The police force has a tendency and history and many examples of putting their fellow officers in higher priority than their oath.<p>Frequently, without knowing what the crime is. Not wanting to be a rat. &quot;If a cop said that what&#x27;s happened, you back him up&quot;.<p>I don&#x27;t know if that was the case here --- but it (protecting fellow officers from litigation, under the assumption that the officer wouldn&#x27;t have done anything wrong, so we have to protect each other from those evil lawyers&#x2F;citizens&#x2F;etc) --- <i>that</i> happens so often, without knowing the crime ---- that happens so often that I personally find it plausible it happened here.<p>Very good chance it did not.<p>But still ... glad to see an investigation.<p>----<p>I find it unlikely anyone would intentionally protect a rapist. But intent doesn&#x27;t matter. I find it likely the police force would unintentionally protect all sorts of crimes.