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In reply to the discussion: Football players Caught on Video Raping a Drunken Teenage Boy with a Beer Bottle [View all]yardwork
(61,418 posts)57. Why don't you want to see it on DU?
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Football players Caught on Video Raping a Drunken Teenage Boy with a Beer Bottle [View all]
No Compromise
Jan 2013
OP
I've been a rape crisis advocate for 30 years. No media attention for any cases for me either
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#36
Just horrible ... and how disgusting they basically just got a slap on the wrist for it. nt.
polly7
Jan 2013
#2
It should be sexual assault so that they are put on a sex offenders database for life
TexasBushwhacker
Jan 2013
#82
It's a crime that's not taken seriously, and it's about damned time that stopped! Thanks Anonymous!
Sarah Ibarruri
Jan 2013
#7
and that is a major reason for people you love to NOT tell you when rape happens to them
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#15
And this is sadly all too common. Just letting you know, the talk of perpetuating violence holds no
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#26
my brother's friends wanted me to take them to a bar to settle a score on behalf of my brothers
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#44
why did it take one month to act on this assault given videotape evidence the night of the rape?
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#20
well, i think there is more acceptance of this type of behavior among one group than the other
JI7
Jan 2013
#23
Now, Now! That's awfully close to "football players just being football players"
kenny blankenship
Jan 2013
#27
it took a month to get an arrest on this, one month after video evidence was posted on youtube
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#62
they had it on video on the night of the rape and still tried to call it ‘severe misconduct’
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#31
Agreed. And I don't see anybody suggesting that the male victim shouldn't have been drunk.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#56
okay, sorry this was from a comment on huffington, thought it was accurate
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#60
You know, I just don't want to see this on DU. Don't waste typing trying to change my mind.
xtraxritical
Jan 2013
#52
This was a heinous crime. The victim will be marred for life. The perpetrators are suffering
ladjf
Jan 2013
#77
community allowed the "perps" to continue their lives with little or no repercussions
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#78
There might be some valuable corelationship between the nature of violent sports and social
ladjf
Jan 2013
#84