Comments on: When Good People Do Nothing

By: Feministe » Rape Kits: Still Not Being Tested

Feministe » Rape Kits: Still Not Being Tested — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:31:03 +0000

[...] can with the evidence they have. It’s nothing new for police to violate the trust of those they’re most supposed to protect. But it’s still unforgivably [...]

By: Rat-race

Rat-race — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:06:35 +0000

This is just horrible in so many ways; and in the end, the dickhead cop gets promoted?!
Just horrible. Waht happened to the witness? Isn’t there a smaraitan law or something that could be used to punish him for his complicity in this poor girl’s death?

By: When Authorities “Don’t Give a Shit” : The Curvature

When Authorities “Don’t Give a Shit” : The Curvature — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:28:27 +0000

[...] In case you haven’t clicked over to the article and seen Jones’ photograph, or figured it out for yourself, Sheila Jones is a black woman. And if you don’t realize why that’s relevant, you definitely need this wakeup call. I don’t know if Jones lives in an area with a highly-concentrated black population, or if the operator(s) decided that she “sounded black” or what, exactly. But I have a really hard time feeling like her race is a coincidence in a country where police seem to ignore the complaints of violence by and against black women like …. [...]

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:08 +0000

Notice how that fucking coward who was complicit in the murders and left her there to die is trying to cover his face in the photo so he cant be recognized.

I’d hire some thugs to go to this guys address and beat the fuck out of him. Let him know what it feels like to be a victim when nobody will come forward to help you.

Fucking asshole prick motherfucker. I want that fucker in jail too along with the pricks who killed her.

By: kelly g.

kelly g. — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:19:01 +0000

Romona Moore’s best chance of being saved left town the next day when Jack, after attending the baby shower, drove back home to Maryland without telling the police what he saw. His excuse? “I was scared.”

You know, I’ve called the cops on former neighbors when I suspected that they were neglecting their dogs. Not actively abusing, mind you, but neglecting. I cannot for the life of me fathom finding out that two acquaintances are holding another human being captive, raping and torturing her…and not go to the cops. It’s just beyond comprehension.

And I don’t buy the witness’s excuse, either. His “friends” bragged about the crime to him; they knew he knew. If Jack was ever in danger, it was while he was still in the home, or while they were still free. The next morning Hendrix and Pearson could have thought better about telling Jack and came after him. He’s a fucking witness, ferchrissakes, whether he wants to be or not. He’d have been far safer with the two in police custody.

“I don’t see any other reason but race and class,” Carmichael says of the lack of initial response by the NYPD to the case of her missing daughter. “If this was a white kid, they would never had done this. I had to say to the detectives one day: ‘You know, I feel the same emotions and pain as a white person.’ “

That just breaks me heart.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:14:00 +0000

I can’t understand how anyone could think that racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and all the other privilege systems currently in play are not feminist issues. How can we say that male privilege is a social disease but white, straight, cisgender and so on privilege is not?

This story is horrifying, but I’m glad it’s getting the attention it is. We can’t let people continue to ignore injustice of this magnitude.

By: juju

juju — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Reading that article made me physically ill and my heart hurts.

Thank you for posting this here. The issue of disparate investigation practices when the missing isn’t white needs all the attention it can get. And yes, this sure as hell is a feminist issue.