Blackit wrote:
Actually I didn't make any comment, I left the link and the quote for people to draw their own conclusions.
No, I don't assume that everyone accused is guilty, but I would also expect that police officers would have an (unfairly) lower conviction rate as well. As we've seen in the UK time and time again, it is basically impossible for a police officer to be convicted of killing a civilian, even when they leave unarmed civlilian's brains hanging out on the floor of tube carriages and subsequently deliberately and grotesquely lie about the circumstances (in fact, no police officer has ever been convicted of unlawfully killing a civilian in the UK).
I also dispute the assumption that police officers would have a higher false accusation rate. And even if that were true you would expect it to be counterbalanced by the number of real victims too afraid to report a crime committed by the police.
You would also expect, if the feminists are right and rape is about power, for those who seek jobs that involve power over other people to have personalities attracted to rape. Likewise with paedophilia.
Sorry for the misapplied post. I failed to realize that the quote was not your own.
I stand by my words in regard to the quote however and I maintain that there is no merit in such articles because there is no merit in an accusation until it is a conviction.
I believe it is disingenious and to post (even as a third party) such information in order to establish amongst readers that somehow, police are more prone to rape than the general public.
It is a fact that blacks are far more likely to be stopped/searched and arrested than whites in London. Do we conclude that blacks are more prone to criminality than Whites. When we look at the conviction rates, there is little difference despite the disproportionate attention to blacks.
Now I maintain that conviction rates are the only appropriate data but I will now play devil's advocate and suppose that there is merit in the report, hence the following questions.
1)Are the police conditiioned to become more liable to rape when joining the police force?
2)Are those persons inclined to rape, attracted to the police force and if so for what reason?
3)If none of the above apply, for what reason are the police disproportionately rapists?