Thu Feb 13, 2014, 04:23 PM

DonViejo (57,630 posts)

Kentucky trooper wants job back because raping that girl was just a ‘moral mistake’

Source: Raw Story

By David Edwards
Thursday, February 13, 2014 13:49 EST

A Kentucky state trooper told a trial board last month that he would like to have his job back after he was fired for having sex with a 15-year-old girl, calling the relationship a “moral mistake.”

In a transcript obtained by WDRB, former Kentucky State Trooper Jerry Clanton asserted to the Kentucky State Police Trial Board that he was under the false impression that the 15-year-old girl was 18 years old when he started having sex with her.

“I made a moral mistake. And, I’ve gotten right with my family,” the married former trooper insisted. “I recognize that it is an embarrassment to the State Police. But I have not compromised myself in the fact that, in my mind, all I was doing was making a moral mistake.”

“I would never have gone over there. I would have never spoken to her, never texted her, never anything had I thought she was anything but 18.”

KSP Commander of Legal Services Capt. Matt Feltner, however, felt that the incident was more serious.

“You can’t put a 15-year-old girl in a car, drive her up in the middle of nowhere and have sex with her,” Feltner said. “I mean that doesn’t have to be written out somewhere to know it’s completely wrong and outside the lines.”

During the hearing, Clanton explained that State Trooper Stratford Young had sex with the girl first, which he said resulted in his inappropriate relationship.

Clanton admitted to having sex with the girl on at least four separate occasions, once on the trunk of his police cruiser while it was pulled over on the side of the road.

“I didn’t intend on having sex with her,” he said.

In the end, the trial board declined to give Clanton his job back.

Investigators believe that a Brandenburg officer and a Breckinridge County Sheriff’s deputy also had sex with the girl.

None of the four men had been charged as of Wednesday. According to WDRB, the girl is angry that no one is in jail. Her father has also called on prosecutors to take action, but it would be up to a grand jury to decide if anyone will be charged.

Watch the video below from WDRB, broadcast Feb. 13, 2013.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/13/kentucky-trooper-wants-job-back-because-raping-that-girl-was-just-a-moral-mistake/

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Kentucky trooper wants job back because raping that girl was just a ‘moral mistake’ (Original post)	DonViejo	Feb 2014	OP
In related news, the estate of Adolf Eichmann has petitioned.....	Loaded Liberal Dem	Feb 2014	#1
The Holocaust: A frat house initiation that got a tiny bit out of control	rocktivity	Feb 2014	#39
Once may be a mistake	Isoldeblue	Feb 2014	#2
I bet when he pulled someone over and they used the "I didn't intend" line, he'd ticket them. nt	TheBlackAdder	Feb 2014	#3
The "moral mistake" might actually lie within the community allowing him to make his plea n/t	bkanderson76	Feb 2014	#4
WTF?!	sakabatou	Feb 2014	#5
FWIW, that Fullerton cop who was acquitted of killing a homeless man (on camera, no less)	Blue_Tires	Feb 2014	#23
••P.I.G.••	Whisp	Feb 2014	#6
Fuck this Pig	Feral Child	Feb 2014	#15
I believe that all four of them would have known.	polly7	Feb 2014	#19
I'm thinking she couldn't drive so surely that came up a time or two. How did she get places? nt	okaawhatever	Feb 2014	#24
Yes.	Feral Child	Feb 2014	#42
Why would a DMV have a 15 year old in the system?	hughee99	Feb 2014	#44
Sorry I've delayed my response	Feral Child	Feb 2014	#49
Ewhhhhh...	SoapBox	Feb 2014	#7
But, but, but he's 'made it right with' his family and he hasn't compromised himself, he says.	Shrike47	Feb 2014	#8
+1,000	freshwest	Feb 2014	#31
No sense of shame or anything. Intitledto do anything they could get away with. Where do they....	marble falls	Feb 2014	#9
The difference is, if she were 18, it could have been consensual	thesquanderer	Feb 2014	#14
He says his family's worked through this. There's a weird cop dynamic here, they knew what ....	marble falls	Feb 2014	#17
If she had been 18 ...	surrealAmerican	Feb 2014	#22
But, it could happen again, that's why you were fired. 50 years in prison would be about right	SDjack	Feb 2014	#10
I'm sorry	Scairp	Feb 2014	#11
Is it wrong to do something like that? It was in Kentucky, they may have even been related.	olddad56	Feb 2014	#12
Vomit. n/t	Laelth	Feb 2014	#13
There is so much wrong here that it's hard to start.	rhett o rick	Feb 2014	#16
Four rapes are gonna look terrible on any resume, I guess.	Orsino	Feb 2014	#18
Even if she was 18, this smells like an abuse of power/authority	cui bono	Feb 2014	#20
Do we just call statutory rape "rape" now?	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2014	#21
Yes. We DO just call statutory rape rape now. Because it is rape.	Squinch	Feb 2014	#25
Someone needs to tell the Department of Health and Human Services	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2014	#35
Yes exactly. If one has sex with someone who is too young to consent, one is committing rape.	Squinch	Feb 2014	#37
Legally it IS rape.	Xithras	Feb 2014	#26
Going after a 15 year old is just not enough like rape for you? You want it to be different?	Ohio Joe	Feb 2014	#34
Not worthy of a serious reply.	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2014	#36
No... I'm really not very interested in how you justify going after 15 year olds as not rape	Ohio Joe	Feb 2014	#38
Is statutory rape not rapey enough for you? Or can you not contemplate that the absence of the	msanthrope	Feb 2014	#47
“I didn’t intend on having sex with her,” he said.	DeSwiss	Feb 2014	#27
Was he charged? If not, why not? That's what I'd like to know. A conviction would presumably	silvershadow	Feb 2014	#28
From the article, silvershadow...	DonViejo	Feb 2014	#30
He can have his "job" back after he is castrated!! EOM	freemay20	Feb 2014	#29
The objectification of girls is out of control.	blackspade	Feb 2014	#32
My visceral reaction to these types of stories is so frustrating	riderinthestorm	Feb 2014	#33
You forgot the "Not From The Onion" disclaimer n/t	rocktivity	Feb 2014	#40
Unreal. Damn.	Solly Mack	Feb 2014	#41
Nope	CFLDem	Feb 2014	#43
I'm surprised that he didn't file for disability for his awful case of Restless Penis Syndrome	MrScorpio	Feb 2014	#45
O.M.G.	City Lights	Feb 2014	#46
They made the first right choice by not giving him his job back	davidpdx	Feb 2014	#48

