Will any man come forward and say what happened?
June 4, 2007 10:31 AM Subscribe
Will justice be done? 3 female soccer members rescued a high-school woman from a gang-rape at a party by members of the DeAnza college baseball team. They even had to empty the passed-out woman's mouth of someone else's vomit. The DA won't prosecute for "lack of evidence." The rescuers are now being threatened and don't feel safe.
Where are the real men who will stand up and say who did the raping and what happened-as they stood in the room and watched it happen? I agree with a rescuer's assessment that probably "the men in that room haven't been sleeping very well since this happened. They've been warned to stay quiet, to keep the code of silence." Will anyone step up and be the "Snitch" and help the victim get her day in court?
This post was deleted for the following reason: An awful situation shouldn't be treated a free pass for heavy-handed bloggy editorializing. -- cortex
Will heavy-handed editorializing escape the GYOBFW snark? Stay tuned for Outrage Theater!
posted by klangklangston at 10:37 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by klangklangston at 10:37 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
Turning someone in for rape isn't snitching, it's being standup.
posted by jonmc at 10:37 AM on June 4, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 10:37 AM on June 4, 2007 [3 favorites]
They even had to empty the passed-out woman's mouth of someone else's vomit. The DA won't prosecute for "lack of evidence."
Why don't they just dust the crime scene?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:39 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
Why don't they just dust the crime scene?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:39 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
A crime occurs and no-one has any idea who did it, and they won't prosecute? Imagine that.
Assuming everything happened as described, it's a horrible thing, but even with all of those rhetorical questions there isn't much to say here, is there?
posted by mendel at 10:43 AM on June 4, 2007
Assuming everything happened as described, it's a horrible thing, but even with all of those rhetorical questions there isn't much to say here, is there?
posted by mendel at 10:43 AM on June 4, 2007
Good Lord is this fucked up.
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:45 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:45 AM on June 4, 2007
Holy editorializing, batman. What if a real woman stands up? Or a fake man? or... the implications are staggering.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:47 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:47 AM on June 4, 2007
"Why don't they just dust the crime scene?"
You can't really dust for vomit.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:50 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
You can't really dust for vomit.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:50 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
Where are the real men who will stand up and say who did the raping and what happened-as they stood in the room and watched it happen?
Based on my knowledge of the American legal system picked up from the motion picture, 'The Accused' can't they get done for being in the room while it happened?
posted by biffa at 10:53 AM on June 4, 2007
Based on my knowledge of the American legal system picked up from the motion picture, 'The Accused' can't they get done for being in the room while it happened?
posted by biffa at 10:53 AM on June 4, 2007
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Were they rescuing this girl from a gang-rape or a Japanese porno shoot?
posted by smackwich at 10:33 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]