This Nebraska Sheriff Cared More about His Territory than Solving a Violent Crime [View all]

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On March 3, 2021, Sheriff Karl Dailey of Dawes County, Nebraska, was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct for his refusal to accept a detainee into the Dawes County Jail. This story may sound minor, but it is yet another case demonstrating why electing sheriffs leads to toxic men failing communities all around the country.

Judging from social media posts, the victim in this story is a Lakota woman. I will call her Judith to protect her identity. We have all heard the harrowing statistics about how crimes against native women are not adequately pursued by the criminal justice system. Over half of native women experience sexual violence, and in some locations they are murdered at ten times the national murder rate. Yet due to racially discriminatory laws and biases within the justice system, these crimes often go unsolved. This is a look at one Nebraska sheriff’s total dismissal of the gravity of such a crime.

Here is what is alleged in the court documents. In July of 2019, a complete piece of shit I will call J.S. to protect his victim’s identity, who lived in South Dakota, kidnapped his 21-year-old girlfriend, Judith. Moving from one location to another in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska, J.S. inflicted horrific trauma on Judith. He raped her repeatedly. After raping her he strangled her until she passed out, using both his hands and Christmas lights. When he strangled her on July 19, 2019, she regained consciousness to discover that her eyes had been so badly damaged in the strangulation that she was blind for six days, during which time he continued to rape her, strangle her into unconsciousness, and move her to new locations. At one point this fucker dug her a grave and made her sit in it.

Can we take a moment to breathe here? This is life-altering terror. The kind people will struggle to overcome for decades.

Read more: https://seeingrednebraska.com/misogyny/this-nebraska-sheriff-cared-more-about-his-territory-than-solving-a-violent-crime/