On November 21, 2013
Freshmen Logan Beaschler, Joseph Bomgardner and Colin Warren students at San
Jose State University,were arrested and charged with a hate crime and
battery. They tortured a black student who shared a dorm room with. For
three months. The three white students hurled racial slurs, put up Nazi imagery
in their dorm room and even went as far as to clamp a U shaped bicycle lock
around his neck. They nicknamed him “three fifths”, referring to person the
colonial-era U.S. government used to count slaves. These three white students
had to learn their behavior from somewhere. Was it at home? I can’t believe
this went on for three months. Why did this black student let these three white
students do this to him for so long? I understand sometimes you have to turn
the other cheek but come on! If you don’t put a stop to a racist they will take
it to a level where your putting your life is in danger. Racism is alive and
growing stronger in this world. For all of you who are in denial and say I’m
not a racist you’re the main ones to worry about. Hey how about this, “Can We
All Just Get Along” we’re all human beings.
In March of this year Deborah
Gratz was caught trying to drug children at Kiddie Academy in Morgan Hill. She
was caught by another employee, crushing up sleeping pills up in the
children’s sippy cups. No children were hurt, she was stopped before they drank
it. Deborah Gratz was sentenced on September 9, 2013 six months in jail and
four years of probation. Are you kidding me! That’s all she got, a slap on the
hand. You get a bigger sentence for harming an animal. The Santa Clara DA’s
office is a joke. Santa Clara County prosecutor Sumerle Davis said "I
wanted her to be granted probation, but also wanted her to do some custody
time," said Davis. "There are parents who might have liked to see
more time, but this is a fair resolution. ... It's very unsettling for parents
to think that they could leave their child in someone's care and then be
betrayed like this." Who knows how long she had been doing this to the
children, before she got caught. If you ask me she should have got the book
thrown at her. So it would deter anyone else from trying to harm our innocent
children.
State governments are releasing early nonviolent offenders and ignoring
minor parole violation to reduce overcrowding and cut their budgets. I
think early release of these nonviolent offenders without having them go
through certain program, treatments, and community supervision will make
the public unsafe. Why? Because say, if you release a drug addict, he or
she will more than likely go back to drugs and this means they will crimes
like burglary, robbery and prostitutions. What good would early releasing
these nonviolent offenders do? when they go back to threatening public
safety. July 28, 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said “I am here to
tell you that the early release of inmates is totally unacceptable,” and
“They should only be let out when they have served their sentences and are
ready to return to society. Period.” California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger later proposed eliminating parole for all offenders not
convicted of violent or sex related crimes, reducing the parole
population by about 70,000. He also wants to move 15,000 petty criminals
from prison to county jail. If he does this then county jails will
experience over crowding, then there’s another problem. This is a problem
everyone should be concerned with.
Last Saturday night a 15-year old girl left early from the Richmond High School homecoming dance, in order to call her father for a ride home. Instead, she let a group of friends and young adults talk her into having alcoholic beverages in a nearby parking lot....after which time she got drunk, and passed out.
However, instead of being helped home in her vulnerable state, the girl was forcibly dragged to a shaded courtyard just blocks from the dance...where she was savagely gang- raped, beaten and robbed of her jewelry.
Ten or more teenage and older boys, participated in these horrific crimes, some of them joining into the act LONG after it had begun. Even worse, the ordeal lasted almost two-and-a half HOURS, after which time ONE person called 911...FINALLY! (Among the many passers-by and onlookers near the scene) Why no one stepped in or called for help sooner...remains a puzzling mystery.
To some degree of relief, the victim was released from the hospital yesterday, while five suspects were caught, and are being charged with crimes that could send them to prison for life. Four of them are teenagers being charged as adults, and, Richmond Police plan on making more arrests as new leads trickle in..
They've spent the past four days interviewing students and young adults who's accounts have helped lead to a few of the current arrests. A 20,000 reward is even being offered for information leading to criminal convictions in the case.
Recovering from tragedy will be difficult--for the young girl, for her school, and for the community. As the victim rested at home, Richmond High School rallied back with a large gathering of concerned students, teachers and community leaders...each speaking out loudly to protect and defend their reputations.
Teachers talked about ending our society's trend toward de-humanizing women, especially the current attitudes some men fashion toward them, specifically on TV and in music industry.
Community leaders also reminded us that gang rape and other despicable crimes are not just problems in Richmond, or other cities with low income and high crime rates. These problems occur everywhere!
Richmond High School students agree, saying they are proud of themselves, and claiming they aren't animals or savages....but responsible, respectable individuals who care about making positive changes to improve their common future. The school's impressively solid state testing scores bare this out.
The West Contra Costa school board sub-committee has also called for increased security and cameras, both in, and around local high schools. In addition, nearby communities have offered to form neighborhood watch programs and other increased crime awareness methods.
Let's just hope that all who were criminally involved in these crimes will be justly prosecuted....while the victim, her school, and her community, continue to heal and learn from this horrid gang-rape, in order to to prevent it from ever happening again!
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