RAPE! Teen Sexually Assaulted at Library

The Brooklyn Paper ^ | May 10, 2008 | Gersh Kuntzman

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Two men raped a mentally retarded teenager in the bathroom at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central branch on Grand Army Plaza on April 14, cops said.

According to police, the victim, who suffers from Down Syndrome and cannot communicate verbally, did not indicate to her family that something had happened to her, but her relatives figured out that she was in pain and took her to the hospital.

Once there, doctors discovered trauma and other evidence that she had been sexually assaulted, cops said.

A spokeswoman for the library said it was unaware of the incident. She said the library had not been contacted by the police.

[B-Chan]

Two men raped a mentally retarded teenager in the bathroom at the Brooklyn Public Library

Hell isn't hot enough for these two. God help us all.

[B-Chan]

You should see the central Dallas Public Library. It’s like a refugee camp for crazy street people. And it’s so convenient — right across the street from Dallas City Hall where they all sleep and beg.

As I understand it, it is illegal to ban street people from public libraries. Some sort of civil rights thing, I guess...

[Chickensoup]

This is what happens when we give “rights” to the most vunerable. They are taken out of protected havens and expected to manage with social workers checking in.

This kind of thing happens almost daily, it doesnt get a lot of press. The MR and mentally ill take a lot of abuse.

[TheGunny]

with the emphisis on privacy at the publik libary Im surprised this kind of thing doesnt happen more often.

[AppyPappy]

I know one town that fixed the problem by moving the library.

When we complained about the library being used for a flophouse, one of the politicians responded “Where should they go then?”. One of our guys responded “How about here in City Hall?”. They hated that idea.

[plan2succeed.org]

Here's an 8 year old attacked when the grandma was watching the 2 and the 3 year old -- the parents were both at work at the time. It devastated her entire family. It was so bad the family, Chinese immigrants, now need help:

Support the "Support Fund": Please Donate to an 8 Year Old Girl Attacked in a Public Library

The facts in this case are really egregious. And it can be laid at the feet of the ALA as the library would have had filters but for the ALA's actions even after the ALA lost in US v. ALA.

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[plan2succeed.org]

I think you are right. Such a case (Kreimer v. Morristown) went to the US Supreme Court. I know a librarian involved in that case who got shafted by the American Library Association.

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[Balding_Eagle]

You’re right. I stepped over the line.

[najida]

I’m confused too....
You have an MR teen who can’t communicate well being left alone in the library? She shouldnt’ be left alone anywhere-— where was her family? Her guardian etc?

If her communication skills were so poor, what was she doing at the library unassisted? And yes, how can they tell when or where the event happened if she apparently was alone for such a large part of the day?

[aimhigh]

Libraries are funded by taxpayer money and private donations. They should be answerable to the people who contribute instead of telling people where to get off.

Libraries are one of our first bastions of socialism. As such, we end up serving them.

[Tennessee Nana]

That’s awful

Did nt anyone miss her and wonder where she had got to ???

[plan2succeed.org]

You are right. But I don’t know all the facts yet, so I don’t know.