Just came across this story from last year. It appears that it all took place in 2010.
On March 14th, Justin Sallis had sex with the woman he was dating. The next day she reported to police that she had been raped. The kicker to it, the description she gave, didn't match Mr. Sallis.
There was DNA recovered, and it matched Sallis. Of course, since they both agree there was consensual sex, this shouldn't be a problem, should it? Think again. Police, in response to her report of rape, never showed her a photo of Justin, nor did they even ask if he was the attacker.
The police presented information to the attorney's office of Ramsey county, who then filed charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct against Mr. Sallis. There is no information given on how long this took, but during this process, Justin moved to Chicago. On August 17th, six U.S. Marshals arrested him.
The suit states that Mr. Sallis didn't resist arrest, but the marshals beat, tasered and repeatedly kicked Justin in the head. It was bad enough that he lost consciousness and was taken away by an ambulance.
Justin then spent 25 days in jail, the suit claims, in a cell that was only intended for 2 men, but had at least two other men at all times in the cell. He was then extradited to Ramsey County on the 10th of September, where he learned the details of what he was charged with.
It wasn't until the 24th of September, over six months after the initial report of rape, that a member of the public defenders office showed the complainant a photo of Justin. It was at that point that she agreed, Justin wasn't the rapist and that they had had consensual sex around the time she was actually raped by another man.
With this information, and with the complainant reiterating that the man who raped her was much older than Justin, Sallis' lawyer presented the finding in court and the charges were dismissed.
Sallis claims deprivation of liberty and infliction of emotional distress, among other things. The lawsuit names the city, county and the U.S. marshals (who are unnamed), as well as Catherine Pavlak, the lead St. Paul police investigator; Elaine Ashbaugh, the assistant Ramsey County attorney who signed the criminal complaint; St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington; and Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner.
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My heart goes out to this guy. I know for a fact that the police take false police reports on this type of charges. They need to start questioning the girl more then once. Do you guys not realize that as a woman all I have to do is say that so and so raped me and this poor guy gets charged. Enough is Enough.
In case you needed one more reason to NEVER trust police.
Notice anything odd here?
"..Catherine Pavlak, the lead St. Paul police investigator; Elaine Ashbaugh, the assistant Ramsey County attorney who signed the criminal complaint; St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington; and Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner..."
Virtually all women. Things that make you go hmmmmmm...
TMOTS
There may have been a time that American law enforcement were held accountable for their "perversions of the course of justice".
But in the age of the femi-nazi manufactured misinformation for federal pork dollars, men are too broken and divided to hold them accountable.
Anonymous said...
There may have been a time that American law enforcement were held accountable for their "perversions of the course of justice".
But in the age of the femi-nazi manufactured misinformation for federal pork dollars, men are too broken and divided to hold them accountable.
Jul 27, 2011 7:06:00 AM
",..men are too broken and divided to hold them accountable."
I wouldn't say so. Too many men have awakened to see things and people for WHO they ARE!
Anonymous - "I wouldn't say so. Too many men have awakened to see things and people for WHO they ARE!"
Indeed. the mere fact that Justin Sallis is suing is a demonstration of just that.
It seems to me that while he's wise to spread a wide net of blame for all of this, the bulk of it should fall on lead investigator Catherine Pavlak. When a victim indicates that they can identify an offender, a first person identification is usually one of the first things to be done.
While no one else should be given a pass, other than the US Marshals who seem to have engaged in straight-up police brutality, everyone else was (foolishly) relying on the work and word of Pavlak.
She needs to be singled out for public disgracing. Her investigative efforts need to be highlighted as an example of HOW NOT TO run and investigation. It’s unclear if she’s a gender-feminist zealot, or just a pathetically incompetent detective; but, either way, she needs to be singled out in a way that the lawsuit (while ideally designed to ensure an actual pay-out) simply doesn’t do.
The rest of those named were in some way derelict, and should have to bear some part of the blame (professional insurance will, of course, provide the actual payout, so they are not truly being hit in the pocketbook), but Catherine Pavlak needs to be fired for her gross incompetence (at the least) and publicly recognized as the individual who set all of the subsequent missteps by others into motion.
Ah! Catherine Pavlak seems to have more “problems” with black men:
http://mn.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.20100825_0001464.DMN.htm/qx - in which a man was misidentified (as having an active warrant), maced and arrested by pavlak, who then refused to release him upon learning that he had been misidentified, is also suing Pavlak; and:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-8th-circuit/1173755.html - the case above, in which we learn that not only did Pavlak not do her due diligence in properly seeking a victims identification, but also that the victim herself help in propagating the confusion leading to Sallis’ (also identified as African-American) violent arrest. Seems she didn’t tell the police that she’d actually had sex with Sallis – because she was cheating on her boyfriend with him. Why she didn’t also get named in the law suit seems a mystery to me.
Catherine Pavlak needs to be registered, either for bigotry, misconduct or just being an idiot. register-her.com
I was about to come and post the same thoughts TMOTS.
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