Rehtaeh Parsons, Teen gang raped, no charges, commits suicide

[AzPistonsGirl]

wow, PW is right: Quote from article states: "Police had not interviewed any of the four accused before yesterday." wow.

I am not handy at posting from news sources, but it is a standalone paragraph, right before "System Broken, Says Father."

 

[matou]

wow, PW is right: Quote from article states: "Police had not interviewed any of the four accused before yesterday." wow.

I am not handy at posting from news sources, but it is a standalone paragraph, right before "System Broken, Says Father."

Wow, now I see it. Unbelievable. WHAT? HOW? WHY? How they dare to threatened to charge anyone with outing these guys when they have not even done any fact checking with the accused at all. Who the hell did they interview in this case???

 

[JeannaT]

Are you actually saying that "popular" girls were so much better behaved than "unpopular" kids? That popular girls are the only ones capable of influencing respectable behavior? Because a girl is a cheerleader, she is automatically so much better than a science lover or a bookworm or a drama student?

No. I'm saying that popular girls are able to make boys behave in groups.

I didn't say anything about "cheerleaders", I said "popular". And I stand by that - popular girls are a BIG influence on the behavior of boys. Boys will behave if popular girls give them feedback that they are out of line.

(BTW, I don't think cheerleaders are the most popular. I think student leader girls are - the captains of the volleyball team, officers of student council, etc.)

 

[Tugela]

Too bad Rehtaeh didn't have the protection that the accused have r.e. not identifying them since they passed on their photos of her! Justice is so twisted.




Blech! I do believe this info has already made it out a while ago anyhow.

Interesting also that persistence in this case finally led to charges and law changes.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/08/09/ns-rehtaeh-parsons-charges.html

Actually, the boys involved were identified long ago in their community.

The legislation won't actually change much in practice. There is a process involved, where it is handled informally followed by a series of steps eventually leading to a charge if the behaviour continues in spite of everything. The thing is that 99.9% of the time the behaviour will stop at the first phase. And to reach the first phase you will still have to negotiate a process, by the end of which the behaviour would be old history in most cases anyway.

So, political window dressing, but it won't really change anything in teenage land.

 

[Tugela]

Wow, now I see it. Unbelievable. WHAT? HOW? WHY? How they dare to threatened to charge anyone with outing these guys when they have not even done any fact checking with the accused at all. Who the hell did they interview in this case???

At the time of the accusations the accused were minors, which means that the police cannot interview without parental consent (and I doubt any parent would allow that under the circumstances). That doesn't mean that they didn't investigate, rather they would have had to talk to the boy's through their lawyers.

 

[Tugela]

Are you actually saying that "popular" girls were so much better behaved than "unpopular" kids? That popular girls are the only ones capable of influencing respectable behavior? Because a girl is a cheerleader, she is automatically so much better than a science lover or a bookworm or a drama student?

Actually the popular kids DO influence behaviour. The other kids respect and admire them, that is why they are popular. With that popularity comes charismatic power that others follow or try to emulate.

The bookworm and drama student are generally regarded with contempt. No matter how wise or upright they might be, they will have absolutely no influence on the behaviour of the student body. In fact, because they are held in contempt, their example will have the opposite effect on general behaviour, since the rest of the kids will not want to be like them, they will want to be like the popular kids.

 

[Tugela]

Another interesting (and probably unintended) consequence of this proposed law is that it could be used to silence Rehtaeh's parents.

Then there are the broader implications: It could also be used be people who are engaged in criminal or dubious behaviour to stop the media from covering them. The law applies not only to the reporter, but the source as well. It would essentially make coverage of criminal behaviour by the media and any sort of whistleblowing illegal. A celebrity does something that embarrasses them? Too bad, no one else can talk about it. The gossip columns/shows on your favorite magazine/TV station will have to keep their lips sealed!

Under this law a site like Websleuths and those who post (for the most part) would be illegal.

This is what happens when you have poorly though out legislation.

I don't think any of this will happen though, because the law almost certainly will not survive a constitutional challenge if it even makes it through the legislature.

 

[PrairieWind]

At the time of the accusations the accused were minors, which means that the police cannot interview without parental consent (and I doubt any parent would allow that under the circumstances). That doesn't mean that they didn't investigate, rather they would have had to talk to the boy's through their lawyers.

Did the police make a request to interview the suspects?

 

[Tugela]

They don't say, but it would be normal investigative procedure, and the investigation appears to have been normal.

 

[matou]

Rehtaeh Parsons' father, Glen Canning, says he has received online death threat and police are investigating.

Canning said he hopes police will uncover who posted a malicious message on his YouTube channel two weeks ago.

“‘I know where you live, I know your face, I know your car, I know your house, I know where you work. And you better shut up, bud, or you're going to be joining your daughter.’ Just stuff like that. It's pretty sad, actually,” said Canning.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/08/22/ns-rehataeh-canning-threat.html

 

[Tugela]

Uh huh. Why would someone send him a death threat? Or is this just another way by someone for keeping Rehtaeh's story in the news?

 

[Karmady]

I still can't get past that these parents named their child Heather spelled backwards. I'm not even kidding. Who does that to a kid?

 

[Donjeta]

Parent's outrage after Facebook features online dating ad with picture of teen who committed suicide in April after months of bullying

The father of the teen who committed suicide after years of bullying said he was 'disgusted' after Facebook featured an ad for online dating which used a picture of his daughter.

The social networking site was forced to apologize and issued a statement late on Tuesday saying the ad featuring Rehtaeh Parsons was a 'gross violation' of the company's policies and has since been removed.

The ad said, 'Find Love in Canada! Meet Canadian girls and women for friendship, dating or relationships'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tures-ad-online-dating-picture-dead-teen.html

 

[Miranda]

One year probation.

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/no-j...&utm_content=rss&utm_campaign=outbraincanada1

 

[newone]

One year probation.

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/no-j...&utm_content=rss&utm_campaign=outbraincanada1

not good enough.....and his name should be published.....time to repeal young offenders act...when assault, or murder involved especially.

the spirit of the young offenders act was ''commendable'' for lesser crimes but for those crimes that are a result of bodily harm -- the public has a right to know MOO