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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite HS football players in Idaho charged with raping black, disabled teammate with a coat hanger
Instead, he got viciously raped, authorities say.
As the teammate restrained the boy, another football player allegedly thrust a coat hanger into the boys rectum. Then a third teammate kicked the coat hanger several times, according to a criminal complaint.
The Oct. 23, 2015 incident has rocked the tiny town of Dietrich, Idaho. This spring, after several months of investigation, the state Attorney Generals office filed sexual assault charges against all three alleged attackers. Two of the teenagers are being charged as adults and could face life in prison, under Idaho law.
Earlier this month, the case took an even darker turn when the boys family filed a $10 million lawsuit against Dietrich High School.
According to the lawsuit, the alleged rape wasnt a one-off but rather the culmination of months of racist abuse by white students against the boy, who is black.
The boy was taunted and called racist names by other members of the team which names included Kool-Aid chicken eater watermelon and (the N-word), the suit alleges.
The civil complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Idaho also claims that one of the students charged with sexual assault displayed a Confederate flag and demanded the boy recite a racist song titled Notorious KKK.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/25/white-high-school-football-players-in-idaho-charged-with-raping-black-disabled-teammate-with-a-coat-hanger/
Apparently coaches and administrators knew about the abuse and did nothing.
malaise
(269,278 posts)This is beyond sick racist behavior - this is sanctioned institutional racism.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)If you've been following the Baylor story, there it's mostly black football players raping white women. Football seems to live in its own society with its own laws, or lack thereof.
malaise
(269,278 posts)Still sick
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)sure but it is not always a factor in these ritualized and very often school sanctioned attacks.
Varsity Basketball Players Raped Teammate and School Let Team Keep Playing
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/14/varsity-basketball-players-raped-teammate-and-school-let-team-keep-playing.html
Conestoga High School Football Players Sodomize Teammate With Broomstick: DA
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Conestoga-High-School-Football-Hazing-Tom-Hogan-371039781.html
Both from this year. It's ongoing, it's sports culture and always has been.
I hope they can get decent juries to find these bastards guilty. How can anyone condone such violence against a kid? How can parents knowingly teach hatred like this?
Lancero
(3,018 posts)One of the rapists put out a statement after one of his hearings last month, pretty easy to see how little remorse he has for his actions and how assured he was that this case would go under the rug.
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Here's hoping he gets life.
Iggo
(47,591 posts)Iggo
(47,591 posts)They're mandatory reporters, right?
Throw the fucking book at them.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)"Same as it ever was"
Ughhhh.
Love and healing thoughts for the young victim.
moonbabygo
(281 posts)did they just stand by and watch?
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)Surely, you jest.
moonbabygo
(281 posts)I posted this. I didn't realize it was an all white, well mostly white school.
I didn't think they existed anymore how naive of me
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)There are very few black faces in Idaho, which is why it's so popular with the Aryan Nations and the white gentry moving in from other states. Idaho is a "master race" paradise.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)And the relevance of that question is precisely what...?
OregonBlue
(7,755 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I hope they rot.
TrappedInUtah
(87 posts)How do high school students even get this demented at such a young age? Grossly deviant behavior like this is usually a learned thing. I wonder if they were molested by a priest/uncle/etc or something? In any event they're clearly defective and need to be returned to sender. People like this are broken, cannot be fixed and will never contribute any value to our society.