While the friends, families and pastors of the well heeled rape suspects come forward to talk about 'good kids' and 'innocence,' word comes out that one of the rape suspects is also accused of assaulting a gay man.
Collin Finnerty is doing community service - instead of punishment - for his part in a violent gay bashing crime. Collin Finnerty is accused of beating up a gay man while yelling homophobic insults. The rape suspect is one of a gang of three violent homophobes accused of carrying out the assault. After Finnerty's community service is completed, the assault charge is set to be dismissed.
The young man is also enrolled in a diversity program. It may not be working.
Hatred of gays, and women, and blacks, is about what you might expect from a gang of some 46 rich white boys who throw a party and invite two black women to 'entertain' them.
And MSNBC's Tucker Carlson is outraged about the anonymity of the woman who has dared to charge her betters with rape. On his show last night, Tucker Carlson expressed the view that rape victims should be 'outed' because it's not fair! Because the men indicted for rape are having such a hard time, and why should alleged rape victims get off so easy? I'm paraphrasing, but this is the gist of what he had to say, really.
The conservative pundit would like to return to the good old days when women knew better than to complain, when virtually all rape victims kept their mouths shut tight about rape because the shame and the public humiliation were almost as traumatic as the rape.
Yeah, let's 'out' rape victims and give rapists everywhere a free pass. If you're a rapist or any variation of a misogynist, that's a really fucking splendid idea.
WaPo:
Duke Rape Suspects Come From Money
Collin Finnerty of Long Island and Reade Seligmann of New Jersey both come from a world of golf courses and multimillion-dollar homes and were educated at exclusive all-boys Catholic prep schools. Their paths merged after the high school lacrosse stars won admission to Duke University, and continued their athletic and academic careers.
A lacrosse net sits in front of the home of Duke University lacrosse player Collin Finnerty in Garden City, N.Y., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Finnerty is being charged with rape and kidnap of a stripper hired to dance at an off campus party last month.
Defenders quickly came forward at both of their high schools. Finnerty, 19, was described as a good student and athlete who was never in any trouble, while 20-year-old Seligmann was remembered as a kid incapable of committing such a heinous act.
According to court documents, Finnerty was arrested six months ago in Washington, D.C., after an alleged gay-bashing incident. Jeffrey Bloxgom said Finnerty and two of his high school teammates hurled anti-gay insults and punched him repeatedly.
Finnerty entered a diversion program, under which the charges will be dismissed after the completion of 25 hours of community service. Hearings in the case are scheduled for April 25 and Sept. 25, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington.
Smoking Gun has the search warrant and indictment papers.
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