CONFESSED RAPIST javelin kid wins Penn Relays... why is he allowed to compete?

For everyone with a daughter, the best advice to give her is that you should never be in a position where the word “no” and the law are the only things you have to protect yourself. Criminals don’t care about your feelings and they care even less about the law. This kid had a one-time (hopefully) lapse of judgement but the girl is a victim of a violent crime nonetheless.

No, no wrote:

For everyone with a daughter, the best advice to give her is that you should never be in a position where the word “no” and the law are the only things you have to protect yourself. Criminals don’t care about your feelings and they care even less about the law. This kid had a one-time (hopefully) lapse of judgement but the girl is a victim of a violent crime nonetheless.

This is the best advice possible, but the liberal media won't hear of it. Women might need to protect themselves and take precautions to make themselves less vulnerable to attack: For shame! "Men," they say, need to learn not to rape women, ignoring the fact that it is a depraved subset of men who commit these crimes. These people are generally impervious to PR campaigns and #me-too rhetoric.

If I had a daughter, I would insist that she travel with girlfriends or with non-fairy-like gay men and that she not dress too provocatively. I would also enroll her in self-defense classes and arm her with pocket knife and pepper spray. Being a good runner with the ability to outrun your average out of shape adult American male doesn't hurt either.

No, no wrote:

For everyone with a daughter, the best advice to give her is that you should never be in a position where the word “no” and the law are the only things you have to protect yourself. Criminals don’t care about your feelings and they care even less about the law. This kid had a one-time (hopefully) lapse of judgement but the girl is a victim of a violent crime nonetheless.

And how exactly do you do that? Lock them in their room and never let them leave the house without you by their side? And what happens when a criminal breaks in when your at work and rapes her?

Blaming girls for getting raped is the real issue here and with America. Old white men say the girl shouldn’t have put herself in position to get raped. The real problem is men need to teach their sons to respect women. Women shouldn’t have to live in fear of being raped. The problem isn’t the girls, it’s the boys. We need to make rape an death penalty crime. After a couple cases rape will vanish as a crime.

Yes, both things. Boys shouldn’t rape but they do and girls need to know that and limit the exposure they have to being a victim. “No” is not a strategy that works 100% of the time and they should be made aware of that fact. I’m not blaming the victim here, just trying to make less of them.

I'm a young black dude, not an old white man. Of course girls should not be blamed for being raped. But they need to take real precautions given the dangers so prevalent in the world. I don't like the notion that one should wait around for systemic change. Those of us who have actually lived in distressed situations know that you first must defend yourself. This includes avoiding certain obvious dangers and being ready to fight back if confronted.

I'm confused. Why is he not in jail? Isn't rape a criminal offence in the US?

Sssssss wrote:

I'm confused. Why is he not in jail? Isn't rape a criminal offence in the US?

You can't be convicted of something you haven't been charged with. It depends whether the authorities think they have enough to go to trial, and whether they are morally compelled to do so. It would seem to be a real travesty if he isn't brought up on charges, but it wouldn't be the first miscarriage of justice in the history of America.

On a related note, I don't think we should assume that there's an explicit confession to rape in his text message exchanges with the girl. It might be implied, but that would be up for interpretation in a trial. In the excerpts from the text messages that are printed in the article I don't see an actual confession.

...so the OP is suggesting that the officials of the Penn Relay act as the judge of this situation without due process? That's fu&@d up...

MurderDub wrote:

non-fairy-like gay men .

Do you have a large group you know to audition for this role?

So why has it not gone to court.

I've reported this post as he's not been found guilty or even tried for it.

I wouldn't trust any report.

Either way he shouldn't be harassed like this. If found guilty he should be in prison making sport irrelevant

sbeefyk2 wrote:

No, no wrote:

For everyone with a daughter, the best advice to give her is that you should never be in a position where the word “no” and the law are the only things you have to protect yourself. Criminals don’t care about your feelings and they care even less about the law. This kid had a one-time (hopefully) lapse of judgement but the girl is a victim of a violent crime nonetheless.

Blaming girls for getting raped is the real issue here and with America. ...The problem isn’t the girls, it’s the boys. We need to make rape an death penalty crime. After a couple cases rape will vanish as a crime.

Get real.

That's not blaming the victim. It is accepting the fact that there are going to be predators in the world and that the best thing to do is to teach your daughter how to deal with those human animals. Criminals don't care about feelings or morality. Narcissistic sociopaths exist. No amount of ethical training will fix a psycho.

Sssssss wrote:

I'm confused. Why is he not in jail? Isn't rape a criminal offence in the US?

Exactly.

MeThree wrote:

Sssssss wrote:

I'm confused. Why is he not in jail? Isn't rape a criminal offence in the US?

Exactly.

He hasn't been charged or convicted, you c*ck. What about the American justice system don't you understand? I can say I robbed 50 banks in police custody. Doesn't mean I did if there isn't evidence other than me saying I did.

Drake relays javelin champ is not a rapist... Showing obviously why Drake is superior

Yes, because is murder a capital is offense and after a few cases, voila, no more murder.

Magic.

Any updates on this?

First off the charges were dismisissed because it was found that there was no evidence against the kid. Even though the media was late picking up on it, it is a matter of public record. Upon further evidence the District Attorney found out that what was reported that was not what happened so the state dismissed the case. Unfortunately an overzealous detective and the media ruins this young mans life, and his dad obviously did exactly what any lawyer advises a client to do, don’t comment. Second of all he was never kicked off the team, he represented his school in every meet.

http://www.milesplit.com/articles/240474-after-charges-dismissed-tzuriel-pedigo-continues-to-throw