commentary by Patrick H. Moore
At the risk of sounding like a brain-dead child, I would like to point out that the alleged job of police departments across America is to serve and protect. Although the precise job of our politicians is less clear, it’s probably not to rape and record rape. Yet if recent news is any indication, it appears that all too often our law enforcement personnel, rather than protecting the citizens from rape, robbery and other crimes of violence, seem to be busily raping the vulnerable among us just because they can. As for our latest politician to fall from grace for rape and the recording of rape, I’ll get to that later.
Of course, if these just because they can boys get caught, they just might find themselves facing, just because it’s the law, serious criminal charges.
The latest case of a cop getting caught with his pants and his victim’s pants down is 35-year-old former Boynton Beach, FLA Officer of the Month, Stephen J. Maiorino. Maiorino appears to be quite the swinging dick; his exploits include acting in an episode of “Cops” in 2010.
The alleged facts, as reported by Anne Geggis in the Sun Sentinel, are as follows.
- On Oct. 15, the alleged victim is left stranded in Boynton Beach. Her companion is arrested on a DUI and their car is towed.
- Our shining knight in armor Maiorino (don’t forget the inspiring words: “to serve and protect”) drives to where the alleged victim is stranded. His task is to drive her to the police station where her relatives are supposed to pick her up. This is according to the police affidavit.
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A lot of bad thoughts can pass through the mind of a corrupt officer of the law while escorting a vulnerable woman back to the station and based on what followed, it appears that Maiorino began fantasizing on how much fun it would be to forcibly have his way with the woman.
- By the time they got back to the station, Maiorino had apparently made up his mind. Anne Geggis writes: “(S)he tried to get out of the car, but Maiorino grabbed her by the wrist and demanded she perform oral sex on him, she told investigators. He told that if she didn’t comply, she would face a DUI arrest herself, the affidavit said.”
- The victim later told the case investigators that she complied out of fear. (Imagine, friends, if this happened to your daughter, and in today’s climate it could?) Maiorino, apparently, was just getting warmed up. He drove the victims “a short distance” away. He then forced her to take off her clothes. He then reportedly held her face down on the hood of the police car and raped her.
- During her statement after turning Maiorino in, the victim stated she could see the gun in the patrolman’s hand as he raped her. When it was over and she got dressed, Maiorino allegedly pointed the gun at her and “told her he would kill her and her family if she told anyone.” Nonetheless, she showed real courage and lodged a complaint six hours later.
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The victim took investigators to the crime scene the following morning. There they found a condom wrapper and a condom. Preliminary reports revealed the woman’s DNA was on the condom, the wrapper, and Maiorino’s underwear. OUCH!
- A review of Maiorino’s travels on the night of the incident shows that it took the suspect 54 minutes to transport to victim from where he picked her up to the station, even though the distance was a mere 20 city blocks.
Maiorino turned himself in to the Palm Beach County Jail on Thursday. He is now on unpaid administrative leave and “will be fired,” Police Chief Jeffrey Katz said.
Maiorino, 35, was charged with armed sexual battery, armed kidnapping and unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior, according to a statement from Boynton Beach Police.
Police Chief Katz is not feeling good about what has transpired. Speaking the King’s English, he stated:
“I would like to say that I am both disturbed and disgusted by the nature of the complaint, the findings of the investigation, and indeed the very prospect that a law enforcement officer … could possibly exploit this trust in such a vile and inexcusable way.”
This could easily have been avoided if law enforcement personnel were routinely held to a standard commensurate with “serving and protecting”. Although Maiorino, an 8-year veteran of the force, received plenty of commendations including Officer of the Month during his first years with the Department, he has been slipping up badly for the past 3 years:
- He was slapped with a two-day suspension in 2011 for unsatisfactory performance and mishandling evidence.
- He received a one-day suspension in 2012 for violating prisoner transport and pursuit policy.
- He also crashed his patrol car on more than one occasion, including one time in April of this year when he ran into a fire hydrant.
Tsk, tsk, tsk…
David Ferguson of the Raw Story points out that in addition to Maiorino’s alleged rape, there have been several other recent presumably solid allegations of sexual and other misconduct by law enforcement personnel.
“In August, Officer Daniel Holtzclaw of the Oklahoma City Police Department was arrested and charged with threatening women with arrest if they did not comply to his sexual demands. Seven women have come forward to testify against Holtzclaw, who has is being held on $5 million bail.
In Nevada, Marshal Ron Fox was caught on video assaulting a woman in a Clark County courtroom, then arresting her for trying to report the attack, accusing her of false testimony against a law officer.”
Mr. Ferguson’s examples of sexual misconduct by law enforcement personnel are provided as backdrop to a new story that epitomizes the cavalier and contemptuous attitude of many police officers toward female victims of rape and sexual misconduct.
On May 18th, two Austin patrol officers were bragging and generally acting stupid after handling a minor fender bender. There’s nothing really wrong with that (as we all know, boys will be boys, though some would argue “boys” shouldn’t carry “guns”. In any event, an apparently attractive woman passes by and the following conversation ensues:
Officer 1: Look at that girl over there.
Officer 2: (blows his police whistle) Go ahead and call the cops. They can’t un-rape you. (laughter)
Officer 1: You didn’t turn your camera off, did you?
Officer 2: They can’t un-rape you.
An attorney found the cam footage while reviewing for a case and it has become public. The Austin Police Department is conducting an investigation and of course is stating that “the attitude and commentary depicted within this video are not consistent with the level of professionalism we expect of our officers and does not represent the values of the Austin Police Department.”
The obvious point here is that with law enforcement personnel committing various acts of sexual violence against women, rank and file cops on the street should not be acting as if the rape of women is one big joke. And keep in mind that the officers who have been arrested, are possibly only the tip of the iceberg.
The officers caught in the cam footage are still on duty pending the outcome of the investigation. Although they are liable to be reprimanded, I would be shocked if they were terminated over this matter. Rather, they will get a slap on the wrist and yuk it up all the way to their next pay check.
And now for our alleged criminal sexual allegations against a politician. David Edwards of Raw Story writes:
(It is noted that in this instance, law enforcement, to its credit, comes to the rescue of the women being allegedly raped.)
“The chair of a county Republican Party in Georgia was recently arrested after he was allegedly broadcast on Skype sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a woman.
On Wednesday, the North Georgia News reported that Union County Republican Party Chairman Billy Joe Turnage, 76, was facing charges of sexual battery and criminal attempt to commit rape.”
It’s not exactly clear who reported the incident to 911 dispatchers, but they were apparently informed of an ongoing “assault and rape” of a 39-year-old female at Turnage’s residence last week, which, curiously, 
was being transmitted on Skype.
Union County Sheriff Investigator Staff Sgt. Darren Osborn and deputies responded, began an investigation, the end result of which was the arrest of Chairman Billy Joe after two days of interviews. The victim is not believed to have been physically injured.
Billy Joe will be held in the Union County Jail until a bond hearing occurs at which time he is expected to make bail. Well of course…
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So there you have it — cops and politicians in a good old-fashioned rape till you get caught free-for-all. And let’s not forget the endless incidents of high school (and occasionally middle school) teachers (many of them women) endlessly seducing/molesting their young charges.
Or as the legendary English blues rocker John Mayall once sang:
“It’s a mean old scene when it comes to double-crossin’ time.”