Tampa Bay Rape Victim Arrested
I must admit, I was quite furious at the articles and blogs that I read today. Earlier this afternoon, I was venturing through the blogosphere when I saw an article from the Feministing blog site. It was about a woman who went to the police to report being raped and when the police began to file the report, they discovered that the woman had an outstanding warrant for arrest from 4 years ago. Infuriatingly, the police sent her to prison for this warrant. The worst part of this entire situation is that when this woman arrived at the jail, the jail nurse refused to give her a second dose of emergency contraception perscribed for her as a part of a rape examination because of her religious beliefs. Are you serious?! I was so angry after reading this, I decided to read something else, and I turned to Bitch Ph.D.. Much to my surprise, there was another blog on this situation right at the top of the page. After reading what Bitch Ph.D. and Feministing.com had to say about this issue, I am still furious, but I believe that my energy would be better spent e-mailing my furiosity to the city of Tampa on its shitty police decisions. Grrr...