Peter Newsham, interim head of Washington DC Police Dept, friend and supporter of Comet Ping Pong, has deeply troubling past including accusations of mishandling the rape case of a minor (pizzagate)

submitted ago by cantsleepawink

A MUST read article: Is Interim DC Police Chief Peter Newsham fit to be top cop?

Peter Newsham has had a long history of both personal and professional scandals. The 1990s and 2000s were plagued with allegations of alcoholism and domestic violence, a history of love affairs, as well as the mass unconstitutional arrest of 400 people at DC’s Pershing Park and a scathing third-party report uncovering the department’s mishandling of sexual assault cases while Newsham was at the helm of the MPD’s Investigative Services Bureau.

Veronica Best’s 11-year-old daughter was raped in 2008. She says Peter Newsham, then an assistant chief, played a role in the mishandling of her daughter’s case. ...

Thanks to @redditsuckz at https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1585297 for highlighting this:

Here is Mr. Newsham supporting Alefantis and his establishment: http://archive.is/jaUpf

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concernedaboutitall ago

This has been discussed briefly before. I also found two recent Metro officers implicated in child prostitution and porn, one if whom suicides and was found drowned. Will try and find those links again.

cantsleepawink ago

Thank you. Links would be appreciated.

cantsleepawink ago

we've been told not to bother with archive.org. Apparently it's compromised.