White Oklahoma City Cop Charged with Rape and Serial Sexual Assault of 7 Black Women

From [HERE] A white police officer in Oklahoma has been jail in lieu of $5 million bond after being charged with serial sexual assault on multiple black women in the dilapidated neighborhoods he was assigned to patrol.

Officer Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, a racist suspect, is accused of raping one woman and either fondling others or forcing them to expose themselves, investigators said Friday. He allegedly forced others perform sex acts on him. Three were assaulted in his car and one was taken to a school in the Spring Lake Division where he worked, according to the affidavit. All the victims were Black women. 

According to the district attorney, Holtzclaw was able to camouflage his behavior because he worked a dilapidated section of the city, about two miles north of the stat house, that few care to venture into, particularly at night. He reportedly began picking some women up off the street, pulling others over at traffic stops and in one case taking a woman to a nearby school, police documents show.

Police describe Holtzclaw as a serial sexual assaulter and believe there are many more victims than the seven already identified.

“They’re retracing all of his contacts, as many as they can, especially traffic stops,” said police spokesman Capt. Dexter Nelson.

Holtzclaw’s egregious actions in the line of duty would have evaded detection for longer had one victim not come forward. In June, a woman complained that Holtzclaw had sexually assaulted her during a traffic stop on a boulevard about two miles north of the state Capitol. The alleged incident prompted police to check other contacts Holtzclaw had with the public since beginning street patrols about 18 months ago.

By the time they were finished with the preliminary investigation, authorities were able to identify seven victims and eight incidents before accusing Holtzclaw of crimes including rape, sexual battery and indecent exposure. Police Chief Bill Citty published Holtzclaw’s photograph with the hope that other women would step forward, he said. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said formal charges could be lodged by Aug. 29.

Holtzclaw had not been previously disciplined in his three years with the department.

The black women allegedly assaulted are between the ages of 34 and 58, though police said it wasn’t clear if Holtzclaw targeted victims because of their race.