Comments on: Killing with Impunity http://rustwire.com/2009/11/04/killing-with-impunity/ News from the Rustbelt Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Angie http://rustwire.com/2009/11/04/killing-with-impunity/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Angie Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:48 +0000 http://rustwire.com/?p=2605#comment-912 Also, Sean, it reminds me of Juarez, Mexico, where more than 400 women have disappeared in the last ten years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez I think one of our failings in this case is not taking rape seriously enough as a crime. Sowell did 15 years, which but our legal standards is about right. I was just reading however, that Cavs player Delonte West faces 18 years on gun charges. 18 years for possessing guns; 15 years for rape. Is that justice? Too many police officers and judges fail to treat rape claims with the seriousness they deserve. I honestly think this is because we live in a patriarchal society and there is a tendency to treat claims of rape with suspicion instead of swift action. Also, Sean, it reminds me of Juarez, Mexico, where more than 400 women have disappeared in the last ten years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez

I think one of our failings in this case is not taking rape seriously enough as a crime. Sowell did 15 years, which but our legal standards is about right. I was just reading however, that Cavs player Delonte West faces 18 years on gun charges.

18 years for possessing guns; 15 years for rape.
Is that justice?

Too many police officers and judges fail to treat rape claims with the seriousness they deserve. I honestly think this is because we live in a patriarchal society and there is a tendency to treat claims of rape with suspicion instead of swift action.

]]> By: Angie http://rustwire.com/2009/11/04/killing-with-impunity/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Angie Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:28 +0000 http://rustwire.com/?p=2605#comment-911 Well I don't think you need to be scared. Sowell preyed on low-income black women, many with substance abuse histories and criminal records, so the most marginalized members of society. The thing about this case is, it's hard to imagine it happening in Bay Village or Beachwood, or even Shaker Square. The sad circumstances of the neighborhood and the relative powerlessness of his victims were his cover. I was thinking about this this morning, and if I disappeared, my friends and family would probably be on alert within a few hours. In 12 hours people would be combing the neighborhoods. Where was these women's safety net? As a society, we failed them. Well I don’t think you need to be scared. Sowell preyed on low-income black women, many with substance abuse histories and criminal records, so the most marginalized members of society.

The thing about this case is, it’s hard to imagine it happening in Bay Village or Beachwood, or even Shaker Square. The sad circumstances of the neighborhood and the relative powerlessness of his victims were his cover.

I was thinking about this this morning, and if I disappeared, my friends and family would probably be on alert within a few hours. In 12 hours people would be combing the neighborhoods.

Where was these women’s safety net? As a society, we failed them.

]]> By: HHF3 http://rustwire.com/2009/11/04/killing-with-impunity/comment-page-1/#comment-907 HHF3 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:49:49 +0000 http://rustwire.com/?p=2605#comment-907 Have you read any of the articles from other newspapers like NYTimes and the LA Times? My friend called me to tell me she had seen this on TV... in Sacremento. A classmate who works at the PeeDee was telling me they'd had a Danish television station call them. It's really scary to think Sowell lived just about a mile from me. :( Have you read any of the articles from other newspapers like NYTimes and the LA Times? My friend called me to tell me she had seen this on TV… in Sacremento. A classmate who works at the PeeDee was telling me they’d had a Danish television station call them.

It’s really scary to think Sowell lived just about a mile from me. :(

]]> By: Sean Posey http://rustwire.com/2009/11/04/killing-with-impunity/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Sean Posey Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:28:37 +0000 http://rustwire.com/?p=2605#comment-906 "It’s clear that in this case a bad man was able to take advantage of the chaos resulting from the foreclosure crisis and extreme poverty that is plaguing Cleveland." The exact same thing is happening in the Youngstown area (minus the murders.) There have been a series of rapes in this area where both women and young girls have been abducted off the street--two were on their way to or from school--and raped in abandoned buildings. It's a serious problem that endangers the safety of both women and young girls in this area. Perhaps the only real answer is the increase of neighborhood block watches. Without constant vigilance it seems that this kind of thing will continue. It's clear that this is beyond the scope of the police department, especially in economically compromised areas where there is a variety of crime taking place. “It’s clear that in this case a bad man was able to take advantage of the chaos resulting from the foreclosure crisis and extreme poverty that is plaguing Cleveland.”

The exact same thing is happening in the Youngstown area (minus the murders.) There have been a series of rapes in this area where both women and young girls have been abducted off the street–two were on their way to or from school–and raped in abandoned buildings. It’s a serious problem that endangers the safety of both women and young girls in this area. Perhaps the only real answer is the increase of neighborhood block watches. Without constant vigilance it seems that this kind of thing will continue. It’s clear that this is beyond the scope of the police department, especially in economically compromised areas where there is a variety of crime taking place.

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