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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:55 PM Original message |
Autistic Woman Raped By Teen In Broad Daylight – No One Helps |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Afraid that young Master Fontenet had a gun, maybe? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It was probably a more progressive area where people are scared of guns so didn't have them (nt) |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. i doubt he would have cared if having a gun was illegal, he didnt care that rape and robbery was |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yeah. Where were all the ten-foot-tall-balls-of-steel defenders of the defenseless? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Perhaps you've simply projected too much |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. The day of the Good Samaritan is on the wane. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. pretty much happens all the time, people dont want to get involved beyond a 911 call |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Most people are cowards with no spine. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. But some of the drivers did call 911 |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. correct thing to do if you dont have the ability to intervene |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. That's what I'd do if unarmed and alone. I've intervened that way in a robbery that turned gunfight |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. "15 year old anferney..." |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I had the exact same thought... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. anferney? is that a basketballer name? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. anferney "penny" hardaway... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. yep...i am obviously out of it |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. And Mom and Dad didn't even get it right |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. But he was only 15 and his brain wasn't yet fully developed! |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Other insane rationalization! Crazy misogynist slurs! |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. That's very true. |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. to their credit, some of them did call 911 |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. Teenager: Adult sentence. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm thinking that a boot toe to the temple would have been a |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. not so sure about that, i deal with a lot of 15 year olds who would have shanked the adult in a s |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Perhaps, but that's not how I was raised. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. While it was good for someone to call 911. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Lock him up for 40 years. That crime in the US automatically allows the victim lethal force defense |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. The suspect is 15 years old, he's a juvenile. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. yup and then when they do it again or worse we can try them as an adult |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Negative. First degree rape (etc) or 2nd degree murder or better should be tried as adult |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. +1 |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Asperger’s syndrome isn't autism is it? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Asperger's is "High-Fuctioning" Autism without a speech delay. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. People with Asperger's tend to be over-rational in some ways. Like Temperence Brennan on "Bones." |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wow. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have to admit, I'd have advised even a guy to call 911 |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. i still wouldnt judge that person, you have no idea what they believed was happening |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Very sad. What a tragedy for the victim. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. damn...even after the atack, she asked a passerby to use his |
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Tim01 2.0 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. If I saw someone having sex in public, I would probably assume it was consentual. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. I hate to think what my reaction would be. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Oh, don't get me started... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. One of the biggest "epiphanies" I've ever had came from such a situation.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thanks! |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. At least part of this.. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Umbrella insurance is a great idea.. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. Parents of rape victim grateful for aid in arrest. |
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