Here is my take on this for what it is worth.
Firstly as a retired (2009) police detective unlike everyone in the clip I have actually dealt with allegations of assault,rape, robbery etc. etc. and can therefore speak from a point of authority on such matters.
In my experience of dealing with such matters on a daily basis for 30 years I can tell you that very few people tell the truth. Everyone wants to paint themselves in the best possible light, so they lie to everyone. Unfortunately, lies can and often do put innocent people behind bars.
The problem here is not so much the lying as the fact that the Criminal Justice System (Police, Prosecutors, Courts etc.) has been pressured from academics, feminist, the media, etc. etc. to adopt a position where it is no longer acceptable to challenge the story of a female victim, especially in the case of rape and or sexual assualts.
Like a lot of other aspects of life the rules have been reshaped to prevent emotional distress to women to the point of absurdity as they now realise that they can do and say what they want with impunity.
The system now allows them to lie, get someone put in prison, get caught lying about it and then nothing happens to them on the grounds that “Such action could prevent other victims coming forward”
As far as rape allegations went, I must have dealt with hundereds of them and in 30 years of working in a very large city I only had two where the victim and the assialant were unknown to each other. In both of these cases the female victim was walking alone early in the morning and the assailant dragged her away from public view and raped her.
In every other case, the two people involved had met socially, consumed alcohol, engaged in some form of sexual activity and generally the report was made by the victim some hours after they parted company. Lack of victim consent rather than use of force was usually the only reason as to why it was a rape allegation.
In most occassions without corroborating physical evidence such as actual physical damage to the body tissues it was her word against his. After an initial investigation about three quarters of the allegations were withdrawn as it was discovered the victim was lying and only reported it so she did not have to admit the reality of her behaviour under the infuence of alcohol.
Years ago such cases were rightly filed as there was insufficent evidence to proceed, just like hundreds of thousands of other unproven criminal allegations.
However, in the last fifteen or so years because of pressure from interested parties and the media focusing on the large number of rape allegations that failed the standard of basic proof and therefore never saw the inside of a court, the laws have been changed and the standard of proof has been lowered for allegations of sexual assualts.
The usual reason cited for this change is that as there are usually only two people present in rape allegations with no other corroborating evidence, the lack of other corroborating evidence means that vicitm is disadvantaged.
So the necessity to have any evidence other than solely the word of the victim, who’s account cannot be challenged by investigators or prosecutors, is removed to address this perceived injustice to women and to ensure more (alleged) rapists are caught put before a court.
But what about all the other allegations where the same factors apply, like non sexual assualts, murders, thefts, etc. etc.? No the standard of proof for these remains the same, it must be fromat least two independent sources, not just the alleged victim and nothing else.
The lesson I wish all of you to take from this is not about lying, or evidence or standard of proof. No the lesson here is about power.
The only power women have over men is the ability to give consent for sexual activity. However, if you do not participate with them, they have no power over you.
Its up to you whether you engage with them, but I have personally had to charge people that I thought were innocent with rape because the rules of the system were changed to ensure that I did so. I personally do not engage in any form of physical contact with a woman who I have met socially as I know the possible consequences of a false allegation.
I was never so glad to retire from both the police and from engaging with women.
MadBiker 2 years, 6 months ago.
