Last week a hit piece from liberal activist groups (including one that the incumbent, Liz Loomis, sits on the board of) attacked Mike Hope, Representative candidate for the 44th District, as "bad for women, bad for women's health."
This week, a piece from Loomis' campaign went out with an endorsement by Seattle Police Officer Peter Pieper, who was suspended for using a police computer to investigate a woman he was dating.
That doesn't sound very good for women. Now, of course, I wouldn't think Liz Loomis would condone such things as Pieper did, and was accused of doing, but the piece attacking Mike accused him of sharing the alleged beliefs of people who supported him, when he clearly does not. And Loomis did repudiate the piece, but as she is on the executive board of one of the groups funding it, her repudiation rings hollow.
Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.
Posted by pudge at October 21, 2008 03:48 PM | Email ThisShe is in the current line of sheeple politicians that believe there are no consequences to actions unless it be borne by evil white republicans.
Government is about everything she does not stand for.
BTW what did she do in Bob Torricelli's office for 2 years?
Peter Pieper, 39, Seattle police sergeant
Peter Pieper allegedly refused to let his date leave his Everett home on April 1, 2000. The Seattle police sergeant pinned her down for 30 minutes while she screamed and cried, according to a statement the woman gave investigators.
When asked whether Pieper sexually assaulted or raped her, she replied, "In a sort of small way."
The woman told investigators she was uncomfortable labeling the incident rape because she was dating Pieper and had voluntarily spent the night with him.
"I just remember telling him to stop. You know, 'Just stop, please stop,' " she said in her statement.
Pieper met the woman online. They started seeing each other in March 2000.
Pieper contacted her after the incident asking for his gun, which he had misplaced and later found.
She contacted Internal Affairs because she thought Pieper would blame her for stealing his gun, she said. But she was scared of him and didn't want to press charges.
"If he lost his job, his life would be over. ... If I'm responsible for it, maybe he would come after me. That was my fear about going on with the investigation," she said.
Pieper denied any wrongdoing. "I did not hold her down against her will," he said in an interview.
PRIOR PROBLEMS: Pieper admitted to investigators that he used a police computer to run the woman's name, looking for warrants or court orders.
INVESTIGATION: Seattle police referred the sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment complaints to the Everett Police Department in August 2000. "She fears retribution and just wants this to go away," Sgt. Ken Thiessen wrote in his report.
Snohomish County prosecutors declined to press charges and refused to comment about the case.
DISCIPLINE: Pieper was suspended for two days for personal use of a police computer. The internal investigation did not find enough evidence to sustain the sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment claims. Pieper said he was never placed on leave, and his gun and badge were not removed.
UPDATE: A Seattle officer since 1989, he is now working in the evidence unit.