Police fails to take sexual harrassment seriously

svenskbitch · 2019-01-31T08:37:44+00:00

Sorry for a German link.

Basically: a woman takes a cab and gets repeatedly, despite admonishments, verbally harrassed by the driver and is only, by her account, able to get out after threatening to call the police. After that, she calls 911 emergency, and the police try to help her but also inform her that they cannot take measures against the driver as no crime had been committed based on her account.

Let us assume, for now, that her account is broadly true.

I find this bizarre: how are lewd comments about breast size not a misdemeanor? Especially if the driver repeats them after the passenger asks him clearly to stop? This, by far, surpasses many an incident that has caused outrage over the past decade.

Equally bizarre is her behaviour: why in the world would you call an emergency hotline if you are not in immediate danger? Go to a police station and file a report, rather than taking resources away from people having, say, heart attacks.

Finally, should the proper way to deal with this not be a complaint to the taxi company? One single complaint may not get him immediately fired, but a driver who behaves this way probably has done it before. By any logic, he should not be driving a cab.

Wisemanner · 2019-01-31T08:36:32+00:00

Against men, certainly!

Title	Police fails to take sexual harrassment seriously
Author	svenskbitch
Upvotes	3
Comments	3
Date	January 31, 2019 8:31 AM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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