atownlives - come on now, it was crystal clear from the earlier posts that he was being accused of rape and yet you come on and post 10 different words for "mistake" and say things about "the past being the past". Now you say you know rape is serious and you were just pointing out that the allegations haven't been proven. Maybe you should re-read your original post.
I agree 100% that he should have a right to defend himself. But you are being incredibly naive if you think just because he hasn't been convicted of anything that nothing happened. The US DOJ estimates that only 36% of rapes are reported. In this case there have been 6 reported, just not charged. When the attacker is (was) a member of law enforcement it isn't hard to figure out why they were less likely to pursue charges.
It's disgusting that this supposed newspaper endorsed him without looking into allegations that were given to them before the endorsed him.
ATOWNLIVES ... You call it "bad choices", "incidents", "mistakes", "skeletons in your closet", "secrets", and "things we may not be proud of". You are using these casual words to dismiss RAPE. Call it what it is, don't sugar coat it. And rape is not something where you say "the past is the past" and move on. Especially when it is a serial rapist.
I graduated with Jim. I know his wife. She is a nice girl who has been through a lot. My guess is she has no idea of the extent of these allegations. I feel terrible for what she is probably about to go through, especially with a young child. None of that excuses what happened.
I'm all for people having a chance to defend themselves and Jim will get that chance. From what I understand there are a lot of very similar accusations from people who don't know each other. That will be hard to explain away.
Shame on the vindicator for endorsing this guy when they knew these accusations existed. Shame on Atownlives for trying to explain away rape as a "mistake". You should spend less time spell checking and get your head checked.
Ditzler, Davis in Austintown
atownlives - come on now, it was crystal clear from the earlier posts that he was being accused of rape and yet you come on and post 10 different words for "mistake" and say things about "the past being the past". Now you say you know rape is serious and you were just pointing out that the allegations haven't been proven. Maybe you should re-read your original post.
I agree 100% that he should have a right to defend himself. But you are being incredibly naive if you think just because he hasn't been convicted of anything that nothing happened. The US DOJ estimates that only 36% of rapes are reported. In this case there have been 6 reported, just not charged. When the attacker is (was) a member of law enforcement it isn't hard to figure out why they were less likely to pursue charges.
It's disgusting that this supposed newspaper endorsed him without looking into allegations that were given to them before the endorsed him.
November 5, 2009 at 2:35 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Ditzler, Davis in Austintown
ATOWNLIVES ... You call it "bad choices", "incidents", "mistakes", "skeletons in your closet", "secrets", and "things we may not be proud of". You are using these casual words to dismiss RAPE. Call it what it is, don't sugar coat it. And rape is not something where you say "the past is the past" and move on. Especially when it is a serial rapist.
I graduated with Jim. I know his wife. She is a nice girl who has been through a lot. My guess is she has no idea of the extent of these allegations. I feel terrible for what she is probably about to go through, especially with a young child. None of that excuses what happened.
I'm all for people having a chance to defend themselves and Jim will get that chance. From what I understand there are a lot of very similar accusations from people who don't know each other. That will be hard to explain away.
Shame on the vindicator for endorsing this guy when they knew these accusations existed. Shame on Atownlives for trying to explain away rape as a "mistake". You should spend less time spell checking and get your head checked.
November 5, 2009 at 1:11 p.m. permalink suggest removal