5/10/2015 – Honolulu, HI –Recently Honolulu police were legally barred from being able to have sex with women they were trying to investigate for prostitution. In response, police are now criminally charging prostitutes with a much more serious crime – sexual assault.
Its no secret, people who live and work on the Hawaiian Islands are a bit odd… They are the number one consumers of Spam, they eat Poi on purpose, they currently have no anti-human trafficking laws and cops consider it normal to have sex with a woman to prove she’s a prostitute (well until recently).
About a year ago, in response to public outcry, sex with suspected prostitutes was outlawed after several media articles highlighted the practice.
Honolulu Police claim that since sex is now a no-no they can’t make any arrests because the prostitutes are on to them (despite the fact that every other police department in the US seems to have no problem arresting prostitutes without having sex with them).
So, in response, police are now arresting women under the criminal complaint of sexual assault because that crime does not require the exchange of anything of value.
According to published reports, in a recent massage parlor sting, about a dozen women were taken into custody and now face sexual assault charges.
Apparently when a suspected prostitute touches an undercover officer’s genitals (usually during the massage to let him know she is available for ‘extras’) she is arrested for sexually assaulting that undercover officer.
This new approach has yet to be tested in the courts.
JohnTV Editorial Comments:
While making it illegal for police to engage in sexual contact with women under investigation for prostitution is a good thing, charging those same women with sexual assault is very concerning in at least two areas. One, a sexual assault charge is far more severe than simple prostitution. If convicted, the women face a serious criminal record and having to register as a sex offender. Two, since the Hawaiian Islands do not have any anti-sex trafficking laws in place, police and prosecutors are simply re-victimizing any trafficking victims or those being forced to work under coercion or fear.