Actually, I think that in Emily's case you can see the train coming. Her drinking was catching up with her. That night wasn't going to end well for her.....the rocks were waiting for her to hit. This is not to say that she deserved to be sexually assaulted half naked behind a dumpster - but she was in trouble that night. She could have died that night. With Brock? That train just smacked him, no warning. Never saw it coming. Good kid, good family, Olympic hopeful, bright future ahead. Smack. The weird part of what Brock did is that he really is a newbie to the social party/drinking scene. He really was a teenager not a year out of HS with involved and protective parents. He really did not have the level of drinking/sexual experience that Emily had. Calling Brock "less experienced" in all ways is a statement of fact. Emily wasn't "bad" for being more experienced than a freshman. But college grads with full time jobs are expected to be more mature and experienced than a kid fresh out of HS. I'm actually a little tired of debating something that is just. So. Obvious. Duh. Sorry. I would not expect a kid like Brock to suddenly and brazenly sexually assault a woman - behind a dumpster with a party full of people nearby. That is scary and serious stuff. Where the hell did this come from and what were the signs? What on earth was he thinking? What was Emily thinking go back there with him? you wouldn't expect a couple of Vandy kids to take pictures and video while they raped an unconcious women either. |
you wouldn't expect a couple of Vandy kids to take pictures and video while they raped an unconcious women either. That is true. |
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O.k. I just read the Wikipedia on Brock Turner and apparently he was smiling after the first swede tackled him. The swede asked him "Why are you smiling?"....
Chilling. |
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If this article is true it's very disturbing.
Stanford women's swim team members say they were pressured not to speak about Turner http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/16/stanford-womens-swim-team-members-say-were-pressured-not-to-speak-about-turner.html |
That is so creepy, I hope it's not true. |
It literally sent chills down my spine when I read that. That is just so messed up....like that swede caught a glimpse of something evil in that kid. It's a direct quote of the swedes on Wikipedia. First I've heard of that. I don't know where that info came from. Like you, I hope that it isn't true. |
I'm so glad he has been exposed for what he is before he did something even worse. Reportedly smiling when he was caught? The reports from the women's swim team at Stanford? His creepy behavior at parties? His conviction for attempted rape? This guy is bad news. I feel bad for all involved. It sounds like his parents are in complete denial. All their hopes and dreams of having a son who would become an Olympic swimmer have been crushed. So sad for them. On the other hand, I hope Emily is as strong and resilient as she sounds in her letter and will go on to lead a happy and productive life. |
Why do you hope it isn't true? I mean that seriously. This man (and yes, he's a man) assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, and you're worried about whether or not he's an actual rapist, is that it? Since, because she was drunk and passed out, she's not the "perfect victim" and so we just need him to not be that evil? Guess what, he is that evil. He did what he was prosecuted for, as determined by a jury. And her drunkenness was factored into the equation in that a legislative body actually determined that it was a crime for him to do what he did. Unambiguously. It means nothing to me that he smiled about it. Well, I guess it confirms for me that he didn't deserve leniency. |
I would hope that no one would smile over doing something like that to another person. That would show a severe lack of empathy. |
WTGDF?? He's someone who sexually assaults unconscious women. That wasn't enough to indicate his lack of empathy?? You needed more than that? |
| This is truly all about entitlement. Brock was raised that way. He thought he could just take what he wanted. But he got caught and now he has to pay the price. However, his entitled parents and entitled judge who went to his same university think he shouldn't have to pay the price. Entitlement, bottom line. |
You have a terrible grasp of our legal and judiciary system. Anonymous strangers are affecting the career of a well-respected judge out of ignorance and knee-jerk groupthink. |
I don't have to be a part of a mob to think that six months was an outrageously lenient sentence for sexual assault. |
Mmm, it's kinda more than that. One of the jurors wrote to the judge about how disappointed he is in the sentence. A prosecutor, who obviously knows the legal and judiciary system, asked that the judge be removed from an upcoming sexual assault case. It's not just FB idiots. It's beyond that. |