The fact that his fingering her caused severe vaginal lacerations tells me that she was not "turned on". That she was not an eager and willing participant. Her body was not responding sexually to Brock. It's none of anyone's business, but I surmise Emily was not a virgin. If she had been physically receptive to Brock, her body would have been primed, so to speak, and she would not have suffered lacerations. He digitally penetrated a dry, non turned on female. She did not want him. She did not invite his advances. JFC, I can't believe I have to be so explicit, but it seems that's the only way to get the point across. |
where did you read "severe vaginal lacerations"? |
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for starters, in her statement. Lacerations AND abrasions. She did not invite this attack.
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+1 if you think brock is entitled, wait until you learn about the victim What in the world does this mean? I know who the victim is, and from what I've read about her, I cannot fathom wtf you are talking about here. Without giving any identifying information about her, can you explain what makes you feel she is entitled? |
What in the world does this mean? I know who the victim is, and from what I've read about her, I cannot fathom wtf you are talking about here. Without giving any identifying information about her, can you explain what makes you feel she is entitled? No please do not reveal details about this victim. Not appropriate! We already know too much as it is. |
Goddamn her for expecting to go to a party without getting raped and for complaining when she does. Entitled bitch. |
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Nobody raped her.
Brock should file a lawsuit against media outlets that call him a rapist. |
| He is convicted of sexually assaulting her. |
Again, his crime meets the federal definition of "rape," hence the appropriate use of the word. I guess all the headlines could call him "Brock Allen Turner, Stanford Sex Criminal," but I sense you don't think what he did was a crime at all, so you probably don't like that, either. |
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Just a reminder, the jury did not base its verdict on the victim's statement, they based it on the evidence.
All you rape apologists (or maybe it is just a single active sock puppet) that are asserting the evidence is insufficient and we just don't know are ignoring the verdict. This is not Duke LAX and it is not the Rolling Stone rape story where the process of gathering evidence undermined those cases. If you are looking for an analogy, this is a lot closer to George Huguely. The evidence gathering is over, the prosecution presented its case and the jury found that Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman. The end. It is appalling what he did and no shaming of the victim can change the truth of what he did to an UNCONSCIOUS woman and what that says about him as a human being. Not moving. Not consenting. Not able to defend herself. UNCONSCIOUS It was so clearly unlawful and obscene that complete strangers stopped to intervene and chased him down. Do you know how rare that is? |
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Dirtbag. Entitled. Rapist. Hated. Convicted.
And now...not an Olympic swimmer! I love that justice was served. |
Yes. The jury reached a verdict and Brock Turner is guilty and has been sentenced to jail. He is likely going to appeal. I only very recently heard about this case and I will agree that to have actual witnesses to the sexual assault and to have them chase the guy down and hold him until the cops got there is very rare. Brock was clearly seen doing something that alarmed two unbiased bystanders enough that they sprung into action. That says something. At the same time I've found myself a bit puzzled by the timeline of events and how quickly this college grad/veteran party goer went from being coherent/standing to completely passed out in an outdoor public place with so much happening to her and around her. And she remained like that for hours. Completely unresponsive. I remember seeing some pretty drunk people at parties. I don't remember ever seeing anyone completely unresponsive like that for hours at a time. So many bizarre circumstances in this case - it does make you pause a bit and wonder wth was happening. Obviously the jury has heard all of the evidence, sorted it all out and they found him guilty. From an appeal standpoint I don't know what the grounds will be assuming that there will even be an appeal. |
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^I would think that in this case they would have almost had to have tested her blood for drugs - simply because she was so completely out of it - just to be able to medically treat her appropriately at the hospital. Being that out of it is pretty serious - she could have died.
I didn't see indication of drug tests, I did see where it was indicated in the paperwork that there was no illegal drug use at the fraternity. I took that to mean that Brock or someone else at the fraternity had not drugged this girl. |
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I keep thinking back to what my own drinking experience was as a 4 month college freshman. Back then my tolerance was 3 beers. More than that and I would get sh*t faced and throw up. There was a limit to how drunk my body would allow myself to get. I was inexperienced and thought that it worked like that for everyone.
At that age, I had zero experience with black outs or passing out. I didn't do that and neither did my friends. So I don't know that I would have recognized or appreciated just how drunk Emily was at that party - especially if she was walking/talking/dancing/kissing. I don't know that I would have realized that she was about to pass out or that she would soon become completely unaware of her surroundings. Her own sister was an upperclassman and felt comfortable leaving Emily alone at that party (I don't know the time frame but maybe an hour before this happened?). Does an extremely heavy drinker show signs of alcohol impairment differently than a less experienced drinker does? I think that they do. BAC is the same for a heavy drinker, but their tolerance level for high a BAC is different. Brock had socialized with Emily earlier that night - she was talking and making sense. If he later ran into her inside the party and they were dancing/kissing to loud music would it have been obvious to a drunker Brock that Emily had also gotten drunker, not just drunker but black out/pass out drunk? I really don't know the answer to that question. |