great Steubenville rape crew protest pic (

[eShirl]

https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/287595469432029184/photo/1

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I agree; that's a great picture.

The national spotlight is on this little town. Maybe all the attention will help get the facts out...

[hrvatska]

18. A grand jury and a good federal prosecutor is the best way to get all the facts

The town is not going to change just because it's getting some bad publicity. The local people will circle the wagons and the interlocking clique of local officials and small business owners who run things in Steubenville will intimidate any local who might want to make noise about this. What will get the facts out is a federal prosecutor with no local connections who can bring intense pressure on the people involved. Once one person cracks and is willing to testify the rest will fall like dominoes. Once people start testifying because they know they've been implicated by someone else, no one is going to want to find out that they didn't cut a deal when they still had a chance.

[murielm99]

20. You certainly understand how small towns work. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Problem with that is that they can't bring in a federal prosecutor

unless they can establish federal jurisdiction over the crime, and rape is generally a state crime. If the victim was taken across state lines, for example, the feds could get involved. Otherwise the state/local people will have the case - unfortunately.

[yardwork]

39. There seem to be a lot of photos of naked underage girls floating around.

There are photos of seemingly underage girls on one of the football booster's blog. It looks like the photos were taken through peepholes in the high school girl's bathroom. Possession of photos of child pornography is a federal matter. Possession of photos of underage girls being raped - which existed according to the grand jury testimony of witnesses for the prosecution, per newspaper articles - would be a federal matter.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. If that's the case then there might be a federal child porn charge.

And that would confer federal jurisdiction. I hope so! Looks like the locals won't do what they should be doing.

[yardwork]

44. None of the authorities have mentioned this, but the state of Ohio says they are still investigating

They should take a close look at that guy's blog. I'm not going to link it because it contains names and email addresses of underage girls.

[peacebird]

42. The victim was transported across state lines to WVa... She was a minor, I think this also raises it

to Fed jurisdiction....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. There we go! Bring in the feds!

[The Wizard]

50. Civil rights violation

14th Amendment equal protection violation. Jail is looming for the official coverup.

[goblue316]

22. Still the same

I lived in this county my whole life and things have not changed and it has always been corrupt. The sherrif's brother is a drug dealer the other is a bookie. Drugs run rampant in the cities in this county and everyone knows who the drug dealers are and they go left untouched. The old saying was if you want to get away with murder move to Jefferson County and that is still the same. This case will never be prosecuted correctly unless it is taken out of everyone ones hands from this county. The feds need to come in and deal with it. I left this county for a reason and I have no desire to ever go back.

[riverbendviewgal]

46. exactly.

The BCI who came in to investigate another case....his son got a job in the Steubenville police force.....

[awoke_in_2003]

24. It is my hometown...

when it makes the news it's never good.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. I'm so sorry, my dear awoke_in_2003...

Just because you're from there doesn't mean you're responsible...

[awoke_in_2003]

29. Yeah, I know...

the town's claim to fame is a corrupt police force and Traci Lords

[Efilroft Sul]

61. And Dean Martin, which is its one saving grace.

[awoke_in_2003]

69. Yeah, I forgot about Deano. nt

[etherealtruth]

2. Thank you so much for posting this!

There is nothing more to say, but (in addition to "rec"ing this) I wanted to give it a kick

[DLevine]

3. K&R. nt

[niyad]

4. k and r

[tavalon]

5. Nice

Looks to be a guy behind that mask, not that that should matter. All people with a heart are against the rape crew.

[freshwest]

8. +1

[rhett o rick]

15. Everyone should work to end rape. Men especially should make it clear to other men

that rape isnt cool, and clearly isnt acceptable.

I appeal to those men that mistakenly think they are tougher than women, "if you think that you are tougher than women, then you should also think you have a responsibility to protect them." It would be better if you would recognize that women are as tough as men and IMO, in many ways a lot tougher. Men should respect women and respect their right to be free from rape and free from the fear of rape.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. yep. [phone]. n/t

[lunatica]

6. I saw some videos from Occupy Steubenville yesterday

I hope the rape victim and her family get a large dose of healing from knowing the world outside their town cares deeply about what happened to her.

