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05/21/2013 | A Virginia couple was shocked to find a police officer in front of their home when they returned from running errands, but they were even more surprised by the reason for the cop's visit-- to question whether or not they were in fact their children's parents.

Joseph, a white man who didn't want his last name revealed, and his black wife Keana told Fox5DC that they were outraged after the policeman told them a security guard at their local Walmart had suspected Joseph of kidnapping his three young daughters.

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Hal Bernton, Seattle (WA) Times

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From left, Angela Arellano, a veteran from Tumwater; Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, first female director of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs; Marcia Rock, New York-based co-producer of documentary “Service: When Women Come Marching Home;” and Bridget Cantrell, a post-traumatic-stress-disorder specialist from Bellingham. Erika Schultz / Seattle (WA) Times 

In 1992, Angela Arellano, then a 19-year-old Marine based in Okinawa, told military police that a noncommissioned officer had raped her after an evening spent watching a football game on television.

The investigation did not result in a prosecution. Instead, Arellano was accused of lying and disciplined for an after-hours violation.

“They said he was an outstanding Marine and I was trying to smear his good reputation,” recalls Arellano of Tumwater, Thurston County. “I was given two weeks of restrictions, two weeks of extra duty and two months of reduced pay.”

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