It is quite likely that there have been other victims of this young
perpetrator's violence, who are suffering and without help. I hope we
all include those suffering in silence in our prayers.
The incident reported was horrible and requires our serious
consideration and discussion. We owe that to all victims of violence.
If you compare self report studies with crime statistics, it's clear
that most victims of violence and sexual assaults suffer without help.
Just like the news reports call 48th and Springfield, southwest
Philadelphia, and not university city; the entire system is based on
manipulation and fraud. (Go watch the poor people in tears being turned
away from the DA's office on any day of the week!)
The unequal system refuses to help the vast majority of victims of
violence while blaming them for their lack of private resources and the
communities in which they reside. The often absurd, NIMBY driven
solutions to crime, also requires us to turn our backs on huge
neighborhoods and populations who are victimized by violence daily.
If we are going to stand for real, long term, policies to reduce
violence and crime, we need to confront our own willingness to turn our
backs on the majority of victims and communities. If there are flash
mobs in center city and UCD, don't the people in other neighborhoods
also suffer from violent perpetrators?
I'm not diminishing the pain and trauma of these university city victims
at all, but I'm begging people to open their hearts and minds to the
victims across Philadelphia and the US so we can finally address these
issues honestly. Next time we hear that upscale lights on commercial
corridors or kicking poor people from the park is the answer to crime, I
hope more people stand up and scream "LIARS"
Let's start looking at and discussing our real problems honestly. And
let's keep our neighbors security and needs in our thoughts as much as
we consider our own!
Glenn
PS: Thanks Rick..." As Eldridge Cleaver said we all suffer, and it
wasn't what we wanted, the greed&war machined people wanted us to feel
it as inevitable! WE NEED A FAIR SOCIETY. Meanwhile we all suffer, the
poor suffer the most, and the rich are plagued by indifference and
callousness. Please teach us to be kinder. Please teach us to share.
Please teach us and reach us with safer non-rape and non-repo forms of
sex and power drives for our gratification and fulfillment! Please have
mercy and justice. Help."
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