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A jury found former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty Thursday of some of the most serious charges against him, including sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy and rape.
Holtzclaw faced 36 counts. He was found guilty on 18.
The former officer cried openly in the courtroom and rocked in his chair as the verdict was being read. Jurors deliberated for more than 40 hours over four days.
The Oklahoma City Police Department welcomed the verdict. "We are satisfied with the jury's decision and firmly believe justice was served," it said.
Sentencing is set for next month.
His trial touched upon the explosive intersection of race, policing and justice in America.
Holtzclaw, whose father is white and mother Japanese, was accused of assaulting or raping 13 women, all black, while he was on the job. Court records identify his race as "Asian or Pacific Islander."
The jury was all-white, composed of eight men and four women.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/us/oklahoma-daniel-holtzclaw-verdict/
The majority of Holtzclaw's victims had criminal histories such as drug and prostitution arrests.[5] During the trial, the defense questioned the victims' credibility during cross-examination, bringing up their criminal records. However, the prosecution argued that the victims were deliberately chosen because of this very reason as they were unlikely to report him to the police. According to the police investigators, Holtzclaw used his position as an officer to run background checks and find any information that could be used to coerce sex.
Holtzclaw's case has evoked national attention from black women activists and the Black Lives Matter movement as all of his accusers were black women.
Holtzclaw was accused of sexually abusing multiple women after stopping them over the span of his police career, targeting ones from a poorer, overwhelmingly African-American portion of the city. According to the police investigators, Holtzclaw ran background checks for women with outstanding warrants or other criminal records, and methodically targeted these victims. Holtzclaw was fired from the force in January and his trial began on November 2, 2015.
Grandma sexually assaulted by ex-Oklahoma cop Daniel Holtzclaw speaks out: 'He just picked the wrong lady to stop that night'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...cop-daniel-holtzclaw-speaks-article-1.2463029
Holtzclaw faced 36 counts. He was found guilty on 18.
The former officer cried openly in the courtroom and rocked in his chair as the verdict was being read. Jurors deliberated for more than 40 hours over four days.
The Oklahoma City Police Department welcomed the verdict. "We are satisfied with the jury's decision and firmly believe justice was served," it said.
Sentencing is set for next month.
His trial touched upon the explosive intersection of race, policing and justice in America.
Holtzclaw, whose father is white and mother Japanese, was accused of assaulting or raping 13 women, all black, while he was on the job. Court records identify his race as "Asian or Pacific Islander."
The jury was all-white, composed of eight men and four women.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/us/oklahoma-daniel-holtzclaw-verdict/
The majority of Holtzclaw's victims had criminal histories such as drug and prostitution arrests.[5] During the trial, the defense questioned the victims' credibility during cross-examination, bringing up their criminal records. However, the prosecution argued that the victims were deliberately chosen because of this very reason as they were unlikely to report him to the police. According to the police investigators, Holtzclaw used his position as an officer to run background checks and find any information that could be used to coerce sex.
Holtzclaw's case has evoked national attention from black women activists and the Black Lives Matter movement as all of his accusers were black women.
Holtzclaw was accused of sexually abusing multiple women after stopping them over the span of his police career, targeting ones from a poorer, overwhelmingly African-American portion of the city. According to the police investigators, Holtzclaw ran background checks for women with outstanding warrants or other criminal records, and methodically targeted these victims. Holtzclaw was fired from the force in January and his trial began on November 2, 2015.
Grandma sexually assaulted by ex-Oklahoma cop Daniel Holtzclaw speaks out: 'He just picked the wrong lady to stop that night'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...cop-daniel-holtzclaw-speaks-article-1.2463029
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