Thursday, April 16, 2009

An Impromptu Protest

So much is in the news lately about protests, I want to share with you a protest that happened today, spur of the moment, in Jönköping, Sweden.
Earlier today there was a pre-trial, a hearing to see if there was sufficient evidence to bring charges of rape against a 42 yr old man accused of raping a 15 year old girl. The girl had given an oral testimony explaining what happened and named the man in question as the rapist. The sad part of this story is that she committed suicide before this court hearing. There was no one to testify against the man and so there was no case. It was dismissed. Her girlfriends from school waited outside the courthouse, they would not leave, more people came, the newspaper updated the story at least three times today and even put up a map to find the courthouse, there was 200, 250, 500 people there before the day was over. People left school and work, they came and let that fellow know they would not forget so easy. The 42yr old is also suspected of the rape of a 17yr old girl. Hint: use google translate if you want to read more.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article4916517.ab

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