One reason why women in Arkansas may be unwilling to stop on the side of the highway. (2 Pics)

 

Robert Todd Burmingham, the "blue-light rapist", who died in prison of covid-19 three weeks ago. "Burmingham was convicted of raping two women in eastern Arkansas in 1997. One of his victims, a 17-year-old from Lonoke, told police that she was pulled over while traveling alone on a state highway and then sexually assaulted." "Police around Arkansas have continued to report occasional incidents of impersonators using phony police lights to pull over motorists, including women driving alone, in the years since Burmingham's arrest, according to newspaper reports." In 2017, lawmakers passed "Shannon's Law," named for one of Burmingham's victims, which increased the penalty for anyone caught illegally possessing blue emergency lights."