12/29/2008
Vigil Held for SF-Area Gang Rape Victim as Police Continue Manhunt
A vigil was held Saturday night for Richmond's Jane Doe, a woman who was brutally gang-raped by four men in a hate crime in mid-December and left naked on a street in the SF east bay neighborhood.
Here's VIDEO of the event along with some interviews of police and participants.
SF's ABC7 reports on a new version of what occurred:
"A close personal friend of the victim who wants to remain anonymous told ABC7, 'There were four men breaking into a car as she crossed the street. One came up behind her and hit her with a large black flashlight. Then the other men started to take off her clothes.' She says the victim told her the men were surprised when they discovered who they thought was a short-haired young man turned out to be a woman. 'They attacked her thinking she was a man. Only they know why they went ahead and did what they did,' the woman continued. The friend explained that spooked by a passerby, the men then put the victim in her car and brought her to some abandoned apartments on 14th and Burbeck where they raped and beat her. She managed to escape and find a family that took her in and called police. That family is also afraid of being identified."
Police have intensified their search for the assailants, enlisting volunteers who have been flyering the neighborhood in an effort to find leads leading to the arrests.
Previously
Police Offer $10,000 Reward for Assailants in Lesbian Gang Rape [tr]
Lesbian Gang Rape in SF Inspires Outpouring of Support [tr]
Four Sought in Gang Rape of Lesbian in San Francisco's East Bay [tr]
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I hope that at some point this story makes more sense. Why in the world would four men attack what they thought was another man and immediately start taking off his clothes? And then, on discovering it was a woman, rape her? Are they a crew of bisexual rapists?
Information is either being left out or distorted here.
Posted by: Paul R | Dec 29, 2008 4:46:21 PM
No, Paul R., I'm afraid they are the spoor of 30+ years of "victimization" pimping by so-called leaders coupled more recently with the malign influence of hip-hop culture. Why adhere to any semblance of civilized conduct when whitey is to blame for everything.
If the victim was assumed by these cretins to be a small weak male, they viewed him as a "punk" ripe to be gang sodomized, particularly if they noticed a bumper sticker I've read about on the women's car which pegged "him"(actually her) as gay.
Posted by: Contrarian | Dec 29, 2008 9:26:50 PM