Shocking tape of Ohio teens bragging about gang rape

http://www.glennbeck.com ^ | january 4, 2012

[lowbridge]

On radio today, Glenn reacted to the shocking video of some Ohio teens who taped themselves joking about gang raping a young female classmate. It’s another sad illustration of how morally depraved society is truly becoming. Glenn talks about the problem and how to solve it on radio today.

TheBlaze explained:

Last month, the New York Times published a detailed report on an alleged gang rape in the small Ohio football town of Steubenville. Two Steubenville football players, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond were arrested on Aug. 22 in connection with the alleged rape, Deadspin previously reported. Months later, exactly what happened that night is still unclear. Few witnesses have come forward to discuss what happened to the unknown girl, who alleges she was assaulted and photographed by athletes from Steubenville High.

In the newly released video, a male, identified by a number of media outlets as former Steubenville High School student and baseball player Michael Nodianos, seems to talk about an instance of rape and other disturbing events surrounding the incident.

“Now, there was a video, viral video and it’s really pretty awful. A viral video that was going around from Steubenville in Ohio. Now, Steubenville, their football team is a ‑‑ this is one of those towns that revolve, it’s like, you know, Friday night lights. It revolves around football. This is not a white issue; this is not a black issue. This is a white‑and‑black issue. This is the best possible story to point out our problems because it was blacks and whites that did it together. So it shows this is a human problem, not a race problem. This is a human problem..”

[GeronL]

just another lifestyle choice.... It’s nature people

//sarc

[Jonty30]

Some people have been conditioned to not see the other person as a person, but to see them as a conduit to meet their wants and desires and needs.

[I Am Not A Mod]

What does your “SPJNK” mean?

[CitizenUSA]

I really can’t understand rape, and gang rape makes even less sense. I wasn’t what you’d call sexually moral when I was a heathen, but I never, ever considered doing anything violent to get sex. Of course, some people say rape has nothing to do with sex.

Now that I’m a believer, I even find the concept of consensual sex with someone who is not my wife to be repugnant, even more so if it’s with someone who has had numerous (especially recent) partners. It would be like having sex with a public toilet.

What I do know is there is no evil...none whatsoever...that man won’t do without God. If you can imagine it, someone somewhere will no doubt do it, and there’s nothing new under the sun.

[livius]

Young people are no longer given any values that will make them feel they have the individual strength or even the right not to go along with the group.

I watched part of this disgusting video and heard all the other boys in the background snickering and urging him on, so clearly this is perfectly acceptable in modern America. (I also think they were probably stoned, judging from their speech, something which is only going to happen more and more now that pot is essentially legal for anyone at any age.)

This was a very depressing view into the minds of the next generation.

[patriotsblood]

Growing up in the 1950s in West Virginia, I remember that rape was a capital crime.

When I was living in southern Chester County, Pa in the 1980s, a local woman was raped. IIRC,when the perp was identified and I believe out on bail, he was visited at night by 2-3 men in hoods and castrated.

[kitkat]

Love your tag line.

[Carriage Hill]

Mail.

[Venturer]

To me this shows the moral breakdown as well as the lowered standards of decency that have appeared in America’s schools since America moved George Wallace out of the door of Alabama University.

[Hepsabeth]

As satisfying as that sounds, it’s a terrible idea. Make rape a capital crime and you may have fewer rapes, but you’ll have more murders. Why would a rapist allow his victim the chance to identify and testify against him? If the punishment for him is the same whether she lives or dies, you’ve given him more reason to kill her than to let her live.

[CitizenUSA]

American in Israel: “I firmly belive that rape should be a Capitol (sic) crime, these boys need an execution.”

I agree. Under certain circumstances, rapists should be executed. However, it would have to be clear cut (the rape evidence, not the execution). I’d hate for someone to be executed for a so-called date rape, where it comes down to the word of the victim alone. Even physical evidence, i.e. DNA and tissue tearing, aren’t absolute proof a rape occurred. I think cases like this where the rapists are gloating on video should be sufficient evidence for the death penalty.

[Jonty30]

It’s not just the gay thing, but having sex with a women just after another guy climaxed in her is just beyond gross.

[Obadiah]

Really! It’s just natural kids are going to do this anyway. The schools just ought to make sure there are enough condoms handed out to kids!

extreme /s

[Jack Black]

The video is of one intoxicated teen saying "she's deader than ..." and "they raped her more than .." with lots of endings like Chuck Norris's jokes. Others are heard laughing along. It seems that some of them have seen what is happening or has happened to the girl. It may be they have just seen the picture.

One guy seems quite upset and says it's not funny. He argues with them. He says what if it's your sister. He says, "she's not dead, she's drunk". This is the person in the video, who is not accused of rape, but was making a lot of jokes about it while obviously drunk.

Michael Nodianos

Here is one of the accused rapists:

Ma'lik Richmond

Here is a pixelated (to protect victim's identity)picture of the victim and the two men accused of raping her.

Ma'liks father comments

The Atlantic magazine has a good detailed piece on the rape here.

[EEGator]

See post 30.

[Jack Black]

Ma'liks father comments here.

"racist ass folks in steubenville ohio tryin to lync my son, but they ****ing with the right one no justice no peace let the revulution begin"

[BunnySlippers]

The two “men” [boys] in jail for this are two black athletes. SShe was white middle class, they were poor.

The original New York Times story was indeed shocking. What they did to this 16 year old. The took her from party to party, defiled her, and photographed the whole thing. She was unconcscious. They dropped her off in front of her house.

She learned of what happen on Twitter and Facebook.

[CitizenUSA]

Hepsabeth: “Why would a rapist allow his victim the chance to identify and testify against him?”

The victim’s testimony alone shouldn’t be enough to trigger the death penalty. People sometimes lie, even about rape.

[Hot Tabasco]

Few witnesses have come forward to discuss what happened to the unknown girl,

I've read several articles on this case and what is even more disturbing is the lack of condemnation by the people in that town...........

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

*rolls eyes*

Sounds like a Black Panther.