This article expands on my blog last week, when a student at Richmond Highschool got beat and raped after leaving her school's homecoming dance. She had been gang raped and beaten for almost two and a half hours and left unconscious under a bench. This article confirms that there have now been seven people arrested for the gang rape. There were as many as 10 people involved in the rape, three unfound, and one has been released for lack of evidence. There were also ten or more people who witnessed this happening; none of them bothered to call 911. The victim's parents are urging those in the community to work to prevent an event like this in the future. "If you need to express your outrage, please channel your anger through positive action," they said.
I'm glad they now have seven arrested for this tragedy. I hope they can find the other three involved because people who commit these types of crimes should not be left unpunished. If they don't face consequences, they will most likely continue to commit similar crimes. I hope police continue to search for the remaining three criminals. I also really hate hearing about the ten people who witnessed this happening and didn't report it. I agree with Olivia (http://oliviarice.blogspot.com/) when she says this crime should be reported immediately no matter how much you like the person commiting the crime or dislike the person being victimized.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/03/california.gang.rape/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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