Las Vegas police officer video taped Black men’s genitals and shared with friends
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A Las Vegas police officer was arrested on Tuesday after taking video of a man’s private parts and sharing her discoveries with friends and family members.
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Rachel Sorkow reportedly used her position and police equipment to take advantage of unsuspecting people. She appeared in court on Thursday to answer to five counts of felony misconduct, along with “capturing the image of the private area of another person” and indecent exposure, according to arrest documents obtained by News Las Vegas.
Back in September, police discovered that she was showing off videos to those not cleared to view it. Sorkow reportedly has seven videos of four people who were “in her control as a police officer,” KVVU reports.
She has been relieved of her duty, the outlet reports.
In one video, as a man kicked and screamed in the back of a squad car, his genitals were exposed. She reportedly passed that video around to her friends and she is said to have called the man as her n***a, according to the Daily Mail.
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When responding to a mentally ill man, who wore two dresses with his hair in ponytails, she is seen in a recording telling him to do the “dougie and twerk” and “we’re good.” The man complies and dances and she orders him to do it again.
Sorkow was relived of duty with pay.
