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His statement also clearly states that he continued to touch me even after I told him and gestured to him that I didn\u2019t want him to. I am now waiting in my court date Jan 9 I have justice gaiter from Geneva family counseling advocating for me. Every time I go to get a police report to hand in to my insurance company for my phone they tell me he didn\u2019t steal it because they patted him down and they continue to be defensive about the entire event protecting him and their lack of judgement with prosecution. They are abusing their power and doing minimal work to make sure the community is safe. They are not caring for the community like their mission statement promises. My ex wasn\u2019t even from my community and they are more concerned about protecting their initial word than actually looking at the evidence and making things right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was sexually assaulted by my 3 month bf after he had too much to drink I had to punch him off of me to get him to stop trying to force himself on me and the police charged me with harassment and made me spend the night in jail. 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