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Topic History of: Victim trawling
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JK2006 |
I think, Jo, it will be police that stop this madness. There are thousands - not hundreds - of decent, honest police officers in all ranks who are appalled by what is going on. They know some people lie or are deluded or are mistaken. They know that in the past, officers were trusted to sniff out the fakes and dismiss them (the vast majority). Instead of wasting time, effort and budgets they were simply sent home with either a rapped knuckle or a sympathetic valium. These will be the human beings who will say - STOP. Just because this provides good media stories and makes politicians look good, we have to stop it. It will happen. |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
I don't understand how the publicity would encourage a genuine victim to come forward if they hadn't before?
Sometimes it is obvious who the complainant is, and I cant think of one recent case where the name of the "victim" hasn't been splashed over twitter etc. |
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Jo |
I think opportunists are effectively sanctioned by being told they're brave and are helping others speak out. It's hard to believe that the police don't see them coming. |
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hedda |
it's very unfair..either anonymity for both or exposure for both.
as we see with prince Andrew now, the claimant has accused others of rape in the past.
That does not mean either claims are true or false but the odds are unfairly stacked against the accused.
The new mantra seems to be also once a person is convicted police advise 'other victims' to come forward, a sure invitation to anyone wishing to make easy money.
How many, say in the Savile matter are people who got an autograph or met him briefly in the street and think "what harm, I may as well say he touched me up and claim some compo" |
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Jo |
If the word goes out from an official source or a source close to officialdom that a particular person is under investigation for a type of crime for which the only evidence is allegations, with hints being provided as to the type of crime he is suspected of, and when it is known that money may be made from those allegations, how can that be interpreted as anything other than a solicitation for false accusations? The fact that someone decides to release a name with hints about the alleged crime is surely an admission that they have nothing to go on and know that they won't get what they need unless they drop the hints to let non-victims know what kind of false accusations to come up with. |
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