The California police department, star of the Netflix series “American Nightmare,” has been criticized on social media for its dubious treatment of a woman who was kidnapped and raped.
The Vallejo Police Department and the detective in charge of the Denise Huskins kidnapping case have come under fire after the documentary portrayed them as bumbling cops who were more concerned with blaming victims than solving the crime.
“How does it feel to be publicly shamed and humiliated?” asked one Alabama commentator.
“It’s not fun when the shoe is on the other foot, is it? A serial rapist showed more sympathy for his victim than the police department did for him. Let that sink in.”
The series tells the story of Huskins and her then-boyfriend Aaron Quinn.
On March 23, 2015, Huskins and Quinn were blindfolded and drugged by a man who broke into Quinn’s home.
Huskins was then kidnapped and taken to a cabin in Lake Tahoe where she was raped.
The Vallejo Police Department has been criticized on social media for botching the Denise Huskins kidnapping and rape case in 2015. Courtesy of Netflix Huskins was kidnapped after an intruder broke into her then-boyfriend Aaron Quinn’s home. Pete Thompson for the New York Post
In police and FBI footage obtained by Netflix, Detective Mat Mustard mercilessly interrogates Quinn in an interrogation room. Meanwhile, a sociopath put Huskins in a trunk and whisked him away to Lake Tahoe.
Mustard, who was incredulously named Officer of the Year, even forgot to check Quinn’s phone, which the kidnapper had pinged.
Online commenters were shocked by Mustard’s comment to Huskins’ mother, Jane Remmele, after she informed him that her daughter had previously been a victim of sexual assault.
The case was the center of the Netflix series “American Nightmare.” Courtesy of Netflix Vallejo Police Lt. Kenny Park speaking to the media about the kidnapping on March 25, 2015. AP Photo/Vallejo Times-Herald Chris Riley Quinn was questioned by police after the kidnapping. Netflix
Mustard told her that women who have been abused often fake another assault “to relive the emotion.”
“Officer of the year?” posted a woman from Massachusetts. “May they strip you of this and any title in the coming months. May your families turn against you and live the rest of your lives in misery and loneliness. May Detective Mustard never have a daughter who is a victim of sexual assault because we all know she will be forced to suffer in silence.”
Eventually, Matthew Muller, a Harvard-educated lawyer and former soldier, was arrested and sent to prison for the crime after an officer in Lake Tahoe found a lock of Huskins’ hair in a pair of blindfold goggles in his cabin. .
Huskins and Quinn later settled a lawsuit against the city of Vallejo for $2.5 million. Mike Jory/The Times-Herald via AP, File Matthew Muller was arrested and convicted of the crime. Courtesy of Netflix
Huskins and Quinn, who eventually married, settled with the city of Vallejo and its police department for $2.5 million.
A Yelp page belonging to the Vallejo Police Department was taken down due to “unusual activity.”
A Change.org petition calling for Mustard to resign has garnered 2,700 signatures.
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