ACPS - Sexual Assault at School - What Should Parents be Told

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The accused was acquitted in a court of law.

Presumably when the girl was hospitalized, a rape kit test was performed. Was it negative?

Are we to assume people are rapist based on accusation, and not conviction?

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Actually, we don’t know if it was an acquittal. That word isn’t defined in the juvenile justice code. There is a higher chance that the case was dismissed, which aint the same thing.

How would there have been an acquittal at trial for a rape that happened just a few months ago? The justice system does not move that quickly. The whole thing smells fishy and I still don’t think we’re getting accurate info. Also, we’re the “multiple assailants” each acquitted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If ACPS is hiding rape incidents in our schools, it’s safe to assume other school systems behave the same way.

Just how many rapes are happening?

And what other dangerous crimes are occurring that aren't being reported?

I see this as an Independent Woman's Forum / Koch family foundations hit job but....if you want to know what incidents occur at a school, you can read the public reporting of incident reports:

https://communitycrimemap.com/

You are welcome. P.S. if you are actually caring more about the wellbeing of children and less about trying to defame the institution of public schools, there are so many children who have to start their day under tremendous adversity, just like this 14 year old child. Hunger. Neglect. Sexual assault by adults. Homelessness. Hope you are saving some of your breath to advocate for more funding for health and human service interventions for all the students who routinely face horrible situations. Hope you aren't just stirring sh*t but actually trying to improve student well being.

And this is exactly the attitude that is pissing me off about Democrats lately. Conservative news reports a rape, and if you're a good democrat you should say it's no big deal. Same attitude over opening schools, with the narrative that if you wanted schools to open you were a Trumper that hated teachers.

Rape is horrible, and I don't care who reported it. Nobody seems to be denying that it happened, just that they don't particularly don't like the messenger. And because, and only because, of the messenger "good Democrats" should just move along.

+1 Thats what's happening on Next Door. Justin's fluffers are out in full force, criticizing anyone who has read the article and asking legitimate questions about it. Sickening. In the meantime, parents with kids at MH don't know what measures have been taken to keep their kids safe. The fluffers want everyone to smile and pretend it didn't happen. Maybe theyre hoping we'll just all think of England?

[Anonymous]

See how easy it is for police to publicly and timely report on criminal activity by minors?

https://www.alxnow.com/2022/03/23/two-juveniles-arrested-after-shots-fired-in-arlandria/?fbclid=IwAR18omJYmLDpgMaAY0JRo3JthUjDylg2-ayRqrl8tJqhASkOd1fwvufj9Hc

Again, why was nothing released until the media came knocking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The accused was acquitted in a court of law.

Presumably when the girl was hospitalized, a rape kit test was performed. Was it negative?

Are we to assume people are rapist based on accusation, and not conviction?

.

Actually, we don’t know if it was an acquittal. That word isn’t defined in the juvenile justice code. There is a higher chance that the case was dismissed, which aint the same thing.

How would there have been an acquittal at trial for a rape that happened just a few months ago? The justice system does not move that quickly. The whole thing smells fishy and I still don’t think we’re getting accurate info. Also, we’re the “multiple assailants” each acquitted?

I dont know the details of how this was handled, but juvenile cases in the JDRDC move quickly, by Code. It can be delayed for good cause and the like, but things move a long at a much more rapid case than in general district or circuit courts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The accused was acquitted in a court of law.

Presumably when the girl was hospitalized, a rape kit test was performed. Was it negative?

Are we to assume people are rapist based on accusation, and not conviction?

.

Actually, we don’t know if it was an acquittal. That word isn’t defined in the juvenile justice code. There is a higher chance that the case was dismissed, which aint the same thing.

How would there have been an acquittal at trial for a rape that happened just a few months ago? The justice system does not move that quickly. The whole thing smells fishy and I still don’t think we’re getting accurate info. Also, we’re the “multiple assailants” each acquitted?

I dont know the details of how this was handled, but juvenile cases in the JDRDC move quickly, by Code. It can be delayed for good cause and the like, but things move a long at a much more rapid case than in general district or circuit courts.

And when the Commonwealth's Attorney Bryan Porter has a history of intimidating female victims to not press charges...I'm sure that helps too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/virginia-school-covered-up-sexual-assault-that-left-victim-hospitalized/?fbclid=IwAR2jzb9n-sFs5zl7moOoZ6HKD5LWboXMel2jkp5_uRCTWZ64TMrS9zdkY38

For a district that claims children are not criminals, to justify removal of SROs, the opaqueness is malicious.

Don’t link National Review here. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/virginia-school-covered-up-sexual-assault-that-left-victim-hospitalized/?fbclid=IwAR2jzb9n-sFs5zl7moOoZ6HKD5LWboXMel2jkp5_uRCTWZ64TMrS9zdkY38

For a district that claims children are not criminals, to justify removal of SROs, the opaqueness is malicious.

