as the Special Victims Unit, amounted to discrimination against women. Prosecutors
cited more than a decade of public complaints about the unit being
understaffed and about investigators mistreating victims and failing to take basic steps to investigate cases. ..."
***Waking Up Trans in Trump’s America - Gabrielle Bellot
Leslie McFadden said the collapse of the investigation into her rape left her carrying an unjust burden of guilt.
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