WTF Humanity?

[SoNotHer]

It is far from over. Now that the facade is down, the unraveling begins.

When lights, cameras, and big contracts became part of college football, folks started to get thrown under the crushing wheel - folks like Lizzy Seeburg, a 19 year old freshman who took her own life last year after she filed charges against a Notre Dame football player for a sexual attack.

In the 15 days Seeberg was alive after the attack, she stated that she feared that others would dislike her for accusing a Notre Dame athlete of a sex crime and that she would wear something 'like a scarlet letter' throughout her college career.

And with good reason. One of the football players texted her the morning after, "Don’t do anything you would regret,” and "Messing with notre dame football is a bad idea.” Prosecutors would later dismiss any idea that the text was a threat that rose to the level of criminality and they waited until after Lizzy's death to interview the accused. They spent six days 'looking for the player,' even after the player had taken the field twice in that time in front of thousands of people.

After being mishandled by the police, the university and a school counselor, Seeburg became despondent and self conscious and took her own life. And it was a promising one.

No charges will be brought now against the player, at least in part because Lizzy isn't alive to offer testimony. A sad irony and a sad statement about the victims an causalities of the crushing machine.

Go team.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ll-player.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-lizz...5#.TrwWdfJjO2s
http://www.care2.com/causes/notre-da...ing-raped.html
http://www.newser.com/story/107789/p...rape-case.html


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Originally Posted by purepisces

When I woke up this morning I was relieved to hear that Joe Paterno had been fired and the president of Penn State had resigned (why not fired?). I also would have been ok if they had just been suspended without pay while the investigation was completed, although it doesn’t seem that anyone is contesting the fact that there was a cover up.

What I can’t believe is the public’s reaction. WTF people! Rioting in the streets to support the cover up of a child’s rape? I can’t imagine what that young man must be feeling as he witnesses this. Ignoring a pedophile and rapist to protect a football team’s image? How screwed up are we when football is more important than the safety of our children?

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As usual, only half of the story was being reported. The rioting was because Joe was fired, when the Attorney General said Although his actions were not criminal, because he reported it to his supervisors, he had a MORAL obligation to do more. The students were also protesting at the Presidents house and office, demanding he resign.

There were LIKE (just over looked) demonstrations by students about the cover up. And yes, how screwed up are we, as you said, when a football
program is more important than the safety of our children.

Penn State was the teaching institution that employed Rene' Portland...remember her? A very successful womens basketball coach who was overtly homophobic. The University let that go on too until they had the pants sued off of them and Rene was forced to resign.

The Penn State story is far from over. (very sad)