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Post by tomclen on Jun 12, 2019 10:52:15 GMT -5
Seattle Times reporting that former UW player Cassie Strickland was sexually assaulted by a high-ranking member of the school's athletic department. He was terminated, but the case was 'hushed up.' Full story HERE
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Post by tomclen on Jun 12, 2019 10:54:14 GMT -5
And this quote from Strickland:
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Post by Not Me on Jun 12, 2019 11:01:02 GMT -5
Why I don’t understand is why do people give the power the the universities to be the police, DA, judge, and jury all in one?
There are heinous crimes being committed that are not being reported to the actual police.
Security on campus should be limited to parking tickets and maybe some basic college level infractions (underage drinking, disturbing the peace, etc).
If something bad happened to me on campus, I’m going to the real police. I’m not letting some judiciary panel decide my fate.
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Post by n00b on Jun 12, 2019 11:18:53 GMT -5
I find this paragraph problematic.
The victim should have the power to control how this is handled. She didn't (at the time at least) want a drawn-out, public issue made of this so Strickland was the one who requested it not be reported to the police.
Then the very next sentence claims that universities do this to cover up the situation? It's to protect the victims. If victims know that reporting this act to University officials means that this will end up in the legal system (and in the newspaper), then victims will report less frequently.
This is a horrible situation, but my reading of that article doesn't make me think that Washington did anything wrong. Strickland never filed an actual report and they STILL got rid of the guy. My biggest issue is with sending Strickland to a booze-filled alumni event while she was still an athlete at the University. (Issue with the university sending her, not with her going if invited)
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Post by n00b on Jun 12, 2019 11:19:45 GMT -5
Why I don’t understand is why do people give the power the the universities to be the police, DA, judge, and jury all in one? There are heinous crimes being committed that are not being reported to the actual police. Security on campus should be limited to parking tickets and maybe some basic college level infractions (underage drinking, disturbing the peace, etc). If something bad happened to me on campus, I’m going to the real police. I’m not letting some judiciary panel decide my fate. The power is actually with the victim to decide where this goes. Strickland did not want this to become a thing. Right or wrong, it's her decision.
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Post by n00b on Jun 12, 2019 11:22:23 GMT -5
Why I don’t understand is why do people give the power the the universities to be the police, DA, judge, and jury all in one? There are heinous crimes being committed that are not being reported to the actual police. Security on campus should be limited to parking tickets and maybe some basic college level infractions (underage drinking, disturbing the peace, etc). If something bad happened to me on campus, I’m going to the real police. I’m not letting some judiciary panel decide my fate. You may be surprised to learn just how much influence City Government of many college towns have over their police department. Not sure I'd consider Seattle a "college town".
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Post by bigfan on Jun 12, 2019 11:28:48 GMT -5
Terrible. Who did Roy Shick answer too in the athletic department? Heads are going to roll
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Post by tomclen on Jun 12, 2019 11:32:25 GMT -5
Why I don’t understand is why do people give the power the the universities to be the police, DA, judge, and jury all in one? There are heinous crimes being committed that are not being reported to the actual police. Security on campus should be limited to parking tickets and maybe some basic college level infractions (underage drinking, disturbing the peace, etc). If something bad happened to me on campus, I’m going to the real police. I’m not letting some judiciary panel decide my fate. The power is actually with the victim to decide where this goes. Strickland did not want this to become a thing. Right or wrong, it's her decision. In the United States of America there's really not that much power with many victims of sexual assault.
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Post by volleyguy on Jun 12, 2019 11:32:48 GMT -5
The question, and travesty, is was Shick allowed to resign instead of being formally terminated?
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 12, 2019 11:37:47 GMT -5
Terrible. Who did Roy Shick answer too in the athletic department? Heads are going to roll Wow, he even looks like a turd.
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Post by future on Jun 12, 2019 11:39:16 GMT -5
Thank You Ms. Cassie Strickland for having the courage and strength to come forward.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 12, 2019 11:42:05 GMT -5
I haven't read the article, but more than likely, Strickland wasn't the first prey for this d'bag and possibly not the last. Once they find success in their assault tactic, they will do it again and again until they fine-tune their tactic to become ultra efficient.
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Post by ay2013 on Jun 12, 2019 11:44:29 GMT -5
We support you Cassie!
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Post by volleyguy on Jun 12, 2019 11:47:33 GMT -5
Like many campuses, although not all of them, the University of Washington's police department isn't under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Police Department or the City Council of Seattle. It is it's own fully functional police department with full jurisdiction within the campus boundaries.
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Post by stevehorn on Jun 12, 2019 11:53:07 GMT -5
I find this paragraph problematic. The victim should have the power to control how this is handled. She didn't (at the time at least) want a drawn-out, public issue made of this so Strickland was the one who requested it not be reported to the police. Then the very next sentence claims that universities do this to cover up the situation? It's to protect the victims. If victims know that reporting this act to University officials means that this will end up in the legal system (and in the newspaper), then victims will report less frequently. This is a horrible situation, but my reading of that article doesn't make me think that Washington did anything wrong. Strickland never filed an actual report and they STILL got rid of the guy. My biggest issue is with sending Strickland to a booze-filled alumni event while she was still an athlete at the University. (Issue with the university sending her, not with her going if invited)
I see that you have bought into the narrative that UW most likely hoped would be accepted.
Visualize the likely scene. You have the victim, a traumatized young (barely) adult with no experience handling this type of situation and likely had no advocate for her providing assistance in making decisions. On the other side, you had a team from the university including legal counsel whose primary motive was protecting the reputation of the university and likely providing all of the "advice" to the victim and likely making promises they had no intention of keeping.
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