Just a guess, but I suspect the NYT lawyers are pretty heavyweight compared to anyone the football team could bring on board.
Considering the post from their website, eyep; that's exactly what'll happen.What really bothers me is that I can almost hear the coach and the parents of these kids sitting at a school meeting.
"These are internet terrorists. They're creating a witch trial."
Instead of . . .
"Listen you little a$$holes, stop being rapists."
Sad. Truly sad.
Considering the post from their website, eyep; that's exactly what'll happen.
Anonymous and other hacktivist groups are interesting, I think, because they're a bit reminiscent of the early Victorian secret societies which gave rise to things like the Masons and the Oddfellows. At first, lots of people saw the societies as scary and powerful and a few of them were. They became a thing when people started living in cities in large numbers, and life was more chaotic and dangerous. Anyway, the parallels are interesting./fun with Victoriana
The Steubenville case is very like an awful incident many years ago in New Jersey wherein a mentally disabled girl was gang raped by a group of the town's high school football players. I read an account of the aftermath--Our Guys, by Bernard Lefkowitz. What was most disgusting was the way that town's parents and coaches used privilege to protect the rapists, all of whom were white and from prominent families. The rape was viewed almost as male hijinks that were par for the course.
This kind of thinking is ubiquitous. At my high school, the hockey team probably could have bow hunted for toddlers in the off season and I think all the adults involved would have chuckled ruefully.
I can see this from another perspective. I'm once again reminded of Jan Kemp who actually gave a shit about college athletes, much more than just what they could do on game night, but that they would learn something and be able to get a job after their athletic career was over. In a way, athletes are treated like soldiers - they get the best training we can afford to give them to do a very specific and narrow job, but once they can no longer do the job they're cast aside as part of society's debris.Anonymous and other hacktivist groups are interesting, I think, because they're a bit reminiscent of the early Victorian secret societies which gave rise to things like the Masons and the Oddfellows. At first, lots of people saw the societies as scary and powerful and a few of them were. They became a thing when people started living in cities in large numbers, and life was more chaotic and dangerous. Anyway, the parallels are interesting./fun with Victoriana
The Steubenville case is very like an awful incident many years ago in New Jersey wherein a mentally disabled girl was gang raped by a group of the town's high school football players. I read an account of the aftermath--Our Guys, by Bernard Lefkowitz. What was most disgusting was the way that town's parents and coaches used privilege to protect the rapists, all of whom were white and from prominent families. The rape was viewed almost as male hijinks that were par for the course.
This kind of thinking is ubiquitous. At my high school, the hockey team probably could have bow hunted for toddlers in the off season and I think all the adults involved would have chuckled ruefully.
National pressure to the higher ups in the state police to prosecute the boys to the fullest extent of the law. News agencies around the country are going to have some very tough, uncomfortable questions for the local police, state police and the government at the local level as well as the state level.So what has been accomplished here, then?
Pressure was absolutely needed. What is so sad is that Anderson Cooper could have strolled into town and had a similar effect, I think. I've been following the story since shortly after it broke, but that wasn't national news.
One judge and the original prosecutor already recused themselves. The prosecutor tried to dissuade the victim from bringing charges. There are a lot of rumors (at least) about her son and her house the night of the attacks. She stayed prosecutor for way too long, imho.
I don't know if this thread is for the crime itself, but I read the testimony of the friends who witnessed the night, up close. Some of them filmed it.
Shouldn't it be illegal to film a rape? Those boys aren't charged, and they admitted what they did, in court.
You'd think being in the same room [willingly] would be enough to be an accomplice But filming it? My God, what does it take to be considered an accessory to rape?
National pressure to the higher ups in the state police to prosecute the boys to the fullest extent of the law. News agencies around the country are going to have some very tough, uncomfortable questions for the local police, state police and the government at the local level as well as the state level.
Seemingly allowed stuff like this to happen in his state, could cost the governor thousands or millions of voted, so you better believe that he'll be riding the state police to fully investigate this (as well as any softness from the local police). The Judge involved will be under the national lens, so he's not likely to wave this off as boys will be boys either.
So, in the end, it doesn't matter what the locals do about it. The pressure has been put on the higher ups and they'll likely respond.
ETA: While we're at it, has anything happened with the guy who allegedly harassed Amanda Todd?
No, I'm actually asking you, what has happened? Not what you think will happen. Do you have any links about what is happening with this, since Anon made it public?
ETA: While we're at it, has anything happened with the guy who allegedly harassed Amanda Todd?
Somewhere past the 3 minute mark Anonymous tells law enforcement exactly how they can find out who was there taking pictures with their cell phones. As a non-techie who can't vouch for the plausibility, it seems like a good way to at least get names of the witnesses.
Well this happened:
http://imgur.com/gallery/G11BD
Well this happened:
http://imgur.com/gallery/G11BD
Somewhere past the 3 minute mark Anonymous tells law enforcement exactly how they can find out who was there taking pictures with their cell phones. As a non-techie who can't vouch for the plausibility, it seems like a good way to at least get names of the witnesses.
I submit that they were not just witnesses if they were taking pictures of a rape! (I'm not picking on you, just the situation). If they were documenting it for the immediate use of the investigation and notified authorities ASAP, that would do, imho.
Man, am I going to have to organize some sort of political movement to get standing there and filming a rape made officially illegal? WTF? Film it, send it to your friends, don't contact police, and call that legally protected behavior? It's absolutely participating in a gang rape, and I'm pissed as hell that they aren't charged with anything.
When folks ask why we need specific laws about things that already seem illegal, this is probably a good example. The local authorities are trying their best to minimize the laws we already have about rape and felonies.
The kids aren't even charged with porn charges (except one of the literal rapists). These things have been admitted under oath in a court of law; it's not like they are just rumors.