2 LAPD officers charged with sexually assaulting 4 women while on duty

http://abc7.com/news ^ | 02/17/2016 | By ABC7.com staff

[redreno]

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two veteran Los Angeles Police Department officers have been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting four women while on duty, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

James Nichols, 44, and Luis Valenzuela, 43, worked as partners for the LAPD's Hollywood Division. Both men are accused of sexually assaulting women in various locations, including their police vehicle, between December 2008 and March 2011.

[yarddog]

At first I thought it might be Reed and Malloy.

[Snickering Hound]

"Tonight, on a very special episode of CHiPs..."

[Cyman]

Let's see, the newest complaint is 5 years old and the complainants are identity protected drug abusers, junkies. So a traded bit of info( I got some chisme on cops I tell you, ese) to Internal Affairs to most probably get these fine upstanding ladies out of a mandatory 3 strikes life sentence has ruined two named officers.

Sounds like a finely tuned Justice system to me.

[Las Vegas Ron]

At first I thought it might be Reed and Malloy.

In those days if a story like this came out, no one would believe it.

Today, not so much so.....my how time have changed.

[bkopto]

I wonder if this is the same James Nichols of the LAPD. Read the last quoted sentence....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ex-banker-movie-exec-loses-20-million-excessive-force-suit-lapd-article-1.1590769

A former banker and movie executive who said police beat him with batons in a bizarre street confrontation lost his $20 million excessive force claim on Friday against the Los Angeles Police Department.

Jurors in federal court deliberated less than three hours before finding that two officers didn’t violate Brian Mulligan’s federal or state civil rights and didn’t batter him.

Mulligan, his lawyers and his wife, Victoria, rushed out of the courtroom and declined to comment to reporters.

Defense attorneys and the officers said they were delighted with the decision.

“I’m just extremely happy,” Officer John Miller said outside court. “I’m employed. ... We did nothing wrong.”

Peter Ferguson, who represented Officer James Nichols, said experts who testified for the plaintiff couldn’t persuade the jury because the officers did nothing wrong.

“These officers have had to live with these allegations for the last year or so,” the lawyer said. “They’re glad they are getting back to work.”

[glasseye]

These guys must be ‘dead to rights’ guilty knowing how the thin blue line tends to circle the wagons.

[bgill]

Throw him in prison, set up a popcorn machine in the prison rec yard and announce he’s a cop.

[DoughtyOne]

[wastedyears]

The whole of the trial took that long?

[rrrod]

No biggie..LAPD arent real cops anyway...