OT Article: High School Cheerleader Kicked Off Squad for Refusal to Cheer for Her Rapist

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Jul 23, 2010
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/rape-high-school-cheerleader-vows-fight-school-district/story?id=11972052

http://womensrights.change.org/blog...cheer_for_her_rapist#share_source=blog-top_fb

I don't know if anyone has read about this but it made me so angry I had to post about it. Personally I'm horrified and shocked he wasn't expelled from the school, never mind the fact he was allowed to carry on playing basketball for the school! It angers me that certain people get special treatment just because they play for a small highschool sports team... Thoughts? I wanted to post this in the allstar section where more people would read about it but it probably would get moved :(
 
this is disgusting. that boy should be expelled, sent to jail for 15-life and forced to attend mandatory counseling. i can't believe the school would put highschool athletics over the law and the damage of a young girl. what kind of message does that send to the rest of the boys out there? that it's okay to take advantage of someone because they probably won't be punished harshly and that sports are a way to get out of doing the right thing? oh my frikken goodness, i am so tempted to find this school and start a petition.
 
It's cruel that the victim is being punished, like being victimized all over again and yet he walks around a free man doing what he loves (playing ball and hurting girls).
 
It already makes me mad enough that the school district let him get away with that but what REALLY bothers me is that the courts tolerate this! How dare they say she wasn't mistreated by the school? That's ridiculous.
 
Wow. I definitely just signed that petition. That is beyond ridiculous. I am beyond disappointed in the legal system and the way they handle rape and molestation crimes. Also, what kind of school allows this kind of treatment?! ahhhhh
 
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