By Matt Agorist
Phoenix, AZ — As the Free Thought Project frequently reports, when most people see police lights in their rearview mirror, the last thing they feel is “protected.” When a cop pulls you over, it most likely means you are about to be extorted for a victimless crime. However, if the cop in the story below was pulling you over, it meant something much worse than mere extortion. If you were a woman, it meant you were about to be kidnapped and raped.
As TFTP previously reported, Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper Tremaine Jackson, 43, was arrested on a whopping 61 charges of everything from kidnapping to sexual assault. The trooper, who’d been with the department for 13 years, is accused of pulling women over and sexually assaulting them.
As part of a plea deal, Jackson pleaded guilty to the following charges:
- Attempted kidnap with sexual intent
- Unlawful imprisonment with sexual intent
- Unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer
- Bribery with sexual intent
- Fraud with sexual intent
This month, Jackson’s blue privilege shined through — despite the slew of charges and victims — and he was sentenced to just five years in jail.
The taxpayers of Maricopa County were held liable for his sick acts instead. The lawsuit states that Arizona should be held liable for the wrongful conduct of its officers, employees, agents, districts, divisions, and subdivisions.
Since we reported on the original story, a total of 15 victims have come forward, alleging sex abuse, kidnapping, and fraud.
At the time, police expected more victims, so they set up a form for victims to fill out. And they did.
“This event started on May 19th, where we received an initial complaint about some inappropriate comments by Trooper Jackson to a female motorist,” said DPS Director Col. Frank Milstead. But this was only the tip of the iceberg.
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“While we were investigating that May complaint, on June 11th, we received a second complaint. This one also alleging inappropriate commentary and then also criminal behavior to the extent of sexual abuse,” Milstead said. “Trooper Jackson was using his position as Arizona State Trooper to bargain leniency for favor.”
In other words, this “hero” officer was pulling women over and forcing them to give him sexual favors or face being kidnapped—a situation that only works if you have a badge.
“The Arizona Department of Public Safety is a proud and venerable organization with a storied past,” Milstead said at the time. “Most of the employees serve Arizona with pride and integrity. … When one of our own betrays public trust or breaks the law, we respond swiftly and without regret.”
As ABC 15 reports:
In several of the cases, the victims say they were held and questioned during traffic stops for over an hour. In several cases, Jackson reportedly asked for sexual favors or to take the victim on a date to avoid being arrested or given tickets.
Several of the victims stated that Jackson would repeatedly ask, “What am I going to do with you?” while threatening possible arrest.
In one case Jackson reportedly followed a victim to a home where she was supposed to perform sexual acts to avoid arrest. The victim says she ran into the home and locked all of the doors. She says she called her boyfriend and hid while Jackson allegedly searched the outside of the home and looked in the windows.
Jackson also forced several victims to give him their social media account information so that they could talk and meet at future dates.
In another incident, a victim asked him if he was going to arrest her. The trooper replied, “No, you’re not free to go yet. I’m not finished with you.” He then asked her what she was “willing to do” to stay out of jail.
As the New Times reports:
Was she willing to give him a dance at the adult dance club where she had just gotten off work?
Would she give him a kiss?
She did neither. But when he finally let her go, the documents say, he followed her most of the way home.
Because DPS troopers are not required to wear body cameras, there is no video evidence to go back through. When asked if body cameras would’ve prevented the abuse, Milstead said, “probably not.”
“Cameras can be manipulated to a degree to allow people to do inappropriate things,” he said. And he’s right.
However, DPS records show that Jackson indeed targeted female drivers more often than men, a move they called extremely rare. According to the DPS, they pull over twice as many men for every woman.
“Most of us are parents or have loved ones who are female,” Milstead said. “And to think that under the color of authority the trust the public places on the shoulders of law enforcement is betrayed by a single trooper that tarnishes a reputation of an agency or profession and victimizes women on a traffic stop is horrifying.”
According to police, Jackson was immediately fired after he was arrested and he was booked into the Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail.
“The temerity of Trooper Jackson is horrifying,” Milstead said. “Our job now is to respond appropriately.”
“When an officer like this goes off the rails, not only does it further diminish the respect people have for police officers, during a very difficult time to be a police officer, it really is a big hit to the credibility of our justice system,” said Marc Victor with Attorneys For Freedom law firm.
Indeed.
Source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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