Thank goodness the "alleged" predator wanted her to call her boyfriend!

Reinforces the fact that rape is not about sex, it is about power and degrading the victim.

Surely it will turn out that this is not his first assault. Thankfully he is caught and hopefully he will pay such a heavy price for this that he will never be a danger to anyone else in the future.

Thankfully, Deonte Smith was there and acted professionally. This is yet another example of how rape is not about sex, but about power. The more people understand this, the more victims can become survivors because they will seek the help they need without the stigma.

There was no polite "asking" involved! That is almost as infuriating as articles that call rape "having sex."

we are told quick thinking by the victim and equating this with same words quick thinking by operator. There is certainly little valid equalization between a hostage victim, under fear of death eventually and rape immediately devising a plan to save herself as she did and the actions of a 911 operator who sitting comfortably and safely on another end of a phone and pretending to be the boyfriend . But then the police and those who work with them constantly work out ego boosting interpretations especially of their own self worth, it allows them like many of us Vietnam combat veterans to avoid reality and support violence, gun rights, and police brutality as justified to protect police over citizens by perceiving their worth to society and the people they are sworn to protect outweighs the value of the everyday citizen and especially poor of color from outside their locale (Walmart shooting of John Crawford) and even poor of color from their area of enforcement (Tamir Rice, Ferguson and too many more to name}.
I would also like to ask people to start using the words poor of color, I think that is the real target, poor blacks and Hispanics, generally recognized as posing no threat to a policeman's life or career when police violate their civil rights.

It is exhausting.

I really admire this guy. You never know, when the phone rings, what's going to be on the other end of the line. At any moment, it could be something beyond what your training has prepared you for. (And even when you've been well trained, when it's *real* you're almost as human and jittery and fallible as anyone else.) To be mentally ready to handle ANYTHING at any time... there aren't words for how much I admire these people.

Remarkable clear-headedness in the midst of a horrible situation!

And the "savvy 911 operator" "kept his wits about him?"
Isn't "keeping one's wits" the bare minimum requirement for a 911 operator? What the hell else was he going to do? "Ma'am, could I speak with your alleged rapist, please?"

The hero here is the would-be victim.

If you are trying to get help to someone as a dispatcher and act at the same time.....

Hopefully the attacker spends a long time away from the ability to do harm.

and maybe his next victim would not be so lucky. death for rapists.