In the last two months, the Austin Police Department has lost three officers for varying amounts of time due to sexism-related incidents. First, in October, officers Mark Lyttle and Michael Castillo were caught on dashboard video joking about rape victims, leading to their suspensions last month. Then, last Friday, a third officer resigned after learning his sexist comments would be aired on a local radio station, Texas NPR affiliate KUT.
KUT reporter Joy Diaz stopped by the city's police union building for a scheduled interview with the head of the union. She says that while she was waiting, Austin police officer Andrew Pietrowski approached her and brought up Ray Rice, the former NFL running back who was infamously caught on tape punching and knocking out his now-wife Janay. According to Diaz, Pietrowski said the incident was blown out of proportion by the media, expressing this disparaging opinion about women:
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