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Jury finds Holtzclaw guilty of 18 counts of rape and sexual assaults against women after 45 hours of deliberations

The women were teenagers and grandmothers. Most were living on the margins. All of them were black. And during a month-long trial that became a symbol of police predation, they formed a bleak parade of 13 witnesses who accused a former Oklahoma City officer of using his badge to coerce sex acts and rape.

On Thursday, after 45 hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Daniel Holtzclaw, 28, on five counts of rape and 13 other counts of sexual assault.

His conviction is likely to be viewed as a key moment of accountability for law enforcement officers who abuse their position: out of the hundreds of police officers terminated for sexual abuse in recent years, only a small number faced criminal charges and even fewer were convicted. And black women are especially liable to be their targets.

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I really don’t know what I would have done if Daniel Holtzclaw hadn’t been found guilty. I was preparing myself for it. I was preparing myself because he was a policeman with whiteness and authority on his side against 13 Black women, most with some kind of criminal record. I was preparing because the media coverage was scant. I was preparing because the all-white jury deliberated for so long and even asked to be taken out at night to see the crime scenes (the request was denied).

But he was found guilty. I feel like I can sleep a little bit better not worrying about having to prepare for this verdict any longer. I don’t know what I would have done if he hadn’t been found guilty, but now I don’t have to find out.