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In reply to the discussion: Rape Culture exists because Law Enforcement Agencies encourage it. [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)28. I had recced you up until the last two paragraphs.
You do not need to 'unleash cruelty' on perpetrators in order to give 'mercy' to the victims. You merely need to actually investigate, arrest, and actually put the perpetrators into jail under existing legal sentencing.
If police and prosecutors do their damned jobs, the perpetrators will receive the punishments that prevent them from adding to their prior crimes.
In that particular bar, btw, I'd recommend a lot of hidden cameras. Get eyes on potential perps, and get in there and collect the evidence and make the arrests.
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PLEASE tell me you forgot the sarcasm icon with this post, because you cannot possibly be serious--
niyad
Jul 2014
#20
I was trying to assume ignorance on the poster's part, but you are probably right.
riqster
Jul 2014
#22
Exactly. The message sent by our justice system is "meh", when it comes to such crimes.
riqster
Jul 2014
#7
If police can't get a suspect/witness due to lack of evidence then there is little they can do.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2014
#12
To be fair, the police are busy choke-holding people BBQ'ing without a permit.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2014
#17
I was under the impression that an allegation of rape assumes no consent but even then
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2014
#35
Maybe we need a federal SVU force to take action when local agencies will not. nt
conservaphobe
Jul 2014
#13
In Ohio, the Staties and BCI get called in when the clamor rises to a certain level.
riqster
Jul 2014
#16
but we are told, repeatedly, almost hysterically, that there is NO rape culture, NO war on women.
niyad
Jul 2014
#19
it sickens me when I see it here. from other places it is not surprising--here it passes obscene.
niyad
Jul 2014
#41
This was a female elected District Attorney, BTW, in a small county.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jul 2014
#40