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Former East Longmeadow High School athlete charged with sexually assaulting unconscious.....
masslive.com ^ | August 22, 2016 | Sean Teehan

Posted on 08/24/2016 9:40:31 AM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Former East Longmeadow High School athlete charged with sexually assaulting unconscious classmates sentenced to probation

PALMER — A former East Longmeadow High School star athlete who was charged with sexually assaulting two unconscious classmates received two years probation in a decision out of Palmer District Court last week.

"He can now look forward to a productive life without being burdened with the stigma of having to register as a sex offender," said attorney Thomas Rooke, who defended David Becker, 18, in court. "The goal of this sentence was not to impede this individual from graduating high school and to go onto the next step of his life, which is a college experience."

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KEYWORDS: arth; athlete; homeschool; rape
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Of course he only got probation, jocks are so special. More so than other kids in the school.
1 posted on 08/24/2016 9:40:31 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: metmom

arth ping...

this is why I never dated a jock in college.


2 posted on 08/24/2016 9:41:01 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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He might want to look at Baylor or Vandy. He should fit in with either program. Maybe FSU would be a better fit.


3 posted on 08/24/2016 9:46:27 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Morgana

And why this dad always played the “clean the guns” ploy when teen daughter brought them around to the house...


4 posted on 08/24/2016 9:47:43 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Morgana

He must be a Clinton.


5 posted on 08/24/2016 9:48:32 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Morgana
without being burdened with the stigma of having to register as a sex offender

Even though that's exactly what he is.

6 posted on 08/24/2016 9:49:46 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Morgana

Having gotten away with a double rape in high school, one can expect bad things from him in college. It is also clear that college women should refuse alcoholic beverages at social functions because you cannot trust those who prey on drunken women. This would go a long way to eliminate rapes at colleges.


7 posted on 08/24/2016 9:50:02 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Morgana
"The goal of this sentence was not to impede this individual from graduating high school and to go onto the next step of his life, which is a college experience."

I understand from my reading that having sex upon the bodies of unconscious women is a pretty accepted part of the college experience.

8 posted on 08/24/2016 9:50:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("From the cradle to the grave, man is unteachable." ~ Winston Churchill)
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This would go a long way to eliminate rapes at colleges.

And in high school, and in the lives of non-students of any age. Any woman is much less likely to be raped if she doesn't get drunk, high, or otherwise impaired around men, especially men who are also drunk, high, etc.

9 posted on 08/24/2016 9:58:27 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("From the cradle to the grave, man is unteachable." ~ Winston Churchill)
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To: Da Coyote

More likely a Kennedy.


10 posted on 08/24/2016 10:02:16 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: txrefugee

Reading the story at the link there was no “rape” ...”he allegedly penetrating the two victims with his finger while they were unconscious, according to court documents.”

“When Ingalls reached out to them, the victims told him they had been drinking at the Allen Street home of a classmate whose father was out of town. The party broke up at about 11:30 p.m., when their friend’s 22-year-old sister arrived home and told the teenage revelers to leave.

Becker, the victims and another friend stayed at the house and helped clean. After they finished, one of the victims said, both girls went into an upstairs bedroom -one requiring assistance walking up the stairs-, and Becker later came in to talk, before they all fell asleep in the same bed.”

Maybe some grey areas in this story.


11 posted on 08/24/2016 10:04:41 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: Morgana

Leniency Theories:
His last name must be Clinton;
He’s a son of 0bama;
The athlete is a he/she;
The athlete is a member of the ROP;
Victims were heterosexual, white males;


12 posted on 08/24/2016 10:16:21 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: txrefugee

Young women staying at home with their worldly wise, shotgun-wielding fathers instead of wandering among horny jocks clueless and defenseless would go even farther to eliminate rapes...heck it would practically eliminate them in many areas.

But hey, ‘gender equality’ trumps safety and health dontcha know!


13 posted on 08/24/2016 10:22:31 AM PDT by Laser_Ray
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There’s always the “I’ve got a .45 and a shovel. Nobody will miss you.” from “Clueless”, iirc.


14 posted on 08/24/2016 10:27:09 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Morgana; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

So often I find I have to remind myself that GOD is keeping accounts.

Justice has been so perverted in this country.

15 posted on 08/24/2016 10:33:02 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Tax-chick

This is what happens when two wanton drunk young women try to take you upstairs.
The women had fun. They all slept together. A busy buddy blabbed. The women were embarrassed. Police involved. Parents are furious. The women don’t have the character to say it was consensual.
The guy will be all right. He’s scared straight.
I don’t think any men of good families will take these debutantes down the aisle.
More likely, they’ll be on the pole at a “ballet” at the corner bar.


16 posted on 08/24/2016 10:34:32 AM PDT by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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“I understand from my reading that having sex upon the bodies of unconscious women is a pretty accepted part of the college experience. “

And maybe, just maybe the local morgue.


17 posted on 08/24/2016 11:05:48 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Tax-chick
I understand from my reading that having sex upon the bodies of unconscious women is a pretty accepted part of the college experience.


18 posted on 08/24/2016 11:11:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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The guy will be all right.

I have little doubt. He's learned what he can get away with and will undoubtedly polish his techniques for even greater gratification.

19 posted on 08/24/2016 11:24:56 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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So, the goal was not first, justice. But to let the guy go to college.

It really doesnt seem like govt schools, or courts, or agencies, can really get anything right when it comes to sex, and kids, and sexual,relationships.

Perhaps we need to throw out the entire existing bunch of superiorist educated morons.


20 posted on 08/24/2016 11:46:26 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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