Comments on: Brutal gang rape in Richmond – media ignore the elephant in the room

By: aunursa

aunursa — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:48:08 +0000

A columnist in the Oakland Tribune acknowledged: "Proposition 8's passage had nothing to do with attack on woman".

By: imdw

imdw — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:17:38 +0000

“The only working definition of a Hate Crime is that some liberal doesn’t like what you did”

Sounds like you’ve done a lot of research on this.

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:11:20 +0000

Sean–

But don’t ya know? All Prop 8 supporters are rednecks and Klansmen. OK, Klanspeople. At least this is how the press portrays them, and this is just more of the same.

By: htom

htom — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:22:50 +0000

Someone please connect her to PinkPistols; with four now angry males, and their kin and friends, to deal with, she need more than a restraining order.

By: Sean P

Sean P — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:38:11 +0000

I seems pretty clear that the crime was motivated by animus towards the woman’s orientation, but how in the hell do you tag this on Prop 8 with a straight face? Richmond is in Alameda County, one of the strongest “no” counties in California. And frankly, as of today the hardcore “no” on 8 people are much more worked up over the issue than the hardcore “yes” on 8 people.

By: aphrael

aphrael — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:01:41 +0000

Stuff like this is why most gay people are nervous whenever they’re outside of areas which they assume to be safe.

By: PCD

PCD — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:19:45 +0000

Another undiscussed issue is the whole concept of Hate Crimes. The only working definition of a Hate Crime is that some liberal doesn’t like what you did, but being powerless little schlubs, Liberals want the justice system to pile on for them.

By: Buzz Killington

Buzz Killington — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:55:46 +0000

I always like being reminded that some people deserve more protection by the law than others.

By: Scott Jacobs

Scott Jacobs — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:23:22 +0000

Just give me one of these, and a locked room with these animals...

By: Ira

Ira — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:43:20 +0000

Here’s what struck me about the story. From the linked article:

Some community members question if prosecuting the juveniles as adults is the right action to take.

“It’s a hate motivated crime, so unfortunately it may satisfy an urge for vengeance,” said Jovida Guevara-Ross, executive director of Community United Against Violence, who hopes the prosecution will recognize that the youths allegedly involved in the attack were being led by adults.

“I would hope that prosecutors would look at that there were two adults with them who were leading the attack, from all accounts,” Ross said.

What? Any excuse to go easy on a vile criminal? C’mon. 15 is more than old enough to know that attacking someone is wrong. Battery and rape are not “juvenile” crimes. I am sick of these apologists. Jovida should be in jail with these creeps.