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What police can fix when responding to sexual assault

ST. CLOUD TIMES — “It doesn’t sound like you said the word ‘no,’ honey.”

“This is pretty embarrassing for you.”

“This isn’t going anywhere.” 

Those are just a few things law enforcement officials told Abby Honold after she reported being raped in 2014. Honold told her story to a small crowd at St. Cloud State University on Wednesday. 

The former University of Minnesota student is the namesake of a federal bill that would help train police on how to speak to traumatized victims of sexual assault. U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar have sponsored companion bills. 

Read more: https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/2019/02/06/sexual-assault-victim-law-enforcement-training-trauma-bill/2786670002/ 

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