[WillyT]

7. K & R !!!

[historylovr]

9. K & R.

[grantcart]

10. recommended and for other old foggies here is a link to Dubstep

[Voice for Peace]

13. I love this, how beautiful

thanks Grantcart
I appreciate it even though I'm not foggy.

[RVN VET]

16. Coolest Tai Chi form ever!

This is what humans can do when they're not busy raping and killing and hurting one another.

[heaven05]

26. I am

an old foggie. This is truly amazing dance and I love it. Bookmarked the youtube page.

[Iggo]

30. Oh! Like Jamiroquai.

I love that crooked walking shit.

[ReRe]

57. .

[Iggo]

60. .

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. OMG. that is beautiful!

Thankyou grantcart

[RebelOne]

38. Looks like moves Michael Jackson would have made.

It is sort of like his moon walk.

[yardwork]

40. Thanks for posting that, Grantcart.

[Alameda]

45. Nice moves, but what does this have to do with the topic?

[Lordquinton]

49. the sign says "some of us like dubstep"

so it's an explanation.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. K&R for the OP and for that link in post #10. thanks, grantcart. sublime.

[Brickbat]

51. Dubstep is the musical style, not the dance.

Just FYI to the subthread above me here.

[tridim]

52. I liked that way too much. I've seen it before, but not like that.

I thought "dubstep" was a music style.

[JoeyT]

54. I've never heard of pumped up kicks, but the picture on the poster is Skrillex.

This guy:

[countryjake]

59. Puts me in mind of Marcel Marceau on LSD...

Very cool, thanks grantcart! This old fogy appreciates your effort to inform, ha.

Now I'm off to google arrested development.

[Voice for Peace]

11. hahahahaha "We're from the Internet"

ahahahaha ahaha hahahahaha ahahahaha

[ellie]

12. Nice!

[Ohio Joe]

14. Nice! - K&R - nt

[one_voice]

17. I think if we shamed..

rapist the way victims are (at least in some cases attempted) shamed we may see some progress. Protests at every rape trial. Maybe, who knows.

I remember reading a story where a rapist was sentenced to 8 years in prison for raping a 8 year old girl--more than once. It was at the same time that Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison. I know I couldn't be the only one that sees something wrong with that.

K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. god yes...What you said

Everyone knows that without consequences, destructive behavior spirals out of control.

But rape cultures show their concern is for the male perpetrators; the female victims are blamed and shamed.

It's about fucking time Justice got its fucking priorities straight.

[Whisp]

19. K&R

[hootinholler]

23. Fuck I'm old

I just googled DUBSTEP and still have no real clue WTF it is.

[arcane1]

27. You're not missing anything

It's crappy electronic music, with the distinct innovation of being slightly slower than normal crappy electronic music

[libodem]

28. See

That's why we need an Arcane, to provide arcane meanings.

[bettyellen]

37. dubstepping kids better get off of your lawn! LOL

[ReRe]

58. .

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. another rec and kick. n/t

[DreamGypsy]

33. Great sign. Outstanding message. Except ...

... it could be construed as saying there is someone 'from' the internet who DOESN'T love Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

[PeaceNikki]

35. Another

[Tuesday Afternoon]

48. amen to this one. thanks, PeaceNikki for posting it.

[Dreamer Tatum]

53. I pray that one day anti-rape activists won't have to wear masks

[Norrin Radd]

55. Anonymous initially used the VFV Guy Fawkes mask to avoid reprisals

from Scientology, but now the mask is recognized and utilized as a method to keep the focus on the message instead of the identity and ego of the individual protestor.

[Dreamer Tatum]

64. Don't worry, I'll leave quietly.

Have a nice day.

[CreekDog]

67. you'll be back

you dislike us too much to stay away.

why else would you come back on the day of the Newtown massacre to defend guns and then raise concern about the Ohio rapes.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

66. .

[Starry Messenger]

68. And Dreamer Tatum is your real name?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

65. K&R!