end-rape-culture: continuingcrisis: Police Blamed An 11-Year-Old For Being Raped, Saying Her ‘Promis
end-rape-culture: continuingcrisis: Police Blamed An 11-Year-Old For Being Raped, Saying Her ‘Promiscuous Behavior Caused This’It’s bad enough when everyday people blame victims for being assaulted, but when an 11-year-old girl cannot even turn to the police, who have taken an oath to uphold the law, then justice in society has truly been turned on its head. Joanna Walters of the Washington Post recently published a story about a young victim of repeated gang rapes who police blamed for being raped. Young Danielle Hicks-Best was only 11-years-old when she was attacked by a group of three young men. They took her to their house and repeatedly raped her. Her parents reported this to the police, and a hospital rape kit confirmed the allegations. She had been raped, and had physical evidence to prove it. But the police blamed her. In fact, cops refused to make an arrest at all. Instead, their turned their attention to the victim, who had by this time turned 12. The police charged her with filing a false police report.» Police (alone) are a HUGE part of the problem. -- source link