Don’t link National Review here. Thanks.

NP here. Why? Because this media turned out to be right and were the first to report this incident while everyone else either sat on their hands or looked the other way. Are you Justin, who called this “fringe media” when it turned out to be accurate reporting? SMH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/virginia-school-covered-up-sexual-assault-that-left-victim-hospitalized/?fbclid=IwAR2jzb9n-sFs5zl7moOoZ6HKD5LWboXMel2jkp5_uRCTWZ64TMrS9zdkY38

For a district that claims children are not criminals, to justify removal of SROs, the opaqueness is malicious.

Don’t link National Review here. Thanks.

NP here. Why? Because this media turned out to be right and were the first to report this incident while everyone else either sat on their hands or looked the other way. Are you Justin, who called this “fringe media” when it turned out to be accurate reporting? SMH.

Ok, here

https://alextimes.com/2022/03/alleged-minnie-howard-sexual-assault-comes-to-light/

[Anonymous]

Wow - this is horrifying. How do those school board people live with themselves? Shameless cover up to protect themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/virginia-school-covered-up-sexual-assault-that-left-victim-hospitalized/?fbclid=IwAR2jzb9n-sFs5zl7moOoZ6HKD5LWboXMel2jkp5_uRCTWZ64TMrS9zdkY38

For a district that claims children are not criminals, to justify removal of SROs, the opaqueness is malicious.

Don’t link National Review here. Thanks.

NP here. Why? Because this media turned out to be right and were the first to report this incident while everyone else either sat on their hands or looked the other way. Are you Justin, who called this “fringe media” when it turned out to be accurate reporting? SMH.

Ok, here

https://alextimes.com/2022/03/alleged-minnie-howard-sexual-assault-comes-to-light/

Alexandria Times reported the story SIX DAYS AFTER the National Review. You (as well as me) may not be a fan of the National Review, but as far as breaking the story they did it and it took practically a week for other media to report it also. What’s important here is that a young woman was assaulted, hospitalized and the ACPS and Mayor took almost 6 months to disclose it. And we all know that they obviously were never intending to disclose it had it not been for the National Review. Hard to chew for me too, but it’s the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/virginia-school-covered-up-sexual-assault-that-left-victim-hospitalized/?fbclid=IwAR2jzb9n-sFs5zl7moOoZ6HKD5LWboXMel2jkp5_uRCTWZ64TMrS9zdkY38

For a district that claims children are not criminals, to justify removal of SROs, the opaqueness is malicious.

Don’t link National Review here. Thanks.

NP here. Why? Because this media turned out to be right and were the first to report this incident while everyone else either sat on their hands or looked the other way. Are you Justin, who called this “fringe media” when it turned out to be accurate reporting? SMH.

Ok, here

https://alextimes.com/2022/03/alleged-minnie-howard-sexual-assault-comes-to-light/

Alexandria Times reported the story SIX DAYS AFTER the National Review. You (as well as me) may not be a fan of the National Review, but as far as breaking the story they did it and it took practically a week for other media to report it also. What’s important here is that a young woman was assaulted, hospitalized and the ACPS and Mayor took almost 6 months to disclose it. And we all know that they obviously were never intending to disclose it had it not been for the National Review. Hard to chew for me too, but it’s the truth.

In early March, AlexNow reported on ACPS's school safety report, which did have very limited information about this incident. I saw the information on the school board meeting agenda then. I didn't think it was good but didn't realize families were not given any notice since I don't have kids at ACHS or Minnie Howard. I didn't realize that ACPS would claim that privacy laws prohibited them from sharing any information about/and stemming from the incident with families back in October 2021 (that the incident happened during the school day, that multiple assailants were involved, that the victim was hospitalized, that the alleged assailant was immediately placed in virtual learning and removed from in-person learning on school grounds, or anything information about the status of the other alleged assailants - basically any information that would not include identifying information was not provided to families). The principal had the discretion under the law to disclose more information (without violating privacy) but chose not to.

[Anonymous]

Imagine learning about the violent rape of a child and your first thought is to discredit the publication that published it and defend the mayor for hiding it.

You are one sick puppy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine learning about the violent rape of a child and your first thought is to discredit the publication that published it and defend the mayor for hiding it.

You are one sick puppy.

You nailed it, PP. Some of the posters here are really missing the point.

[Anonymous]

Schools systems cover up because they can. We need to extend the Clery Act to K-12s.

Universities used to do the same thing until the Clery Act forced them to report it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine learning about the violent rape of a child and your first thought is to discredit the publication that published it and defend the mayor for hiding it.

You are one sick puppy.

You nailed it, PP. Some of the posters here are really missing the point.

+1 Yes and that is the typical Alexandria reaction. It's disgusting.