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Judge To Woman Sexually Assaulted By Cop: ‘When You Blame Others, You Give Up Your Power To Change’

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Judge To Woman Sexually Assaulted By Cop: ‘When You Blame Others, You Give Up Your Power To Change’
By Ian Millhiser on Sep 7, 2012 at 9:00 am
Last summer, a drunk Arizona police officer named Robb Gary Evans drove himself to a bar, flashed his badge to avoid paying cover at the door, and then walked up behind a woman, put his hand up her skirt, and ran his fingers over her genitals. A jury convicted him of sexual abuse, a felony with a maximum sentence of 2 and a half years in prison, and Evans was fired from the police force after an internal investigation.
Nevertheless, Arizona trial Judge Jacqueline Hatch, who was appointed to the bench by Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ), decided that Evans’ actions did not warrant jail time — sentencing him probation and 100 hours of community service. Evans also will not have to register as a sex offender. Yet, while Judge Hatch apparently did not view the disgraced former cop’s actions as particularly serious, she had some very harsh words for the woman he assaulted:
Bad things can happen in bars, Hatch told the victim, adding that other people might be more intoxicated than she was.
“If you wouldn’t have been there that night, none of this would have happened to you,” Hatch said.
Hatch told the victim and the defendant that no one would be happy with the sentence she gave, but that finding an appropriate sentence was her duty.
“I hope you look at what you’ve been through and try to take something positive out of it,” Hatch said to the victim in court. “You learned a lesson about friendship and you learned a lesson about vulnerability.”
Hatch said that the victim was not to blame in the case, but that all women must be
Judge Jacqueline Hatch vigilant against becoming victims.
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change,” Hatch said that her mother used to say.
The victim, who has not been identified by the press, called for Judge Hatch to apologize for her offensive comments, adding that if she had not been at the bar to be assaulted by Evans, “it probably would have happened to someone else.”

Judge To Woman Sexually Assaulted By Cop: 'When You Blame Others, You Give Up Your Power To Change' | ThinkProgress

 

[Strapped]

the mind of a conservative

 

[feelosofer]

I guess its her fault for wearing that short skirt and she probably voted for Obama, she had it coming

 

[Boolean]

are you fukking kidding me?

 

[Habit]

But they will throw the book at us. And people don't understand why we think the legal system is a joke.

I guarantee you she would have made sure I did time on my first offense.

 

[Strapped]

a conservatives mind is flawed

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

blaming the victim

isnt this judge a woman

 

[Food Mane]

Disgusting.

 

[Arcavian]

disgusting

 

[Habit]

blaming the victim

isnt this judge a woman

Women are cold, and can be very unsympathetic to their own.

 

[msims]

I'm angry over this shyt.


fukk this legal system.

 

[the cac mamba]

judge was the girl who goes to the bar and no one wants to fukk

 

[thelonious21]

Women are cold, and can be very unsympathetic to their own.

you wanna see a VICIOUS fight... watch 2 women... RUTHLESS!!!

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

Let dat judge's daughter or female loved one get raped or sexually assaulted n lets see if she has dat same piece of shyt attitude.

 

[Type Username Here]

Police are held to a different set of laws than regular people are.

Which is the most backwards type of thinking that has ever existed in the history of governance and democracy.