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Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Officer, Charged With Sexual Assault

May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Officer, Charged With Sexual Assault

SHAMEFUL: Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, Chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force, was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington, Va., last weekend. He is accused of fondlling a woman in a parking lot in Crystal City early Sunday morning.

According to a Arlington County Police Department crime report: “05/05/13, 500 block of S. 23rd Street. On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, VA, was arrested and charged with sexual battery. He was held on a $5,000 unsecured bond. ”

Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski reportedly works at the Pentagon ARLnow.com reports. He has been removed from his position pending the outcome of an investigation. Fancy that, someone charged with overseeing sexual assault prevention and response being accused of the same thing.

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Zimbabwean Soldier Abducted and Sexually Assaulted for 4 Days by Female Rapists

April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

A Zimbabwean soldier, who was seeking a ride to the city of Mutare, was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by several women over a five-day period before leaving him injured from stoning at a mountain range.

The 25-year-old soldier said he was picked up by two women and a man in a Mercedes Benz. He said they drove for about an hour before the driver diverted from the route to Mutare. He was reportedly threatened with a knife when he asked to be dropped off.

Assistant Inspector Nuzondiwa Clean, with the Manicaland police, told NewsDay, “The soldier requested to be dropped, but the driver produced a knife and threatened him with it. One of the female passengers blindfolded the complainant with a black cloth.” The soldier was taken to an unknown house where he was undressed, his phone and $35 stolen.

During the time he was held captive, he was ordered to have sexual relations with one of the women several times. He was held April 19 to 23. Clean said on the day he was released, he was taken to the Dangamvura Mountains, where his left foot was severely damaged by his captors, who left him there.

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Reebok Dumps Rick Ross Amid Fallout from U.O.E.N.O Date Rape Lyrics

April 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Reebok Dumps Rick Ross Amid Fallout from U.O.E.N.O Date Rape Lyrics  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Reebok dumps Rick Ross amid fallout over his song U.O.E.N.O, in which he sings “put Molly (Ecstasy) all in the champagne. She ain’t even know it. I took her home and I enjoy that. She ain’t even know it.” Um, that’s translation for date rape. What a pig!

Reebok told TMZ:  ”Reebok holds our partners to a high standard, and we expect them to live up to the values of our brand. Unfortunately, Rick Ross has failed to do so. While we do not not believe Rick Ross condones sexual assault, we are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse.”

Enough said. Reebok did the right thing. His fans should follow suit, but we all know some people just glorify these kinds of misogynistic lyrics.

Reebok Dumps Rick Ross Amid Fallout from U.O.E.N.O Date Rape Lyrics
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Yale Battles Historic Levels of ‘Sexual Assault’ with Campus Programs Including ‘Bystander Intervention’

March 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Yale Battles Historic Levels of ‘Sexual Assault’ with Campus Programs Including ‘Bystander Intervention’ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sexual assault hits a historic high at Yale University. The Ivy League school came under federal investigation in 2011 after 15 students filed a complaint alleging the university is a “hostile sexual environment” and failed to deal with the incidents of sexual harassment. The group of students used a video of an alleged Yale University fraternity pledges holding a sign that read “We love Yale sluts” and chanting “No Means Yes” on campus. Money doesn’t make one a better person, considering the tuition costs around $50,000 yearly.

In 2011, the Advisory Committee on Campus Climate was formed following reports that some Yale fraternity members had chanted, “No means yes,” on campus. Yale had already been under federal investigation for allegedly under-reporting campus crime as early as 2004. The U.S. Department of Education‘s Office for Civil Rights began another investigation after the frat incident.

Last year, the Sexual Literacy Forum, a student-facilitated discussion group at Yale, was born. Fifty students signed up to participate in this year’s 12 workshops as a continuing curriculum, aimed at giving students a safe place to ask questions without fear or shame. Among the topics are safe sex, sexually transmitted diseases and self-pleasure, according to co-director Paulina Haduong, a senior studying linguistics.

“The more people talk about these things, the better the sexual climate on campus,” Haduong said.

At Yale, women’s groups and some students say that the university’s climate has improved but that more work is needed.

“Although my sense is that women tend to feel safe on campus and have increased confidence in the university’s handling of sexual assault reports, the problem of campus sexual assault at Yale is significant and troubling,” said Suzanna Fritzberg, public relations coordinator for The Yale Women’s Center. “The Yale administration has made a concerted effort to take campus sexual assault seriously.” Source

Yale Battles Historic Levels of Sexual Assault with Campus Programs Including Bystander Intervention
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CNN’s Candy Crowley and Fredericka Whitfield Steubenville Coverage Slanted towards Rapists

March 17, 2013 by 2 Comments
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CNN’s Candy Crowley and Fredericka Whitfield Steubenville Coverage Slanted to Rapists (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Candy Crowley should be ashamed of herself for expressing sympathy over the guilty verdict handed down by the judge in the Steubenville rape case. She focused on what effect the verdict will have on the two teenagers and not on the victim. In fact, CNN continued to slant its coverage throughout the day in favor of the two rapists – Trent Mays, 17, right, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16. There’s just one word to describe Candy Crowley and CNN’s coverage — reprehensible.  I soured on Fox News a long time ago and now I am heading that way with CNN.

