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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I really should know better than to try to interact with you on 'police' related things, but apparently I just don't.
And I again reiterate that I am not defending Chu and/or whatever he did.
However...I don't know what he did do, so I can't "pass judgement" on the actions and punishments taken at the time. I don't know if the judgement passed down is an appropriate punishment for the crime. I am also trying to keep in mind that it happened 24 years ago, and attitudes were different then around sexual harassment and sexual assault.
I've seen articles that stated that he "just touched her leg" while on duty/in uniform. I've seen some that said they mutually felt each other up under their clothes while he was off duty/out of uniform. That's as far as any actions taken with each other have gone according to the publicly released statements. I've seen a lot of people running with that and assuming that everything from the touch on the leg happened up to Chu holding his gun to her head while he raped her while in uniform.
But, since we don't know what actually happened, we can't say if the punishment is right or wrong, too much or not enough.
I will say, given Chu's inability to keep any story straight for more than the first time it passes his lips, I'm not inclined to give him any benefit of the doubt. I don't feel anything (that we are currently aware of) that he did was "ok" at all. But we also don't know what he actually did. So I am reserving judgement.
I will say, to the best of my knowledge (which is anecdotal in nature, as ever, MBates may have more info) that publication bans, especially around cases involving sexual issues and minors aren't that uncommon at all. Publication bans are for the victims, not the offenders. I don't have any idea what goes into the selection of the length of them.
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Keep in mind the current scenario admitted to by Chu is
He met a 16 year old while in uniform at a pub who he assumed was 18, after work he came back to the pub, he took her home and had under clothes touching interaction after which the women claimed she was sexually assaulted which the police did not investigate properly, which the victim fought for justice for 9 years and it resulted in a 5 year reprimands
And keep in mind his first response to the story in the CBC was to not disclose the truth.
That’s the beat case scenario so you can certainly pass judgements on those actions.