Fri, Jun 18, 2021 12:48 p.m.
14-Year-Old-Girl Commits Suicide after being Gang Raped in Cemetery by Five Youths
Friend #1: No hint about ethnicity of victim or rapists. Really sickening.
Did you happen to glance at some of the other stories posted there? Awful stuff going on.
Friend #2: A horrible story.
I'm glad these guys are reporting this, but I sure wish right-wingers would learn how to write.
The first sentence says she was "allegedly gang raped." Then following sentences refer to "the sexual assault took place..." then, "the suspects filmed themselves assaulting and raping..."
First, there is no reason to say "allegedly" -- especially since the next paragraph says the assault took place. If they really think they need to protect themselves from libel suits from people they didn't name, simply write that "police said she was raped," or "newspaper X reported that..."
Next, she wasn't "filmed." It was videoed.
Next, there is no reason to put "youths" in quotation marks. It looks childish.
Next, instead of saying "the alleged perpetrators," which raises unnecessary doubt, simply say, local authorities arrested two adults and three juveniles, believed to be immigrants from Ghent.
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I suspect the reason "youths" was in quotation marks was to indicate that, like "teens", youths may be a way for the media to avoid saying blacks.
Underage girl. A conspiracy. A cemetery. The girl too was obviously not in a right state of mind to kill herself. They did the girl grave bodily harm. Belgium like most European countries does not have the death penalty but these bad guys must be locked away forever. Doubt it will happen.
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