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Related: About this forumMemphis Gets Sued Over 15,000 Lost Rape Kits. Oopsie-Daisy!
You'd think with all this technology we have nowadays it would be easier to stay organized, but it seems that life is more confusing than ever. Where are my keys? Where is my fancy-pantsy phone? Where are those 15,000 untested rape kits? Did I throw those away with that ball of old receipts at the bottom of my purse?
Memphis isn't the only municipality with a big closet full o' TK rape kits; according to estimates, around 180,000 rape kits remain untested across the country.
This is especially upsetting when taking into consideration the process of submitting to a post-rape forensic medical exam can be upsetting and traumatic for victims, involving a head-to-toe exam, including an internal exam and photo documentation. That thousands of women submitted to the process and trusted law enforcement would follow up only to be let down by the institutions that are supposed to protect is unconscionable. If police departments exist to protect civilians, only they fail to protect half of civilians, then for what purpose do police departments exist?
http://jezebel.com/memphis-gets-sued-over-15-000-lost-rape-kits-oopsie-da-1489836045

NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)If you know what I mean.
As sad as it is.....
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)60% drop. 1 in 4-6 raped. Add 60% more rape, 1 in 2-3 raped? At least he dropped his drop rate from 87% to 60%
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)
K&R
ismnotwasm
(42,579 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)I rec'd earlier ... now I am kicking
intaglio
(8,170 posts)You know the classification that MRAs insist means that women lie about rape.
adieu
(1,009 posts)Evidence could clear an accused as much as indict the accused. As long as LE are willing to let the evidence speak for themselves and not try to sway the interpretation of evidence.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)Certain persons of restricted empathy like to claim that there are vast numbers of women who falsely report rape and cite, as evidence, the know fact that there are many unsubstantiated claims. The real truth may be that the claims are only unsubstantiated because they have not been investigated.
In a way it looks as if you are saying that many "falsely" accused men will be cleared by tests of these kits and if so - enjoy your stay.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)adieu
(1,009 posts)I expect you to re-read and offer full apology.
FYI, I'm saying evidence is evidence. It should be used and let the evidence tell the story, not have police hide it or reinterpret it. Ignoring the evidence gathered, as in this case in Memphis, is a miscarriage of justice.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)You are trying to raise the fraudulent idea that there have been men been charged and who would be exonerated; there have not.
adieu
(1,009 posts)That I had no intention of making. I make no assertion about the fraudulent idea you claim I made. Again learn to read, not instill your prejudices and assumptions into other people's words.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)Your intention is to imply that there are "accused" who need to be cleared.
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intaglio
(8,170 posts)Wrong, goodbye
ismnotwasm
(42,579 posts)MRA debating tactics
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125532659
redqueen
(115,177 posts)So i'd be able to just quote the number when encountering these tactics on DU.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)VA_Jill
(11,615 posts)that Memphis is far from the only place with this kind of backlog of untested rape kits. Seems to me I have read of other cities with a backlog also. I'm hopeful that this is only the first of MANY lawsuits and that something will be done to get police departments and cities off their collective a$$es and prosecuting these cases as they should have been to start with!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)mercuryblues
(15,439 posts)of these untested kits can lead to repeat offenders? How many people have been/will be raped because the kits have not been tested?
thucythucy
(8,824 posts)it's just too depressing for me to read it right now.
Thanks for the OP, though, word about this (lost rape kits) needs to get out.
Maybe if we "lost" the paychecks of the people responsible for this travesty?