Two survivors of sexual assault have alleged in a lawsuit filed against the New York City Police Department that they were made to suffer again when they came forward to report the crimes, enduring discriminatory treatment from officers and investigations that went nowhere.
The two women, plaintiffs listed on an amended complaint filed on Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, say that the mistreatment they suffered when trying to bring their attackers to justice is part of a larger problem within the department: a male-dominated culture in which officers are not properly trained to work with sexual assault victims and a lack of adequate support for a dedicated unit formed to handle their cases, the Special Victims Division (SVD).
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