“Using a sex toy on them” When are we going to start referring to sexual assault of men as what it is?
I mean, it’s sexual assault obviously, but in this case, “using a sex toy on them” provides a bit more context than just generically labeling it as “sexual assault”. Sexual assault could be many different things.
The article also goes on to describe that they put the sex toys in the men’s mouth. I think the “used a sex toy on them” is just more descriptive in this situation, because if they used “sexual assault”, people would not be able to decipher what these POS officers actually did.
I do agree that the media can be terrible about minimizing sexual assault on men, but in this case I think the headline is more descriptive. Also , fuck these racist rapist cops.
“Raped a man with a dildo”
Brings the same point across while accentuating what actually happened.
They raped him. They forcefully penetrated him with a fake penis. That’s rape even according to the current bullshit definition.
I totally agree there. They should make it as graphic and specific as possible to really show how fucked up the situation is and show how terrible the perpetrators are, at least in my opinion.
This & the word “torture” could also mean many things yet they used it as well
I agree with the article only using the word rape to describe that they were threatened to be anally raped. I think calling everything rape dilutes the meaning of the word. Forcefully stuffing a plastic or silicon object in someone’s mouth doesnt quite fit the word. Cops are absolute vile pieces of shit and I’m annoyed I had to read the article to know what the misleading headline was talking about. The comments weren’t helping either.
“Raped with a sex toy” is more descriptive and accurate and almost the same length (shorter even) as “used a sex toy on them.”
He wasn’t raped. He was subjected to enhanced interrogation. Besides, they sprinkled some crack on him so it’s all good.
Because just referring to it as sexual assault, might portray that these cops where gay, and we can’t have none of that.
/s
Yes we can:
Dedmon then threatened to anally rape the two men, but when he moved toward Jenkins’ backside, the deputy stopped when he noticed that Jenkins had defecated on himself, according to the information.
Yeah we all know how masculine the police in the US are. What’s more manly than a bunch of men compensating for their small penises by randomly killing civilians!
“raped” they raped him. Even by americas fucked up definition of rape. Raped him. Why can’t news just say ‘they raped the man’ always with weird innuendos.
The police are rapists. So easy to type. Almost flows off the keys.
<s> Men can’t be raped, haven’t you heard? </s>
Woah woah woah. Let’s not jump to any conclusions about everyone yet. Let’s wait it out until we get all the facts before we say something so profound. Even if they did something of that nature there must be a good reason, they wouldn’t make choices like that without good reasons.
/s I think this is obvious, but just in case
After reading it I feel the rape part is by far not the worst part of what they did. How long were these fucking criminals getting away with this shit. If he hadn’t shot him (reads like he meant for it to not fire the second time he pulled the trigger with his gun in his mouth) then we wouldn’t even know about this and they would still be out there posing as police officers
Your last paragraph is a delight to read, thank you!
It’s almost a haiku. Six, five, six. Explains the flow. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Before reading: “Wow, what a sensationalist headline!”
After reading: “Somehow that headline underplayed it.”
The article doesn’t even mention that the shooting happened during a forced game of Russian roulette.
I don’t tend to make generalizations about a whole department but I seriously question if Rankin county is better off without a sheriff’s department entirely.
What the fuck did I just read…
White supremacist gang shit.
If I saw it in a movie I wouldn’t be able to suspend my disbelief.
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The US is a developing country by many metrics, mostly the ones that have to do with health, education and life expectancy.
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Please note that we declared ourselves a first world country. We’re not and never will be. At best, we’ve always been a backwater former European colony with an ego bigger than our landmass.
I mean… is it wrong to hope these goon fucks get what’s coming to them in prison?
“what’s coming to them in prison” is just another indictment of our broken society.
Yes, it’s wrong. It’s understandable to want retribution, but it doesn’t help improve the situation. We need to be better than that, even when our gut reaction is, “to hope these goon fucks get what’s coming to them in prison?”
“Prison was fine, I didn’t mind prison. Except for the anal rape part. Yah, that part I didn’t enjoy much, that anal rape thing.”
- Norm MacDonald
considering the prison system creates more crime, yes it’s wrong
The sad reality of the name of the newspaper being so true. This is Mississippi today. Not 400 years ago, or 60…today.
on one hand, I wish I wouldn’t have to read those headlines because it depresses me
on the other hands, there’s no point in muting that information, because people should know those things and should be angry
I thought “we should read good news”, and then /r/upliftingnews appeared and it was just a rose-colored glasses thing.
we actually need to hear bad news to make people react.
I want to hear good news when we actually fix things. I don’t want to ignore bad news or to have news mischaracterized as good.
I don’t often advocate for the death penalty, but fuck these pigs. They don’t deserve to live. That or solitary life imprisonment.
Shades of the Abner Louima case.
Oh so normal policing in the US. Got it.
Jesus Christ on a cracker. I thought the headline was bad, and the article made it so much worse. I don’t even have words.
Gut these pigs and let em hang.
Hot damn is this real justice happening in Mississippi! Drain the swamp would be used in the proper context here. Monsters dressed as police officers actually being fired and facing time in prison. It’s a terrible story, but I’m happy to see the long dick of the federal law is swinging down that far south.