Air Force's sex-abuse prevention honcho charged with sexual battery
By Jim Miklaszewski, Courtney Kube and Tracy Connor, NBC News
The Air Force official in charge of its sexual-assault prevention program was arrested for groping, authorities said Monday.
Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, 41, was removed from his position as head of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office pending an investigation, the Air Force said.
The incident happened just after midnight Sunday when a drunken Krusinski allegedly approached the woman in a parking lot in Arlington, Va., and grabbed her breasts and buttocks, according to a police report.
Police said the woman fought off her assailant and scratches can be seen on Krusinski’s face in his mug shot. He was charged with sexual battery.
He didn't show up for work today and would not talk to colleagues about the incident, a senior defense official said.
"He has been removed," Lt. Col. Laurel Tingley said of Krusinski, who had been in charge of the sexual-assault unit for about two months.
His arrest comes as the U.S. military grapples with sexual assault in its ranks. The Air Force recently came under fire when a commander reversed a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case.
"This is absolutely infuriating," said Greg Jacob, policy director at the Service Women's Action Network. "Clearly the business-as-usual manner in which the military handles sexual assault cases has led to a climate where the very officers in charge of preventing this criminal activity feel that sexual assault is acceptable behavior.
"The military has proven time and again that the current system of prosecuting these cases is broken," he said.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon will release its annual report on sexual assaults in the military, which shows an increase in reported assaults in fiscal year 2012 — up from 3,192 a year before. Furthermore, the number of people who made an anonymous claim that they were sexually assaulted but never reported the attack skyrocketed from 19,000 in FY11 to 26,000 in FY12.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a member of the Armed Services Committee, said the allegations were "extremely disturbing."
"It is clear that the status quo regarding sexual assaults in the military is simply unacceptable. Next week I am going to take this issue head on by introducing a set of common sense reforms," she said in a statement.
"We have to reform how the military handles sexual assault cases and take on the culture that perpetuates this kind of behavior.”
NBC News' Michael Isikoff contributed to this report
But who could be more qualified for the job?
But who could be more qualified for the job?
Than this guy:
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Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
You can't make this stuff up.Air Force's sex-abuse prevention honcho charged with sexual battery
And on a different note, is this the new buzz phrase of Washington?
And since when does Washington have "common sense"?Next week I am going to take this issue head on by introducing a set of common sense reforms
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
Well it looks as though they can phase out that position and just make this a hand out...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
Jim posted this same thing (after you did).
It's nice to know that great minds think alike.
It's nice to know that great minds think alike.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
There is no indication that the woman in question was in the military service.
He is in charge of preventing sexual assaults in the military service, i.e., by military personnel against military personnel.
Thus, as a civilian, she was fair game. What's the problem?
He is in charge of preventing sexual assaults in the military service, i.e., by military personnel against military personnel.
Thus, as a civilian, she was fair game. What's the problem?
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
The sad thing is I don't know if that is sarcasm
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
If not it has to be in the running for vilest thing said on this board
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
Dave is one of those guys who doesn't believe a woman can be "legitimately raped".
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
Yesterday while listening to the radio there was this feminist going on about the "rape culture" in this country I really wanted to call her full of shit but then I thought of people like Dave.
It pissed me off that because of (one of) our resident misanthrope(s) I had to cede that she may have a point.
It pissed me off that because of (one of) our resident misanthrope(s) I had to cede that she may have a point.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: But who could be more qualified for the job?
I was trying to be ironic. Obviously, this Light Bird deserves everything that Our Beloved President recently suggested: fired, demoted, dishonorably discharged, and criminally prosecuted.
As for the "rape culture," it is difficult to know the real trends in actual and reported "rapes" and sexual assaults because so many factors queer the data. Are expanding definitions of rape and sexual assault playing a role, increased reporting of incidents that may not have been reported in the past? When it occurs on a campus or in a closed culture (like the military) are the reports suppressed so as not to embarrass the institution? Who knows what the reality is?
As for the military situation, it is abundantly clear that there has long been a culture where victims are reluctant or even afraid to report instances of unwanted sexual contact due to chain of command issues or other fears of repercussions. That SHOULD NOT be very difficult to overcome by use of "hot lines," compliance officers, and things of that nature. You have to wonder if the top brass really wants to clean this up. It may be so ubiquitous that they are afraid the Officer Corps will be decimated if the magnitude of the problem ever comes out.
As for the "rape culture," it is difficult to know the real trends in actual and reported "rapes" and sexual assaults because so many factors queer the data. Are expanding definitions of rape and sexual assault playing a role, increased reporting of incidents that may not have been reported in the past? When it occurs on a campus or in a closed culture (like the military) are the reports suppressed so as not to embarrass the institution? Who knows what the reality is?
As for the military situation, it is abundantly clear that there has long been a culture where victims are reluctant or even afraid to report instances of unwanted sexual contact due to chain of command issues or other fears of repercussions. That SHOULD NOT be very difficult to overcome by use of "hot lines," compliance officers, and things of that nature. You have to wonder if the top brass really wants to clean this up. It may be so ubiquitous that they are afraid the Officer Corps will be decimated if the magnitude of the problem ever comes out.