At one point a few years ago, I found myself in the position of having to describe a creepy man to local police who responded to my non-emergency line call with three marked cars and an unmarked vehicle. I think I got his general physical description pretty close-his height, build, the fact that he wore glasses. I know I bobbled the description of whatever he was riding, which comes as no surprise. But I know I nailed the description of his outfit and footwear. It still strikes me as insane that he was riding around on a motorized bike of some kind in flip flops.
When you’re tasked with giving a witness statement, it’s the strangest things that stand out in your memory. For me, it was the inappropriate footwear and the fact that the man’s light blue shirt was substantially the same color as his pants. For one of the witnesses in the Teeter case, it was that Teeter stood outside on an Army installation, dressed in his uniform, but lacking his cover.
This episode involved discussion of sexual assault. There are a number of resources available for survivors and victim of sexual assault, including the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN). They offer a free, confidential national sexual assault hotline at 800-656-HOPE as well as an online chat option.
I relied exclusively on the Army Court of Military Review’s opinion in researching this case because it predates the internet and I’m not local to Fort Campbell.
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