An Orlando police officer has been arrested and is accused of raping a woman before taking her to jail, Orlando Police Chief Paul Rooney announced in a Monday afternoon press conference. This is another black-eye moment for the Orlando Police Department.
Officer Roderick Johnson is currently booked at the Orange County Jail on two counts of sexual battery by a law enforcement officer. Allegedly a sexual encounter with a arrestee on his way to booking her into jail. Being held on a $10,000 bond.
This is a breaking news story. No other details are being released by officials at this time.
[…] The Orlando Police Department ended 2011 intimidating and arresting peaceful protestors and those who were simply trying to help feed the needy, doing the bidding of the mayor of course. 2012 started with a major ruling against the unlawful OPD arrests and imprisonment for the crime of sidewalk chalking. Officers are known to slam party-goers on the sidewalk downtown, but this year Orlando cops also got beaten up outside of a downtown club. Cops also shot a woman outside the Roxy, saw headlines of a wife-beating cop, and suffered more than one black eye. […]