I'm losing my faith in humanity...

[Just-Legal]

http://jezebel.com/5114260/

In 2006, Dymond Milburn went outside her home to flip on the breaker. She was promptly confronted by plainclothes cops telling her, "You're a prostitute. You're coming with me." By the way: she was 12.

And it gets much, much worse. According to the Houston Press account of the lawsuit Dymond's family filed against the cops:

Dymond grabbed onto a tree and started screaming, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy." One of the men covered her mouth. Two of the men beat her about the face and throat. As it turned out, the three men were plain-clothed Galveston police officers who had been called to the area regarding three white prostitutes soliciting a white man and a black drug dealer…Three weeks later, according to the lawsuit, police went to Dymond's school, where she was an honor student, and arrested her for assaulting a public servant.

The cops insist they thought Dymond was a prostitute because she was wearing "tight shorts." Well, Dymond spent time in the hospital with throat and eardrum injuries after the incident, and to this day has recurring nightmares. Dymond's case has already gone to court once, and was declared a mistrial recently. She'll be back in court in February. The officers' lawyer says, "The city has investigated the matter and found that the conduct of the police officers was appropriate under the circumstances."

Some detractors of Dymond are likening her case to that of Tawana Brawley, the fifteen-year-old African American woman who, in 1987, claimed that six white men, including some police officers, raped her. Internet commenters claim that Dymond is a liar because she exaggerated her age on some social networking sites. But a blogger called The Agitator stands up for Dymond, saying her complaints are very real. "Here’s what isn’t in dispute: Milburn was wrongly targeted during a prostitution raid," the Agitator says. And furthermore, the blogger explains the reason the case hasn't made major news yet: "The lawsuit was filed in August of an election year. A single instance of police misconduct in Galveston at that time would have quite a few other stories to compete with. As to why the story wasn’t covered in 2006, Vogel tells me the raid took place in a low-income neighborhood. I would guess that after a traumatic experience like that, and after the seemingly retributive arrest, the family was either too frightened to take their story to the media, or couldn’t get anyone to listen when they did."

Links and other stuff in the linked article. I just feel sick. Oh, and by the way 'cause its not clear in the above - they were looking for WHITE hookers. Dymond is BLACK.

 

[tickledkitty]

I bet there's a lot more to it.

 

[cloudy]

I bet there's a lot more to it.

Not really.

Liar's thread here with the original story from Galveston.

 

[tickledkitty]

Not really.

Liar's thread here with the original story from Galveston.

It's the same article, and it's a blog.

 

[Safe_Bet]

I bet there's a lot more to it.

I'm thinking that it is factual. Here is a LINK to the family's civil action for illegal arrest and detention.

 

[tickledkitty]

I'm thinking that it is factual. Here is a LINK to the family's civil action for illegal arrest and detention.

I didn't say it wasn't factual, and I'm quite sure the family is going to take every kind of legal action they can. All I'm saying is, there's got to be more to it.

Anyway, don't want to argue. Have a good day all.

 

[cloudy]

It's the same article, and it's a blog.

a Houston Press blog, not some unknown individual's blog. There's quite a difference.

 

[rgraham666]

Don't sweat it, JL. You have to remember, they don't put people being exceptionally nice to one another in the news. They mostly put in the bad stuff.

Evil sells.

Most people go through the day and not much happens to them. *HUGS*

 

[Guest]

Don't sweat it, JL. You have to remember, they don't put people being exceptionally nice to one another in the news. They mostly put in the bad stuff.

Evil sells.

Most people go through the day and not much happens to them. *HUGS*

Exactly so, Rob.

There are so many wonderful and positive things happening these days.

People are going out of their way to help each other because so many are in need.

You know how schools sometimes raise money and sponsor a family or two at Christmas? The kids at our school got very excited about the prospect this time out.

They collected canned goods, pennies and toys and clothes.

A group delivered 900 pounds of canned goods to Project Doorstep, spent the $227 bucks and used the toys and clothes for the families we adopted.

This year we managed five families, and all of them came from within the school.

We kept their identities secret from the student population to protect their dignity.

No news crews reported on this.

It's happening. It just doesn't make sensational copy.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

So if you're going to despair of humanity, start with journalists (apologies to Liar).

 

[wafflemtl]

So if you're going to despair of humanity, start with journalists (apologies to Liar).

Isn't the editor the one who decide what's get print and what's not ? Or the director or owner ?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Isn't the editor the one who decide what's get print and what's not ? Or the director or owner ?

That went out with manual typewriters. Now the writers just word-process right into the mainframe and onto the page it goes. Sort of like a more respectable version of the internet . . .

 

[wafflemtl]

That went out with manual typewriters. Now the writers just word-process right into the mainframe and onto the page it goes. Sort of like a more respectable version of the internet . . .

LOL..

 

[Just-Legal]

Meh, I think its just this on top of everything else (The JobCentre decided to cut my benefits off because they hadn't recieved my sick note "in time". Hello? Christmas post? WTF am I supposed to do about that?!). Christmas and I don't tend to agree anyway.

I need more fluffy kittens in my life.

 

[Techomancer]

So if you're going to despair of humanity, start with journalists (apologies to Liar).

Reporters aren't people, ask any editor and he'll tell you that.

 

[Liar]

Reporters aren't people, ask any editor and he'll tell you that.

I'm a part time editor and part time reporter.

Working with reporters is like herding cats.

Working with editors is like steering a monorail.

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

Ah me. I'm a journalist, and I don't have carte blanche to write anything I please. Oh, what a world it would be if I did!

 

[wafflemtl]

Ah me. I'm a journalist, and I don't have carte blanche to write anything I please. Oh, what a world it would be if I did!

Ever tried a blog ?