When I read the press release from the attorney’s office who was defending the woman who stabbed former Oxnard police officer, Robert Perez, I thought, “Finally, some justice.”
Maybe I have been watching WAY TOO MANY episodes of Law and Order and NCIS, or perhaps I am subconsciously aware of how certain groups, especially based on gender discrimination, of professionals stick together (and by the way, journalists, for the most part, are too competitive to have the buddy system), but I was happy to hear that the DA’s office would not be filing charges against former’s sheriff’s deputy, Claudia Valenciana.
I know in the various places I have lived, there always seems to be a deeply rooted good ole’ boy system, where men will cover for other men no matter what they have done wrong.
But not here, and not this time. And hopefully never in the future–but at the same time, not accusing any wrong doing or defenses linked to good ole’ boy mentality in the legal system here in Ventura.
But I was disappointed to hear of the caliber of a man who had once been an Oxnard officer had been so abusive. Conversely, I was just as disappointed a former sheriff’s deputy wasn’t smart enough to get out of a relationship that led her to killing in self defense.
You would think with the stints in law enforcement, at least one of them would be smart enough to not linger around to this point.
But que sara sara.
Lesson learned.
Hopefully, this will be a lesson for everyone who has ever been in an abusive relationship. Because, regardless of the fact she will not have to endure prosecution or jail time, of this killing, Valenciada will never be able to shed that memory of taking someone else’s life–even if justified.
