Alabama turns rape victims into suspects (al.com)

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com
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on June 25, 2017 at 6:30 AM, updated June 25, 2017 at 5:55 PM

Again Alabama protects the powerful. And shame the powerless.

A story appeared on Buzzfeed last week, a powerful piece about a University of Alabama student who told police she was raped by T.J. Bunn Jr., a wealthy and important Tuscaloosa man. She was dismissed and treated badly by Tuscaloosa police, held to a different standard than the man, and she wound up killing herself.

It was tragic. I can't speak to all the facts of the story. It was clearly reported for a long period of time, and made a compelling case that cops in Tuscaloosa are tougher on victims of rape and sexual assault than they are on attackers.

A captain from the multi-agency task force in Tuscaloosa told reporter Katie J.M. Baker, according to the story, that 27 students at UA reported sexual assaults last year. Only two arrests were made. Which is absurd.
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The victim, Megan Rondini, told police she resisted, that she tried to leave, that she turned away when the man kissed her and continued to say she wanted to go home. It wasn't enough. Police said there was nothing they could do because she did not resist more violently.
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