Demian April 9, 2015 Share April 9, 2015 Favorite onscreen tweet from The Fake Today Show: @loveprideandjoy "Hudson U is a wretched hive of scum and villainy" Hee! 4 Link to comment
FozzyBear May 8, 2015 Share May 8, 2015 Theoretically, all rape victims would go to the police because rape is a crime and should be dealt with by the criminal justice system. In practice, because our society has preconceived prejudices about rape - and acquaintance rape in particular - some women don't feel comfortable going to law enforcement officials. They sometimes go to college advisors or other college administrators, and once that happens, colleges and universities are required by Federal mandate to investigate the allegations. It can get pretty messed up, and since there is no presumption of innocence required of college investigators, there have been cases where the alleged rapist has been punished for an allegation which is not supported by actual evidence (or, in at least one high-profile case, all available evidence points to consensual sex, not rape at all). The case upon which this episode was based has been pretty thoroughly debunked and was probably a hoax perpetrated by someone seeking the attention of a friend who had no romantic interest in her. Also, a vast majority of college students don't really have a lot of experience with police, they're in a city they may not know well, and many college campuses are somewhat geographically isolated. This all leads to students reporting crimes of all nature to campus security. It's not that they aren't supposed to go to the police, they just don't. Fair enough, but where it gets FUBARed is when Campus Security doesn't immediatly bring in PD. IMO, CS should notify PD for ALL possible felonies and just hand over the case, but sometimes they try to do an initial investigation first. It's more of a school by school policy than anything having to do with actual US law. 1 Link to comment
wanderingstar April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 On 4/2/2015 at 2:34 PM, gesundheit said: They could have told virtually the exact same story with actual nuance. Oh well. I feel like this could be a tagline for this entire show. 3 Link to comment
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