13 yr old Disabled Ga. Girl Gang-Raped by 25 people aged 12-25

[The Straight Story]

The suspects accused of raping and molesting a 13-year-old mentally disabled girl videotaped part of the crime, authorities said.

District Attorney Pat Head would not say what the videotape revealed, but said he did not plan to show it to the grand jury.

Up to 25 males — ages 12 to 25 — raped and molested the girl for 12 hours after luring her off of a bicycle and into an apartment building, police said Wednesday.

Eight suspects have been arrested and warrants were issued for three others sought in the Oct. 13-14 attack, Cobb County police spokesman Dana Pierce said.

Lured, Then Attacked Repeatedly Police said four men leaving a high school football game met the girl on her bicycle and persuaded her to accompany them to an apartment. They raped the girl and then took her to an abandoned apartment in the same complex, where as many as 20 males attacked her, police said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95129&page=1#.UXwEH0r4KSp

[Beaverhausen]

1. 25 people?

first off, no, not 25 people, 25 males. But to call them people is not quite correct.

thanks for this happy story to start my saturday.

[pnwmom]

30. I had the same reaction. Why imply some of the attackers were female? n/t

[whttevrr]

39. This is just insane...

What kind of males do this kind of thing?

WoW...

just...

wow...

This hurts. As a male this hurts me inside somewhere that I don't normally know exists, except when I see stories like this.

Or This: http://jezebel.com/5964064/lawyer-says-11+year+old-gang-rape-victim-was-a-spider-luring-men-into-web

Or the India stories...

Or any of these horrid stories all over.

What The Fuck?

[Ilsa]

46. 25 men. And sometimes newspeople offensively

Call them "gentlemen" when a crime is alleged.

[Dorian Gray]

67. No kidding

this is horrifying.

[mikeysnot]

2. wtf

the end of western civilization as we know it.

[redwitch]

3. Unspeakable horror.

How do you fix people that are so broken they could do such a thing? More importantly how do you fix this poor child's life?

I am appalled.

[backscatter712]

4. Time for some pinking-shear castrations.

Make sure the shears are dull and rusty...

[lunatica]

5. That's definitely rape culture.

The only good thing about this rape is she was treated and released which means she wasn't badly hurt physically. But they probably didn't hurt her more because they really thought no one would believe her or that she wouldn't tell. But the next victim might not be that lucky.

How can so many Goddammed rapists find each other?! How does a fucking gang like this get started?! My first thought is that it can only get started in a culture that allows it. A rape culture.

[octothorpe]

10. Who are these people?

Like, I don't think I know a single person who would think this is an okay thing to do. Or maybe they just don't discuss it with non-like-minded people?

[mythology]

41. But how would you know if others think it's okay if you don't talk about it?

I mean I can't imagine going to any of my friends, male or female and saying "hey why don't we go rape/sexually assault somebody?" That's not something you can say "I was just kidding" when they tell you to fuck off. I guess it probably starts with smaller things, but I can't see a bridge that would get me to thinking that would be something my friends would be up for. And I doubt any of my friends would think that I would be okay with them inviting me to such a thing.

Maybe I've just been hanging out with the parts of humanity that don't entirely suck.

I remember being on a high school trip and one of my female classmates got pass out drunk, which she proceeded to do in my bed. Neither myself or the other guy who was my roommate on that trip touched her or talked about doing so. I just can't imagine thinking that's an okay topic to bring up casually. I'm not saying that not raping her makes us heroes, but it does make me wonder what sort of people get together who can openly talk about such things.

[wickerwoman]

51. But, but, but...

only sociopaths rape, not regular guys.

This just happened to be 25 sociopaths living in the same apartment complex.

[arely staircase]

52. they were not "regular" anything

eom

[nomorenomore08]

66. The line between "sociopaths" and "regular people" is not an entirely solid one. Just saying.

nt

[toddaa]

6. Documenting yourself committing a felony

When you videotape yourself committing a felony, you don't really consider it a felony. That's the only explanation, besides blatant stupidity, that I can come up with for this recent trend in self incriminating evidence.

[aikoaiko]

7. Between the video and DNA, I hope this doesn't even go to trial.

For the sake of the girl.

Life is prison for the criminals is generous.

[anneboleyn]

62. this happened 13 years ago

[PotatoChip]

8. The poor girl. Ugh! This is appalling.

Wtf is wrong with people?

