Is The EnemyRichmond, California (CNN) — Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stood and watched the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a California high school homecoming dance Saturday night.
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As many as 10 people were involved in the assault in a dimly lighted back alley at the school, while another 10 people watched without calling 911 to report it, police said.
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The victim was found unconscious under a bench shortly before midnight Saturday, after police received a call from someone in the area who had overheard people at the assault scene “reminiscing about the incident,” Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan said.
This initiative continues until the silence stops.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Almost every newscast in the bay area contains some reference to this incident. Maybe it is a sign of change that residents of Richmond are speaking out rather that retreating into the gang violence enforced silence that conspires to keep the police from doing their work.
These two societal illnesses are connected. Getting individuals to change is an act of personal persuasion. Getting society to change may be a a political act. That is why I am a Green, where non-violence and feminism are two of the 10 key values of the party.
February 15th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
[...] necessary to speak up. And the truth is relatively simple: Regardless of how a person dresses or behaves, there is only [...]
March 11th, 2010 at 10:11 am
[...] who contacted me do not have a platform to publicly express their disgust, but I can. Rape is not a joke or game and the fact that these remarks were not removed perpetuates the notion that they’re [...]