The picnic area in the courtyard at Richmond High School in Richmond,Calif.where police say a 15-year-old girl was brutally gang raped. (cnnnews.com)
As I was skimming through the news in cnnnews.com I read an article that shattered me. The article is about a 15 year old girl all dressed up and ready to go to her homecoming dance but getting brutally raped and beaten for 2 1/2 hours in school premises during the homecoming dance. A total of 10 people were involved in the evil act and another 10 people watched with out calling 911.The victim was left abandoned unconscious under a bench. The article focuses on the victims friends speaking out against school officials over safety and how they don't even feel safe in their own school.You can find the article here,
I don't believe any valuable information is missing in this article.I was deeply disturbed after reading this article. They were so many wrongs done, I didn't even know where to start. There was the obvious wrong which was the rape but they were 10 people involved in the rap and beating! How horrible is that?! To make matters even worse there was 10 other people who just watched and didn't even bother to take any action! What has the world turned to?! The people involved in the rape and beating are getting their punishment in jail but I feel that the people that just watched should get some kind of punishment as well. If you watch and just let harm be done, your participating with the crime! I also feel that school officials are at fault here as well for not supervising the school campus and not keeping the school area safe for students. The students in this article mention that they were men outside the dance room area and the school officials did nothing about it. The incident happened in school property for crying out loud!It's obvious the school officials weren't doing their job in keeping the school campus safe. This article is important because it serves as a horrible reminder to school officials to make sure to keep campuses safe to ensure that tragedies as these don't occur to any other innocent students. It also serves as a reminder to speak up! If you see a disaster as this occur and don't do anything about it, you are participating in the evil event. Just think about it, if you were the one getting raped and beaten wouldn't you want someone to speak up for you?
Omg. That is horrible. I don't understand how people can just watch a terrible act being done and not do anything about it either. I also agree that school officials should be blamed for not keeping a tighter security on their campus. Although, what was the young girl doing outside by herself and not inside at the dance ?
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