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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumped into my neighbor today whose daughter is on the crew team. She said the crew team knew about this 3 years ago and reported it to MCPS and CPS, and they investigated and said they could find no credible evidence of wrongdoing.

Maybe he got sloppy after that with things like text messages (you can see copies in the indictment) and that's how he finally got caught.[/quote]

Yes, the crew team knew about these allegations 3 years ago. The reason MCPS didn’t find anything is that they did their own investigation. They have no threat of perjury when they interview, no ability to get access to cell phone records or vehicle information or security tape to corroborate stories.  They did not interview any other peers of the victims from other crews at the boat house where Shipley also worked.  All of this evidence existed (texts, etc.) when the abuse was initially reported. The key question to ask is whether MCPS ever reported these charges to the police and whether the police ever investigated.

We have to be a society that believes women when these things are reported.  Can you imagine if we believed these girls 3 years ago? Instead we encourage them to report and then gaslight them during the course of a sloppy investigation and conclude that they are not telling the truth because the half-ass investigation turned up “no credible evidence of wrongdoing”.[/quote]

This scenario is replicated over and over in MCPS.  If a child comes forward to report grooming behavior or abuse, MCPS has failed over and over again to call CPS and the police. Then they botch their investigation. Finally, they turn on the child that was brave enough to come forward.

If an IG went through the complaints and spoke to the families, I am sure a lot of skeletons would fall out of the MCPS closet.  Compare the dates of the initial complaint with arrests that years later were made and you will have a long list of victims that could have been spared had principals and Central Office reacted to the initial complaint.

For Whitman, MCPS knew for 3 years. 3 years of doing nothing.  Keeping a predator working with students at school and in the community. Something needs to be done in MCPS to put students safety first. [/quote]

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