The basic story is this: A woman made a complaint to law enforcement, yet wound up the victim of a horriffic assault at their hands. Let's start out with the Stark County Sheriffs Department statement.
To insure we are performing in the manner directed in those
policies and procedures, the Stark County Sheriff’s Office videotapes incidents
when dealing with difficult or troubled inmates. The video documentation is
preserved for future reference if needed or questions or concerns are raised as
to the procedure followed. The portions of the videos that were released by the
media were segments of the entire tapings provided to the Attorneys representing
Hope Steffy in connection with the pending civil lawsuit.
I have reviewed this incident and feel
comfortable that my deputies performed their rather unpleasant tasks in this
incident in a professional manner that is consistent with the requirements of
the law. However, an outside, objective review of our actions is always welcome
and necessary to maintain the public’s trust in this office. Therefore, Sheriff
Tim Swanson reports that after conferring with Counsel and Stark County
Prosecutor John Ferrero’s Office, an official request has been made of Attorney
General Marc Dann. The letter officially requests that Attorney Marc Dann’s
Office review all circumstances surrounding the arrest and incarceration of Hope
Steffy in October of 2007. The Stark County Sheriff’s Office will cooperate
fully with the Attorney General’s inquiry and review and stands ready to
proceed.
The statement was, in part, a response to a local news story broadcast on channel 3. Those videos follow and they are not easy to watch.
THE STARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NO FURTHER COMMENT ON THIS INCIDENT UNTIL THE REVIEW BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS COMPLETED.
_______________________________________Sheriff Timothy A. Swanson Stark County Sheriff
1 comments:
I'm not naive enough to know there isn't another side either.
For a fact we can probably both guess what went down.
Hope gave the cop a hard time about the license.
Cop blows his cool and gets pissed.
Slams her into the squad and then puts her on the ground to cuff her.
Takes her to the station, goes inside to alert the others he has a trouble maker and wants to 'set her up'.
He goes back out to get her and tells her she can go home after some questions.
They do indeed get her to say something stupid.
And they get to video her while they forcibly strip her naked 'for her own safety'.
Then the males signal the females to leave and they get to do the body cavity search on her.
And then they leave her six hours naked in the cell and then book her, again naked. (Which is completely BS again.)
The crap hit the fan, and now they are trying to use the 'buddy system' to try to get away with this.
This is probably almost exactly what happened.
AND IT IS BS!! NO ONE should have to go through something like that for a misdemeanor. Let alone the victim that has been knocked unconscious. And I'm almost sure to a person that if it was anyone's wife on here, they would be going through the ceiling.
These criminals need to be rounded up & imprisoned!
EDIT: Yeah theres more to this story alright......
Teens Strip Searched in warped 'Scared Straight' in Stark County
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?I...ubCategoryID=0
Four More women come forward:
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=59226
CBS news comments:
http://search.cbsnews.com/?source=cb...Steffy&x=0&y=0
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