Democracy Dies in Darkness

Former Kansas City police detective indicted on sex assault charges

Roger Golubski, who is White, is accused of using his power as a law enforcement official to sexually abuse two Black women

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A former Kansas City, Kan., police detective was indicted Thursday on federal civil rights charges, accused of sexually assaulting two women more than 20 years ago in a case that advocates have said starkly illustrates the need for greater police accountability.

Roger Golubski, who is White, faces six counts of deprivation of civil rights. He is accused of using his power as a law enforcement official to abuse the women, who are Black, multiple times between 1999 and 2002, allegedly raping and sodomizing them in their homes and in his vehicle, according to the indictment.