It seems it has become a tradition in false rape cases for police to be unsure whether charges should be filed. You know, they aren't sure if a crime should be punished. Funny, they have no such hesitation for any other serious crime. The following news story is another example:
Police: NU Student's Rape Claim Was False
CHICAGO ― A Northwestern University student's report of being forced off a CTA train and raped on her way back to campus early Tuesday is false, Chicago Police confirmed Tuesday evening.
"It was not bonafide," police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
According to a Northwestern University release, the girl told authorities she boarded a northbound CTA Red Line L train at the Addison station heading back to Evanston about 12:50 a.m. when a man followed her into the train.
The suspect allegedly coerced her to come with him, forcing her off the train at the Jarvis Street station in the Roger's Park neighborhood, the release said. When she tried to escape, she was allegedly forced into an apartment building a half-block away where she was sexually assaulted. She later escaped and notified police.The news release featured on Northwestern's Web site has since been removed. Chicago Police could not confirm whether any charges would be filed against the girl.
Belmont Area detectives are investigating.
Link: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/false.rape.claim.2.1274643.html
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So true. Since when did criminality require anyone to think whether it should be punished? Oh, I know. When the crime is one that a powerful group doesn't want charged.
I can't think of another crime that often seriously hurts another person that is punished so leniently, if at all.
Yes I agree Pierce, not to mention what it does to the families of the falsely accused.
Some won't survive
CBGirl
"The suspect allegedly coerced her to come with him"
WTF!?
First, the story tells us that that her story "was not bonafide", but then goes on as if there was still a man who was "the suspect"
Why does the story detail for the reader an account that never happened, but neglect to mention the woman's reasons for telling it - which would be much for useful to understanding what really happened than are events which never occurred.
They may not have wished to reveal the motivations of the woman, but based on having read numerous accounts of woman out late at night, and coming home in the early morning hours who concoct rape stories, I think it's quite probable that she had a boyfriend who was expecting her arrival, and needed a cover story for her delayed absence.
Going one step further, it also seems likely that this "suspect" was merely the guy she chosen to hook up with. [although it's possible that she concocted the whole thing with the idea of a law suit against the transit authority]
Fortunately, although the published account also leaves out such other pertinent details, it seems as though no innocent men were arrested.
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