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Sat Feb-27-10 12:44 PM
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Cop Rapes Transsexual Man in San Antonio. (Transman) |
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http://www.ksat.com/news/4600442/detail.html :scared: :grr: Article wins award for most frequent use of the word "transsexual" ever in print. It's completely bizarre and dehumanizing in an odd way.
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Sat Feb-27-10 12:51 PM
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1. I'm as outspoken a critic of police as anyone here, but your headline assumes guilt |
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and is not the actual headline. The actual headline is: Transsexual Accuses SAPD Officer Of Rape
I agree with you, though, about the overuse of the word "transsexual" in the article. In my view, rape is rape, and it shouldn't matter whether the accuser is transsexual.
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Sat Feb-27-10 12:55 PM
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:02 PM
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9. Turns out there was a conviction and the story was older. |
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It was related on Facebook today for some reason and had my partner upset (he's tg).
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:05 PM
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12. In case of conviction, I hope that cop's sentence was more harash than a civilian rapist's |
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conviction would be. People in positions of public trust should be held to a higher standard when they abuse their power.
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Sat Feb-27-10 12:56 PM
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3. I knew someone who was raped by a police officer |
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in a small town where everyone knows everyone. She tried reporting it and they laughed at her. She ended up leaving town.
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:00 PM
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I did notice that although he was arrested by local police it was a Federal grand jury that indicted him. Not sure if that means locals wouldn't charge him or not?
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Sat Feb-27-10 12:57 PM
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5. Old article but he was convicted of sexual assault. |
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:00 PM
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7. Sorry, it was related on Facebook as if it was recent and my partner was upset by it. |
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:05 PM
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I just like to see how things turn out and noticed the dateline.
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:30 PM
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About right in my opinion. This is exactly the kind of violence that the police and prisons are designed to prevent/punish. I'm not a fan of excessively long prison sentences but violent crime causing bodily injury is the type I want punished. http://transadvocate.com/autumnsandeen/archives/133
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:05 PM
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11. They finally got the pronoun correct in the closing lines but |
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why do I have the feeling that the editorial room struggled with the word 'it.'
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Sat Feb-27-10 01:36 PM
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14. I knew several SAPD Officers that were pissed about this. Because now the department put trackers |
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on their cars. They were complaining that the station knows where they are now all the time.
I guess no more sleeping under the overpass or attacking citizens.
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