Cop accused of rape says he is being targeted because jury acquitted officers in high-profile case

"The DA is arresting cops, indicting cops," Michael Pena told the Daily News on Sunday from a glass-enclosed pen in the visiting room at Riker's Island.

"They're trying to make an example out of me."

Pena, who wore a gray jail jumpsuit and five o'clock shadow, would not directly address the charges against him, saying his lawyer told him not to comment on specifics of the case.

"There's a lot I want to say about this," he said. "Eventually, the truth will come out."

He added, "Everything's not black and white. There are shades of gray."

Pena, 27, is accused of pointing his department-issued 9-mm. at a 25-year-old Bronx school teacher while off duty Friday morning and raping her behind an Inwood apartment building.

He is being held on $1 million bond.

Pena said his personal and professional career were "picture perfect" prior to the rape charge.

The patrolman said he comes from a decent family, had never been in trouble before and dreamed of moving up the ranks of the NYPD.