oh, you didn't know about the backlog of rape kits left in police storage rooms? (Reply #34)

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Sat Nov 22, 2014, 01:24 PM

34. oh, you didn't know about the backlog of rape kits left in police storage rooms?

Hundreds of thousands in PD's all over. It's been in the news lately (maybe not mainstream so much, but...)

I think NYC just passed legislation requiring action get started on processing them.

Anyway, I believe some reported to police, some to media, some to DA's? Some to colleagues....and I realize now it's up to about 20 women speaking up.

Many women don't say a thing until they're stronger, until it's less scary, until they feel they'll have some support (rather than the stigma and attacks that most women get). They're so many factors that silence victims.

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the unspoken meaning behind the hyperbolic praise Cosby is getting on tour: [View all]	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	OP
Yep	shenmue	Nov 2014	#1
yup	mopinko	Nov 2014	#2
yep. exactly.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#3
Yup. I can't imagine....	JaneyVee	Nov 2014	#4
"That's guilty until proven innocent., in the court of public opinion."	unrepentant progress	Nov 2014	#5
oh, I intended it.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#6
+1000	eShirl	Nov 2014	#9
It's the same reason people defended Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson.	Nuclear Unicorn	Nov 2014	#7
yep. n/t	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#8
I agree - more about general denial	ctaylors6	Nov 2014	#10
And, it must be admitted, Cosby's public persona is endearing. It's a loveable persona and	Nuclear Unicorn	Nov 2014	#11
A long-time lovable persona	ctaylors6	Nov 2014	#14
Agreed. Thank-you for the conversation.	Nuclear Unicorn	Nov 2014	#15
yes, it's very hard to overcome a kind persona. predators know this, too.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#18
like the old commercial could be modified "I am not a nice person	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#23
!	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#25
There was a fair amount of ethnic chauvinism too	AngryAmish	Nov 2014	#29
at this point though	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#22
a couple thoughts immediately come to mind	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#26
Really? 11 of 14?	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#33
oh, you didn't know about the backlog of rape kits left in police storage rooms?	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#34
a backlog	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#41
I was replying to your comment.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#53
Rich and powerful people	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2014	#44
that's a good point	ctaylors6	Nov 2014	#35
Juanita Broaddrick?	alp227	Nov 2014	#39
no I guess that was another one	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#40
Monica never accused BC of rape. nt	alp227	Nov 2014	#43
You remember the OJ trial?	XemaSab	Nov 2014	#55
The truth will never be known	yeoman6987	Nov 2014	#31
And it's not just the media.	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2014	#12
yep.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#13
Ah, yes, the disruptors. They're like dust. You can get rid of most of it but not all. nt	valerief	Nov 2014	#17
Why isn't that true though?	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#32
Well, this IS a patriarchy, like all those other theocratic countries. nt	valerief	Nov 2014	#16
yep.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#19
To avoid accusations of rape, Bill	HoosierCowboy	Nov 2014	#20
for predators, consent takes away the fun.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#21
Jimmy Saville got away with being a predator all his life.	pink-o	Nov 2014	#24
^^^ this^^^ n/t	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#27
it's hard to believe that	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#37
You don't think you'd remember being raped or sexually abused at the age of 8?	gollygee	Nov 2014	#49
a very depressed k and r for the truth.	niyad	Nov 2014	#28
Don't underestimate the corollary: "Fuck the lying media (that lost	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2014	#30
or it could be because the people praising him	SoCalDem	Nov 2014	#36
I don't know that I think of him as a "hero" or "my idol"	hfojvt	Nov 2014	#38
Exactly Blanche, you said it all.	sheshe2	Nov 2014	#42
k&r...	spanone	Nov 2014	#45
There is some truth to that, no doubt.	AverageJoe90	Nov 2014	#46
I don't think some people like "The Court of Public Opinion."	BKH70041	Nov 2014	#47
I thought the court of public opinion and DU had convicted Bill Cosby.	madinmaryland	Nov 2014	#48
Thanks for this post, I agree	Beringia	Nov 2014	#50
It's even worse than believing that the accusers are lying.	WhiteAndNerdy	Nov 2014	#51
^	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2014	#52
It's especially strange when you consider that his audience is primarily	rudolph the red	Nov 2014	#54
The same bunch	MFM008	Nov 2014	#56

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