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 04:29 PM

Kentucky trooper wants job back because raping that girl was just a ‘moral mistake’

1. In related news, the estate of Adolf Eichmann has petitioned.....

39. The Holocaust: A frat house initiation that got a tiny bit out of control

2. Once may be a mistake

3. I bet when he pulled someone over and they used the "I didn't intend" line, he'd ticket them. nt

4. The "moral mistake" might actually lie within the community allowing him to make his plea n/t

5. WTF?!

23. FWIW, that Fullerton cop who was acquitted of killing a homeless man (on camera, no less)

6. *••**P.I.G.**••*

15. Fuck this Pig

19. I believe that all four of them would have known.

24. I'm thinking she couldn't drive so surely that came up a time or two. How did she get places? nt

42. Yes.

44. Why would a DMV have a 15 year old in the system?

49. Sorry I've delayed my response

7. Ewhhhhh...

8. But, but, but he's 'made it right with' his family and he hasn't compromised himself, he says.

31. +1,000

9. No sense of shame or anything. Intitledto do anything they could get away with. Where do they....

14. The difference is, if she were 18, it could have been consensual

17. He says his family's worked through this. There's a weird cop dynamic here, they knew what ....

22. If she had been 18 ...

10. But, it could happen again, that's why you were fired. 50 years in prison would be about right

11. I'm sorry

12. Is it wrong to do something like that? It was in Kentucky, they may have even been related.

13. Vomit. n/t

16. There is so much wrong here that it's hard to start.

18. Four rapes are gonna look terrible on any resume, I guess.

20. Even if she was 18, this smells like an abuse of power/authority

21. Do we just call statutory rape "rape" now?

25. Yes. We DO just call statutory rape rape now. Because it is rape.

35. Someone needs to tell the Department of Health and Human Services

37. Yes exactly. If one has sex with someone who is too young to consent, one is committing rape.

26. Legally it IS rape.

34. Going after a 15 year old is just not enough like rape for you? You want it to be different?

36. Not worthy of a serious reply.

38. No... I'm really not very interested in how you justify going after 15 year olds as not rape

47. Is statutory rape not rapey enough for you? Or can you not contemplate that the absence of the

27. “I didn’t intend on having sex with her,” he said.

28. Was he charged? If not, why not? That's what I'd like to know. A conviction would presumably

30. From the article, silvershadow...

29. He can have his "job" back after he is castrated!! EOM

32. The objectification of girls is out of control.

33. My visceral reaction to these types of stories is so frustrating

40. You forgot the "Not From The Onion" disclaimer n/t

41. Unreal. Damn.

43. Nope

45. I'm surprised that he didn't file for disability for his awful case of Restless Penis Syndrome

46. O.M.G.

48. They made the first right choice by not giving him his job back

6. ••P.I.G.••