CNN’s coverage of the verdict in the Steubenville rape case appeared to be curiously weighted on Sunday, focusing on the effect the guilty verdict would have on the lives of the now-convicted rapists and their families, rather than that of the victim and her family.

Steubenville High School football players Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were accused of raping a severely intoxicated 16-year-old West Virginia girl who also attends the Ohio school. Thousands of text messages introduced in the case presented a picture of teens swapping graphic stories about the assault.

In a Sunday afternoon segment, anchor Fredricka Whitfield followed the straight news of the guilty verdict (which she described as rape occurring “after a night of heavy partying”) by showing the rapists’ parents’ weeping in court. Footage of Richmond, his mother and father offering emotional appeals to the victim’s family dominated the segment.

Whitfield threw the story to reporter Poppy Harlow, but not before reiterating that Mays and Richmond’s “family members tried their hardest to plead for some forgiveness from the victim’s family, as well as from the judge.”

To her credit, Harlow appeared to try and correct the segment’s tone: “That’s true Fredricka,” she said of the tears of the convicted rapist’s families, “but this is an incredibly serious crime, it’s the crime of rape.”

And yet, the effects of the rape on the victim seemed to be an afterthought: “It was incredibly emotional, it was difficult for anyone in there to watch those boys break down,” Harlow said. “[It was] also difficult, of course, for the victim’s family.” Source

It’s pretty shameful that CNN should take such a position. Fredericka Whitfield picked up with Candy Crowley left off. I am appalled that as a woman, Candy Crowley, Poppy Harlow, and Fredericka Whitfield would take such a position. Rape is rape, whether they were partying heavily or not. The teenager will have to live with this for the rest of her life. Instead of grieving for the ‘promising lives’ ruined by the verdict, how about the victim’s life? Imagine what she must be going through knowing she was raped by these teens, one of whom she had a crush on, and seeing the incident plastered all over social media.

If the truth be told, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond got off with a slap on the wrist. In some states they would not have been charged as juveniles, but as adults. They will have to register as sex offenders once they have served their sentences. That will follow them until they go to their graves.

Here’s the video from Crooks & Liars:

CNNs Candy Crowley and Fredericka Whitfield Steubenville Coverage Slanted towards Rapists
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Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta, Intern for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Facing Deportation

December 12, 2012 by 1 Comment

OH MY:  Registered sex offender, Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta, 18, working as an unpaid intern for Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), is facing deportation after being arrested by federal immigration authorities.

A U.S. official told The Associated Press that officials at the Homeland Security Department instructed immigration agents not to arrest 18-year-old Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta until after Election Day. Source

ICE categorically denies the claim made by the Associated Press that they were asked not to reveal the arrest until after the election:   ’The report is categorically false. ICE followed standard process in coordination with its federal partners and local prosecutors before taking appropriate enforcement action.’

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Gov. Scott Walker And The Rights Of Women

October 8, 2012 by 2 Comments

As we head into this election cycle, I am increasingly concerned of the state of women’s rights. It becomes a matter not just of personal interest but an awareness that any violation of women’s rights constitutes violence against women.

On April 7, 2012, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) repealed  the Equal Pay Enforcement Act which effectively overturned the 2009 legislation giving women the right to sue if they have been subjected to gender discrimination and unfair pay practices. But Gov. Walker didn’t just stop there. He also signed into law a bill requiring women seeking abortions to undergo an exam and consult with a doctor, alone away from her friends and family. The doctor must determine if someone is pressuring her into the procedure. The wording of the Act states that doctors who break the law could be charged with a felony.

This means a woman  cannot have the support and counsel of her friends or family who typically drive her to the abortion clinic, hold her hand or provide emotional support whilst making this life changing decision. Gov. Walker wants her to be bullied, intimidated  and subjected to a medical professional who is afraid of loosing his or her license and who has no insight into the woman’s  emotional state and what her choices might be, and who  must advise her based on a legal precedent not based on what her desires or wants might be.

I am wondering if doctors are  fleeing the great state of Wisconsin, if I were a physician I know I would. I am a fan of the football team from Green Bay but they won’t be seeing me at Lambeau Field anytime soon.

