This is an extremely well done documentary.
It's a clear statement on how flippantly detectives treat vulnerable victims when it concerns sex crimes, especially when the rapist is known to them. It's filthy, demeaning, and cruel for police officers - a body of individuals were generally told to trust - don't have an interest in actually dedicating investigative work to a case. In the cases cited in this show, it was made clear these police officers felt it was easier to gaslight/manipulate the victim into not believing their own story because they were vulnerable, and these officers did not want to do the investigation. (In one case depicted, they never even contacted the suspect; in another, the officer did not interview them. Instead, they accepted a written statement from him that was handed to him in-person.)
This documentary is detailing how the journalist untangled these cases to find an overarching theme of dismissiveness from police officers when concerning sex crimes via personal witness interviews, personal victim walkthroughs, recorded police interviews, police reports, surveillance, and even an interview with one of the detectives. I read in other reviews people were complaining it does not respect police officers or police procedure, yet I don't see how a journalist consulting experts, gathering evidence, etc to corroborate the victim(s) statements she was able to help; the journalist made it very clear, too, she had to remain highly objective about this and not just flatly believe these victims without evidence, hence why she got evidence.
The point of this documentary is to prove there isn't a unilateral goodness/hard-working disposition in every police officer we encounter. It's clear these officers did not respect these victims, they conveniently used the law to lessen their workload, and had no problem cajoling people into inadvertently confirming their "false reporting charge" because the victims became unresponsive to their accusations, which leads the officers to claim "victim recantation."
With this documentary, I can understand why anyone would feel fearful to report a sex crime to the police if they had one to report. It is completely understandable. However, I hope this doesn't happen, because it genuinely will make it worse. The best way to interpret this documentary, I believe, is to understand if you're ever in this situation, you must be there for yourself even if you feel like you don't deserve it. You must believe in your own experience, Police officers can evidently be lazy, and you never know what police officer you might be interviewed by, so always believe in your experience. If you feel like you're being treated as a suspect, if your laws permit, try to leave and/or retain a lawyer.
I greatly empathize with all these victims. I hope this never happens to anyone else.
It's a clear statement on how flippantly detectives treat vulnerable victims when it concerns sex crimes, especially when the rapist is known to them. It's filthy, demeaning, and cruel for police officers - a body of individuals were generally told to trust - don't have an interest in actually dedicating investigative work to a case. In the cases cited in this show, it was made clear these police officers felt it was easier to gaslight/manipulate the victim into not believing their own story because they were vulnerable, and these officers did not want to do the investigation. (In one case depicted, they never even contacted the suspect; in another, the officer did not interview them. Instead, they accepted a written statement from him that was handed to him in-person.)
This documentary is detailing how the journalist untangled these cases to find an overarching theme of dismissiveness from police officers when concerning sex crimes via personal witness interviews, personal victim walkthroughs, recorded police interviews, police reports, surveillance, and even an interview with one of the detectives. I read in other reviews people were complaining it does not respect police officers or police procedure, yet I don't see how a journalist consulting experts, gathering evidence, etc to corroborate the victim(s) statements she was able to help; the journalist made it very clear, too, she had to remain highly objective about this and not just flatly believe these victims without evidence, hence why she got evidence.
The point of this documentary is to prove there isn't a unilateral goodness/hard-working disposition in every police officer we encounter. It's clear these officers did not respect these victims, they conveniently used the law to lessen their workload, and had no problem cajoling people into inadvertently confirming their "false reporting charge" because the victims became unresponsive to their accusations, which leads the officers to claim "victim recantation."
With this documentary, I can understand why anyone would feel fearful to report a sex crime to the police if they had one to report. It is completely understandable. However, I hope this doesn't happen, because it genuinely will make it worse. The best way to interpret this documentary, I believe, is to understand if you're ever in this situation, you must be there for yourself even if you feel like you don't deserve it. You must believe in your own experience, Police officers can evidently be lazy, and you never know what police officer you might be interviewed by, so always believe in your experience. If you feel like you're being treated as a suspect, if your laws permit, try to leave and/or retain a lawyer.
I greatly empathize with all these victims. I hope this never happens to anyone else.