In Part I, I talked about the silence that followed my reporting in December 2025. That silence didn’t start then. It started years earlier — and it has a paper trail. There is a document in my San Antonio Police Department file from 2008. It’s the very first page of the report. It’s titled “Cleared by Exception.” That phrase sounds technical. Neutral. Administrative. It isn’t. That page acknowledges the crime as sexual assault . It lists the case number. It reflects that a report was made...

This post is part of a short series on reporting, silence, and accountability — and why the Sword & Shield Acts exist.