Off-duty NYC DOE employee accused of rape: NYPD
David Ospino, 36, was taken into custody around 11 a.m.
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Police say Ospino is an employee of the New York City Department of Education.
Ospino is facing rape and endangering the welfare of a child charges.
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Of those being arrested, 71% have no criminal convictions at all. Among those who do, most are for minor offenses — and only 8% have been convicted of violent crimes. The number of those without any conviction being arrested and detained keeps rising. However, Trump has been eager to not just deport the 'violent' criminals, but also to round up anyone who is Latino, Asian or Middle Eastern, treating everyone as a potential illegal immigrant, to meet a quota of 3,000 arrests per day vocalized by White House adviser Stephen Miller, while the administration gleefully touts deplorable conditions in detention centers and violates due process rights. To desperately reach that goal, it means rounding up people who aren't criminals, but who have fled oppressive communist and socialist regimes and lawfully sought asylum, revoking visas and green cards for students without explanation, and sweeping up U.S. citizens and throwing them in jail. 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- USA Today
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