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How seriously do D.C. police take rape allegations? A Georgetown party raises doubts. [View all]
What she wore doesn’t matter. What she drank or smoked or snorted doesn’t matter.
Rape is rape, and it needs to be taken seriously even when the circumstances surrounding it are murky.
It’s a distinction we’re still having a hard time with, apparently.
The latest example: an alleged rape last month at an annual Halloween bacchanal in Georgetown.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-seriously-do-dc-police-take-rape-allegations-a-georgetown-party-raises-doubts/2016/11/28/dbcb62e4-b58c-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html
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