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Previously, on this atrocity, at WEJB/NSU:
“Panama City, Florida: Drugged, Raceless Girl is Gang-Raped in Front of Hundreds of Diverse Spring Break Celebrants, None of Whom Intervenes or Call Police, but at Least One Filmed Heinous Crime on His Cellphone for Entertainment Purposes; Crime is Not Discovered for One Month”;
“More on that Panama City Gang Rape: What Big Media Don’t Want You to Know—It’s the Usual Suspects, and Probably the Usual Victim (Suspect Pictures, Video)”;
“Racist Panama City Beach Gang Rape/Hate Crime: Sheriff: ‘Animals’; ‘Within 10 feet from Where This is Happening There are Hundreds, Hundreds of People Standing There Watching, Looking, Seeing, Hearing What is Going on’”; and
“The Panama City Beach Gang-Rape: Why White Girls Must Submit to Being Gang-Raped by Blacks, and White Men Must Submit to being Railroaded into Prison on False Rape Charges.”
Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Third suspect arrested in 'horrific Panama City gang rape attack' that occurred as hundreds of bystanders did nothing to help incapacitated victim
Middle Tennessee State University George Davon Kennedy was arrested and charged with sexual assault Tuesday night
Police claim he was one of the participants in a gang rape that occurred in Panama City, Florida in March
Troy University students Delonte' Martistee, 22, and Ryan Austin Calhoun, 23, were previously charged in the attack
Police in Troy, Alabama, found the video while investigating a shooting which 'shows two men raping unconscious woman on Florida beach'
Authorities say hundreds of people walk past but don't intervene
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com and Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:35 EST, 15 April 2015 | Updated: 16:00 EST, 15 April 2015
A third suspect has been arrested by police as a suspect in a brutal sexual assault that occurred on a Florida beach.
George Davon Kennedy of DeKalb, Georgia, a student at Middle Tennessee State University, was taken in Tuesday night as police believe he is one of the men caught on video raping a woman in Panama City.
He now joins two other men who were arrested late last week.
The brief cellphone clip came to light earlier this week as deputies continued searching for two additional suspects in the March attack in Panama City Beach that was witnessed by hundreds of people who failed to intervene.
Now, only one suspect remains at large.
Authorities previously arrested a pair of students from Alabama's Troy University who were allegedly seen in the video, which was recorded last month.
Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen described the graphic video as the 'most disgusting, sickening thing' he had ever seen likened the scene to 'wild animals preying on a carcass laying in the woods'. He said the sickening footage shows at least three men surrounding an incapacitated woman on a beach chair.
Delonte Martistee, 22, of Bainbridge, Georgia, and Ryan Calhoun, 23, of Mobile, Alabama, were charged with sexual battery for the incident believed to have occurred between March 10 and 12.
Calhoun was released on a $50,000 bond Tuesday, while Martistee remained in Bay County jail.
Impassive: The recording depicts a seemingly normal day at the beach for dozens of bikini-clad spring milling around and chatting about Instagram as a 19-year-old woman was allegedly being raped just steps away
Revelers party next to Panama City Beach gang rape
Sheriff McKeithen said the video of the attack showed hundreds of spring break revelers impassively looking on as the unconscious teenage girl was being raped by a group of men, CBS News reported.
‘People standing, almost rubbing the incapacitated girl,’ the sheriff said. ‘Standing there, more concerned about spilling their beer than they did someone being raped.
McKeithen revealed that so far, his deputies have recovered more than four recordings of the sexual assault, and he believes that are more videos out there.
The sheriff’s office released a short clip showing the crowd they said was present at the time. The recording depicts a seemingly normal day at the beach for dozens of bikini-clad spring breakers goofing off and standing around talking about Instagram.
At one point, a few people cheer, but it’s unclear why.
It is unclear from the video released what bystanders could actually see.
But Sheriff’s spokeswoman Ruth Corley said the video was released ‘to show the crowd that was surrounding the incident and to show people, not only was it a horrible event, but it was witnessed by so many people who did absolutely nothing to stop or call police.’
The alleged victim told deputies she thought she had been drugged before the incident and that she was afraid to report it because she could not remember many details, Panama City News Herald reported.
'She knows something happened, but she doesn't know what happened,' the Bay County sheriff said.
Officials did not release any more information about the two other men wanted in connection with the gang rape, but they said additional arrests are expected.
Crowd of Spring Breakers do nothing as girl is gang-raped
Caught: Last week, Delonte Martistee, 22 (left), and Ryan Calhoun, 23 (right), were arrested for sexual assault and officially suspended from Troy University
Last Friday's charges against college track star Martistee and his classmate Calhoun stem from a video footage that was found on a cell phone during an unconnected investigation into a shooting in Troy, Alabama.
Alerting the Bay County Sheriff's Office, the two departments worked together to identify two suspects and the alleged victim.
In the video, McKeithen said one man is heard in the clip saying, 'she isn't going to know,' before putting his hand inside her bikini bottoms.
The incapacitated young woman is surrounded by several men while seated on a beach chair during the video filmed behind Spinnaker Beach Club.
McKeithen told a press conference: 'This is happening in broad daylight with hundreds of people seeing and hearing what is happening and they are more concerned about spilling their beer than somebody being raped.
'This is such a traumatizing event for this girl. No one should have to fear this would happen in Panama City Beach, but it does.'
The sheriff's office said it has encountered incidents like this before through leads found on social media.
In one video, police said a crowd pours beer on a girl who appears to be incapacitated while a male performs a sexual act on her.
And recently, officers took inventory of the guns and drugs recovered during Spring Break this year which included marijuana, MDMA, cocaine, heroin as well as 49 handguns - which increased from nine last year.
The video allegedly shows hundreds of people gathered around the girl as the men violate her while she lays on a beach chair. The unidentified victim believes she was drugged before the incident. Above, the beach behind Spinnaker is seen on April 12, 2015
This most recent alleged sexual attack and the arrests made on Friday have served as a tipping point for the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
McKeithen touted laws during Spring Break such as banning drinking on the beach and parking lots as well as clubs not being able to allow non-military people under 21 to enter. He said he will fight to have even more strict Spring Break regulations in the coming year.
'This draws the line in the sand for us,' he said. 'It is not safe for our children on the beach... If you condone this behavior, you should be in jail, as far as I'm concerned.'
Following their arrest, Martistee and Calhoun were suspended from Troy University. The 22-year-old student-athlete, who remained in jail Sunday, was also removed from the track and field team.
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