Also, I'd like to know if this kind of thing is happening more often than in the past, or are we just hearing about it more?

[Hekate]

54. I think we are just hearing about it more. Really.

The fact that animals like that can record their boasts instead of just elbowing each other in the ribs and chuckling about it later makes it more likely that the rest of us will hear about it. Society is justifiably revolted. But how convenient for prosecutors to be able to point to videos where the perpetrators are identifiable and in process of committing their crimes.

Wtf is that with bringing in 12 y.o. boys? Some kind of initiation? Ugh.

[RainDog]

11. this is evil

what in the hell is wrong with people who can justify doing something like this?

My heart breaks for that girl.

Those who did this should be put in jail for the rest of their lives.

[spanone]

12. words fail me. what the fuck is wrong with people?

[BlueToTheBone]

18. You mean men?

I don't know. Testosterone poisoning?

[Niceguy1]

55. must have been

Lead paint in that complex..
Some here would say.

[MineralMan]

13. Disgusting. That's all I can say.

[NikolaC]

14. Unspeakably Evil

That poor girl. She is going to need a lot of help, therapy and support. I don't know what to say. I hope that she gets the help, support and privacy that she needs to get through this horror.

[L0oniX]

15. Ameddicca Da Giddarate Saatann ...it's not funny anymore!

This is becoming a much more sick, demented and corrupted country than it ever was.

[mercuryblues]

16. according t this male

she deserved it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022753075

[actslikeacarrot]

17. words fail me n/t

[AZ Progressive]

19. I can't believe that men would forget who they were born from, who raised them...

And any other girls/women around them. It's incredibly stupid how guys think that they are separate from women and somehow higher when they wouldn't exist if it wasn't for a woman, nevertheless be the person they are now (if they were raised by their mom.)

Maybe we also need to encourage children to make more friends of the opposite sex, to prevent the sort of mentality in guys where they think about women so foreignly as to not care if they harm girls/women like this. It may be that males see their mother as their mother, not in the same category as other women, and thus the connection is not made, but if they had platonic female friends then they wouldn't feel as separate from the opposite sex and their idea of the opposite sex would be better, enough that chauvanist, misogynistic ideas in the minds of guys are much less likely to happen, thus guys are much less likely to rape and participate in things like this. Just an idea of mine.

[HockeyMom]

20. They don't have mothers?

They don't have sisters? That alone should be ENOUGH to make them think that it could be them who are raped. How would they feel then?

[Voice for Peace]

31. don't mean to excuse rapists but mothers and sisters can be abusive & teach a man the wrong lessons.

[HipChick]

21. Seems strange that it happened in Oct 13th,2012 and we are just hearing about it now

Are there any more links? Is it because they need time to build a case? Anyone know?

[RebelOne]

22. OK, I live in Cherokee County right next door to Cobb County.

Why have I not seen or heard about this on our local news stations?

[Turborama]

24. Because it happened over 7 years ago n/t

[d_b]

27. how about 13 years ago

http://amarillo.com/stories/110300/usn_gang.shtml

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. Looks like they all pled guilty to some charge in the end

MARIETTA, Ga. - The last four of 18 men accused of gang raping a mentally disabled 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty to lesser charges Wednesday.
Jury selection began last week. But all the defendants have now pleaded guilty to statutory rape or child molestation, which carry sentences of seven to 10 years in prison. Rape and sexual exploitation charges were dropped.
"This is not a case of terrible, forceful gang rape," said Cobb County District Attorney Pat Head.
The defendants, most of whom were teenagers at the time, took turns having sex with the girl over 10 hours in an abandoned apartment in 2000. Head said there was evidence of physical force on two or three occasions, and the girl said at least once she wanted to leave.

http://utdailybeacon.com/news/2003/jun/3/four-men-accept-new-charges-in-gang-rape-case/

[Turborama]

32. And just to clarify, that was a Wednesday 10 years ago, not last Wednesay. n/t

[Voice for Peace]

33. "not a case of terrible, forcible gang rape" ? wtf?

just a few young guys having fun over the course of ten hours.

[anneboleyn]

61. yes, they were "having sex" with the girl. Ridiculous.

[Stuart G]

63. It is a scam...........Someone pulled one on ABC News...and the Free Republic bought it...

go to google...

punch in .............Disabled Girl Gang Raped by 25 males...

everyone is correct...it happend in 2000...



guess who else bought it...look at google.......I will not say who....

