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YOHABLO

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5. College Football is everything to these people down there .. they have a point.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 12:35 AM

Nov 2013

Don't mess with star athletes .. unless you're planning to leave town.

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Florida cops told woman she would be ‘made miserable’ if she pursued rape charges against athlete. [View all] RandySF Nov 2013 OP

If true, the cop(s) who said this mythology Nov 2013 #1

Exactly. Some cops are really evil F's. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #4

Words that I can't say on DU. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #2

No such thing as rape culture, right? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #3

College Football is everything to these people down there .. they have a point. YOHABLO Nov 2013 #5

I beg your pardon. Are you suggesting football players rape at will? seabeyond Nov 2013 #6

they have obligation to help stop criminals. WTF are you suggesting? bettyellen Nov 2013 #7

All the more reason for the police to not suck mythology Nov 2013 #8

You think it's appropriate for the police to talk crime victims gollygee Nov 2013 #12

I hope the cop was stating a belief and not issuing a threat. BlueCheese Nov 2013 #9

So the cops told her the truth.. Egnever Nov 2013 #10

Inconvenient truth - but I think she was hoping for protection from the police. They can't give it. freshwest Nov 2013 #11

the victim-blaming comments after that article were, sad to say, not surprising, but still, niyad Nov 2013 #13

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