Former Edgewater police officer McKinzie Rees hopes to serve and protect again, but first she must get her name removed from a so-called “bad cops list” maintained by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. It landed there, she said, as retaliation after she reported sexual assaults by a supervising sergeant. That sergeant went on to work … Read more
By Jocelyn Noveck | Associated Press NEW YORK — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me too” from her work with … Read more
Defendants in Colorado sexual assault cases soon will be prohibited from using what a victim was wearing or a victim’s hairstyle as evidence of consent. Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, who is the acting governor this week, signed House Bill 1072 Wednesday afternoon. The bipartisan legislation is aimed at strengthening protections for sex assault victims in … Read more
Preview: Christine Blasey Ford: I was “naïve” about Kavanaugh testimony Christine Blasey Ford: “I was naïve” about consequences of Brett Kavanaugh testimony 00:36 A Louisiana man has been sentenced to decades in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a teenager, according to a news release from the region’s district attorney. Glenn Sullivan … Read more
The feds have arrested an Ohio man who they say participated in the Rwandan genocide by striking men, women and children on the head with a nail-studded club and then hacking them up with a machete The Rwandan genocide took the lives of about 800,000 Tutsis, the ethnic minority of the country, over 100 days … Read more
The girl was under treatment in Shaktinagar Sadar Hospital (Image: Representative/Shutterstock) Police have arrested the 21-year-old accused following a complaint by the victim’s mother. As per BJP leaders, the accused has been identified as Pintu Biswas, son of a local TMC strongman, Arjun Biswas The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the son of a … Read more
The victims, 28-year-old Fernanda and her Spanish husband, 63-year-old Vicente, who was hit several times in the head with a helmet, are now back in Spain. Fernanda and Vicente in Konya, Turkey. Photo: Instagram / @vueltaalmundoenmoto The attack took place while they were camping in Dumka district, an area of hills and exotic forest famed … Read more
A bill to end the statute of limitations for sexual offenses against minors was put forward Sunday at the Knesset’s Constitution and Law Committee and Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality. However, it faces opposition from Justice Minister Yariv Levin. According to the bill, certain sex crimes, such as against minors, … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey needs to take accountability for the conditions leading to the chilling rape of a 15-year-old disabled girl in a state-run migrant shelter. If the Democratic governor can’t keep safe the thousands of migrant families she’s placing in these shelters, she needs to step aside. It’s another sign of the completely irresponsible way … Read more
A Spanish woman who was on a motorbike tour of India was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in the Dumka district of India’s eastern state of Jharkhand. The incident came to light after the woman and her husband put out a video on social media seeking help. The couple was attacked last Friday when they … Read more