[Stuart G]

64. ABC News...owned by .....Disney...their employees need a sick day......

How do you suppose this happened?????

[Turborama]

23. This is news from 2006. Why post it as if it's a current event?

This is the date from the link: Jan 7, 2006, 9:54 AM

[Triana]

25. Castration should be the punishment for these guys.

Gee. I wonder if Mr. "You Deserve Rape" ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022754699 ) thinks this 13-year-old disabled girl "deserved" this. Was she dressed like a slut? I doubt it. So how then did this innocent deserve this barbarism? Even if she DID dress like a slut I fail to see how she "deserved" this.

I think Mr. "You Deserve Rape" should be brought to explain his radical Taliban views. Perhaps he ought to be shown the videotapes and be forced to explain to the WORLD how he thinks this girl "deserved" to be assaulted and raped. Because that's what his sign says.

Honestly, until we get NASTY with these bastards, this isn't going to stop.

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, I say (ie: castrate them)

[backscatter712]

35. I suggested pinking shears...

We wouldn't want their wounds to become unraveled...

[Triana]

48. DULL ones.

[backscatter712]

49. And RUSTY! n/t

[still_one]

26. That is something I would support capital punishment for this garbage

[smirkymonkey]

34. I would second that.

This is absolutely revolting.

[appleannie1]

28. They will probably say she did not say "no" and did not fight them and get off. They are scum.

[cali]

36. Just saw this posted over in freeperville.

[pediatricmedic]

37. I imagine they are lining up to shoot the rapists or something, standard freeper response

We need to change the system that turns men into these kinds of animals. If we don't, then it will continue to happen over and over.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

44. Kinda

This country is shot to hell. It will never recover. Never.
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Jamon, Taurean. . . . Yep.
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“Jamon, Taurean. . . . Yep.”
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[Initech]

38. What the fucking fuck.

[SammyWinstonJack]

40. people?

Wtf?

[Comrade Grumpy]

42. This is sort of dishonest, given that this happened 13 year ago...

...and everyone has been convicted or pleaded guilty.

[yodermon]

43. a certain john grisham book comes to mind.n/t

[Auntie Bush]

45. 13...that's my granddaughter's age! I just can't imagine!

And I don't want to think about it. Buries head in sand!

[Tx4obama]

47. This happened in November 2000

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/110200/nne_1102000010.shtml

http://amarillo.com/stories/110300/usn_gang.shtml

[Paulie]

50. The source link from the OP says

Disabled Ga. Girl Gang-Raped
By Barnini Chakraborty Jan 7, 2006, 9:54 AM

[Tx4obama]

53. But that is not the original date

I did 'View page info' on the article page: http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95129&page=1#.UXxf-0p0mAa

and it says...

Date 2000-11-02
Last Modified 2006-01-07 06:54:16

[azurnoir]

58. actually the orginal date is 11/02/2000

per the view page info

[DonCoquixote]

56. and their lawyers

will be trying to read over Steubenville to learn exactly how to get their clients off.

[itsrobert]

57. I don't understand the point of bringing up an old news story

Why?

[itsrobert]

59. 8 DU Recs and 7 tweets for a story that is 13 years old

The system is broke.

[anneboleyn]

60. Yes, this is a thirteen year-old story. Why is this posted as though it is new?

The op should update to explain that this story is over a decade old; then the op should report the actual outcome of the case. If we wanted to talk about the case after that -- knowing when it happened and what actually happened to the perps -- that would be more helpful I think.

[Stuart G]

65. It was at ABC News, Free Republic and Democratic Underground...

It seems it was not reported as new...at ABC News.
.........but at Free Republic new.. it was.
......and here it was...that is all I know..

[Shankapotomus]

68. DU is going to become a place of misinformation

if people post news articles from 13 years ago with no date. People are spreading this article like it happened today. That doesn't change the horrific nature of the crime but are we so desperate to express indignation that we need to look back 13 years ago to retrieve it? There's plenty of things going on right now, including the horrors of patriarchy, from which to select.

If we want to revisit and have a discussion on an older news story, by all means, let's do so. But, 1.) at least let everyone know the age of the story so they don't repost it everywhere like it's current news and, 2.) once it's been determined to be an old story, at least someone step in and edit the thread to reflect that.