Is this a War on Women? Yes, it most definitely is. As we look across the landscape and see many states enacting similar legislation it becomes clear that this is not a singular act, but a concerted effort by a group of males of one party intent on destroying the achievements of the Women’s Rights Movement.

The battle for women’s rights was not just on sex and  reproduction but also on on how sex education is taught in schools. At the same time he  (Governor Walker )was enacting this legislation he also enacted  a bill into law mandating sex education teachers to stress abstinence as the only way to prevent pregnancy and that  teachers DO NOT have to address contraception.

This is violence against women plain and simple. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from if you use your position of power and influence to perpetuate economic and emotional enslavement of women you are enabling violence against women. We have done so much to eliminate barriers preventing women from accessing health care choices and providing access to economic empowerment as  a means of keeping our society stable and ensuring a level playing field affording access to women into corporate boardrooms, not as storied secretaries and assistants but as capable individuals with the skills and education needed to do the job and be just as accomplished as their male counterparts.

In our post modern era it is a slap in the face to see politicians  use  the power of their office to control and undermine the achievements of women in the last 100 years. If there was ever a time to act, that time is now. We need to inform every politician by way of our vote that we will never look back to a time when women had no right to choose, when we had no right to vote and we had no choices in health care, we will never look back to when we had no rights to terminate pregnancies in cases of rape and incest, we will never look back to when we had no rights to equal pay.

We Will Never Look Back. We Will Move Forward.

 

Harriet Cammock is an author and an advocate for an end to violence against women. To invite her to speak at your next event contact her @ harrietcammock@aol.com or www.greatblackspeakers.com. For more information please visit her web site @ www.harrietcammock.org.

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Occupy Wall Street Activist Jackie Barcliff Wanted for Raping Fellow Protester, Throwing Her Off 2nd Story Park Railing

September 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Occupy Wall Street Activist Jackie Barcliff Wanted for Raping Fellow Protester, Throwing Her Off 2nd Story Park Railing

SHAME:  Jackie Barcliff, 44, is identified as the Occupy Wall Street activist who was wanted for raping a fellow OWS protester and then throwing her over a second-story park railing earlier this week, the NY Daily News reports.

The NYPD released a photo of suspect Jackie Barcliff, 44. Detectives believe met his 56-year-old victim during previous Occupy activities, police said.

After the sex attack, the victim was tossed from the elevated park space, falling about 20 feet, breaking her pelvis and right arm, police sources said. She was found about 2 a.m. Monday morning. Her pants and underwear had been removed, the sources said, before she was thrown from the elevated park, which is at Pier 15 near South Street Seaport in Manhattan. Source

Reprehensible, absolutely reprehensible. If you have any information about this POS, please do not hesitate to the police immediately.

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McEachern High School Teacher Terence Tarpley Charged with Sexual Assault of Female Student

June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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McEachern High School Teacher Terence Tarpley Charged with Sexual Assault of Female Student

SHAME: Terence Tarpley, an assistant girls’ basketball and track coach, as well as a special education teacher at McEachern High School,  was arrested Thursday and charged with felony sexual assault, the AJC reports.

Terence Termayne Tarpley, 33, of Marietta, was charged with felony sexual assault for engaging in an  off-campus sexual relationship with a female student earlier this year, the newspaper said. He was arrested and released on $5,000 bond.

It is a crime in the state of  Georgia for a teacher and a student who attends the same school to engage in a sexual relationship, no matter the student’s age or if the act is consensual.

 

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Darius McClinton-Hunter, Son of LA Angels Torii Hunter, Arrested on Sexual Assault Charge

May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Darius McClinton-Hunter, Son of LA Angels Torii Hunter, Arrested on Sexual Assault Charge (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Los Angeles Angels’ Torii Hunter was placed on the restricted list Monday after his teenage son, Darius McClinton-Hunter, was arrested for sexual assault of a child. The town of Prosper, TX, issued a news release announcing the 17  year old’s arrest, along with four others, during a monthlong investigation of sexual assault of a child, which is a second-degree felony. The town of Prosper has been in the news lately, particularly with the drama erupting in the bitter divorce of Deion Sanders and his estranged wife, Pilar Sanders. Darius Hunter, who lives in McKinney,  played on the Prosper High football team last season, along with his two brothers. More charges are forthcoming.

Torii Hunter’s tweet:

UPDATE #1 (05/18/12): Todd Shapiro, attorney for Torii Hunter’s son, Darius McClinton-Hunter, says they have a tape of the 16 year old victim recanting her story.”In that recording, she essentially has recanted everything. There wasn’t any sex. He has never forced her to have any sexual contact with him, and especially on this particular night,” Shapiro said. “The alleged victim has done a complete 180 turn,” ABC News affiliate KABC reports.

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