Girl, 14, gang raped while walking home through Sydney park

Guardian ^ | 2/9/14 | Guardian

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Did anyone call the White House to see if any of Obama’s (If I had a son) sons were missing?

[RC one]

Superintendent Gary Merryweather, Blacktown local area commander, said it was a horrendous attack in a quiet residential community.

The incidence of forcible rape has been increasing ever since Australia implemented it's ridiculous gun control laws. This isn't even surprising.

[cynwoody]

They're called "African-Americans" in Australia????

According to this article,

Police have described the alleged offender as of caucasian appearance with black or brown hair, about 178cm in height, of slim build and wearing a white T-shirt and long blue pants.

I think, more likely, the perp worships the Moon God, whose Prophet was a child molester.

[Mark17]

self censorship renders me unable to comment. Feel free to make up your own

Yep, can't say what I really think.

[kiryandil]

So, a bunch of o****s wanted her to “spread the wealth”, eh?

[kiryandil]

why was a 14 year old out by herself at 11 PM? not to blame the victim, but that is a little late for that age.

She wanted to try out her new "Please gang-rape me, Sons of Obama" that she got off of Amazon?

[kiryandil]

I use O****, because that one O**** chick professor said that EVIL conservatives were using the word “Obamacare” exactly as they did the word “N*****”.

[Jack Hammer]

A man of “African appearance.”

But, no, don’t impose immigration quotas, that’s racist.

The White race - worldwide - had better wise up, or they may as well just put a gun to their collective head and pull the trigger.

[naturalman1975]

They're called "African-Americans" in Australia????

Not normally. Unless an accent was heard or there was some other specific indication they were American. Generally the media here would use the term 'African' or 'of African appearance'.

If some versions of the article say 'African-American', that's pretty sloppy reporting - but it happens.

And for the record, the Australian Daily Telegraph (the biggest selling newspaper in Sydney) is completely separate from the British Daily Telegraph - it's just one of those common newspaper names that tends to get used over and over again.

[naturalman1975]

It’s a fairly nice outer suburban area - the type of place people generally feel is pretty safe. She was only about 200 metres from a convent.

On a Saturday night, in an area you feel is safe - plenty of parents here would let a teen walk a short distance between her house and a friend’s house in that type of neighbourhood.

[maddog55]

African appearance???

[Mr. K]

My daughter babysat a neighbor at age 14 once and they let her walk home at 1 AM

I called them the next day and read them the riot act

They begged her to babysit again and drove her both ways from then on. Some people just need a reminder

[Tainan]

"...African-American..."

I am unable to find that descriptor in the linked post.
Can you provide a link to where that phrase is used for this article?

[Tainan]

Yeah...that "African-American" designator you used does not appear in this article either.

[Bikkuri]

yes... I noticed that several years ago here in Japan (A Brit called some blacks from UK Afro-Americans)... I never tried to explain the stupidity of that comment.. don’t think it would have sunken in :p

[Sooth2222]

It looks like they changed it.

The quote, "police were relying on the public to come forward with information about the attack and are hunting six African-American males who allegedly raped the girl " was copied directly from the Telegraph article.

[DaveA37]

“....a man of African appearance”, “six African-Americans”, etc., sounds like a fair assumption that the perps were indeed black. I am curious to know how authorities determined these thugs were “Americans”?

[Izzy Dunne]

Apparently, it's been edited since you saw it. Now what I see is:
The men are all described as being of African appearance and aged in their late teens to early 20s and police say people in the community must know the men responsible.

[Izzy Dunne]

No - that article refers to TWO separate incidents, one with a white perp, and one with several “African Appearance” perps.

[Carriage Hill]

Didn’t the gov’t disarm most/much/all of Australia?

http://www.cuttingedge.org/News/n1329.cfm

http://www.la.org.au/opinion/161212/disarmed-and-wholly-dependent