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D.C. Chief Lanier disputes Human Rights Watch report on sex assaults

washingtonpost.com (11 months and 8 days ago)

Jun 15, 2012

The D.C. police chief has asked federal authorities to review the city’s handling of sexual-assault reports after a human rights group complained that detectives in recent years failed to conduct investigations in many cases and routinely behaved “in a dismissive or insensitive manner” toward alleged victims.Read full article >> full story

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