Pennsylvania woman blamed for her own rape in state response to lawsuit

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/24/justice/woman-blamed-for-her-rape/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

(CNN) -- The Pennsylvania attorney general's office is blaming a former state prison clerk for her own rape, in response to a federal lawsuit the woman filed.

The 24-year-old typist was working at the state prison at Rockview in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, when she was attacked in 2013. She was choked unconscious and raped for 27 minutes by inmate Omar Best, who had been convicted three times previously of sex-related crimes, and then been transferred from a different state prison for assaulting a female assistant there.

"Despite this knowledge, defendants ... still allowed Omar Best to have unsupervised access to the offices of female employees," according to the lawsuit, which also blames the state for the rape.

In fact, the lawsuit says that the prison superintendent actually moved the clerk offices from a secure floor where there was no inmate contact to a location that was on a cell block.

"There were no locked doors between the offices and cell blocks, including Block C where (the victim) worked, except for the copy room," the lawsuit states.

Even though Best was convicted of the rape in May and a review of the prison found multiple failings and led to the superintendent's removal, a senior deputy attorney general wrote that the woman "acted in a manner which in whole or in part contributed to the events" in his response to her lawsuit.

[Jacque67 7,328]

How did she act??

On first appearances it seems the superintendent is to blame rather than the clerk.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Unbelievable!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

How did she act??

On first appearances it seems the superintendent is to blame rather than the clerk.

It doesn't say, but that's cold. A woman doesn't act like she wants to be raped.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I hope this is a joke???

More like a troll. New account. Just created. Just for his response.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[Jacque67 7,328]

It doesn't say, but that's cold. A woman doesn't act like she wants to be raped.

I agree. Just wondered how the lawyers would play it in their game for fame.

[Andreja 3]

Does Islam require women to cover themselves?

Yes. The reason is that a covering of cloth is supposed to keep the sexual appetites of passing men at bay when women travel outside the home. This can actually save a woman's life, since she is usually assumed to bear the responsibility of unlawful sexual encounters.

The Qur'an:

Quran (33:59) - "Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them..."

Quran (24:31) - "And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known." The woman is not only supposed to cover herself, except with relatives, but to look down, so as to avoid making eye-contact with men.

Qur'an (33:55) - "It shall be no crime in them as to their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their woman, or the slaves which their right hands possess, if they speak to them unveiled" A woman is only allowed to present herself unveiled to family and slaves.

From the Hadith:

Bukhari (6:321) - Muhammad is asked whether it is right for a young woman to leave her house without a veil. He replies, "She should cover herself with the veil of her companion."

Bukhari (60:282) - After Muhammad issued the command (Qur'an 24:31) for women to cover themselves, the women responded by tearing up sheets to cover their faces.

Abu Dawud (32:4092) - The Apostle of Allah... said: "O Asma', when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and this, and he pointed to her face and hands" This was according to Aisha.

Abu Dawud (2:641) - The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who has reached puberty unless she wears a veil.

Bukhari (52:250) - [The Prophet said] "It is not permissible for a man to be alone with a woman, and no lady should travel except with a Muhram (i.e. her husband or a person whom she cannot marry in any case for ever; e.g. her father, brother, etc.)." - Neither is a woman allowed to travel by herself.

Additional Notes:

Islamic law (Sharia) requires women to cover themselves. The practical application in modern Muslim countries varies with a combination of individual taste and social expectation. The Taliban actually require full burqas (covering everything, including a mesh for the eyes), while the formerly secular governments of Turkey and Tunisia actually banned headscarves in public buildings (the bans have since been lifted following the Islamist ascension).

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Looks like we have a live one here.

And for the record, you're not a Muslim.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

How pathetic. Wonder whose sock-puppet that is. There are a few candidates that come to mind...

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

How pathetic. Wonder whose sock-puppet that is. There are a few candidates that come to mind...

There's only one I can think of....

[decocker 7,198]

men who can't control their desires won't stop because of a couple extra pieces of fabric. lol. religion is worthless.

the solution is to castrate all boy children upon birth. then the superior female gender can roam freely in nothing but gstrings and pasties, forever and ever. amen.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

men who can't control their desires won't stop because of a couple extra pieces of fabric. lol. religion is worthless.

the solution is to castrate all boy children upon birth. then the superior female gender can roam freely in nothing but gstrings and pasties, forever and ever. amen.

This is why you're hot.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

men who can't control their desires won't stop because of a couple extra pieces of fabric. lol. religion is worthless.

the solution is to castrate all boy children upon birth. then the superior female gender can roam freely in nothing but gstrings and pasties, forever and ever. amen.

Now that's a concept I can get behind!!

Let's just reduce global warming and waste by doing away with the pasties.

Edited September 25, 2014 by DavenRoxy

[decocker 7,198]

This is why you're hot.

i'm ultra american in my luv for the freedoms.

We Muslims can't control themselves. It's in the Koran.

i tell you the answer is Kastration.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Finally, something we can both agree on. At this rate we should end world hunger before the weekend.

There's actually a lot more we agree on. But it's human nature to focus more attention on the differences.