I'm sure that anyone who has ever been on vacation has either thought or said, "Hey! I'm on VACATION! I'm going to party it up and do what I normally don't do at home!" Even I remember saying that myself on almost every trip I've been on. However, that was BEFORE 2005 when I became involved in the Natalee Holloway disappearance.
I've always been on the lookout, but I think that since sexual assault and rapes are skyrocketing, I'm more aware than ever.
Listen girls...we are not invincible. We imagine ourselves being able to take care of ourselves in bad situations. We even may possess the physical strength to fight. But we cannot control everything that goes on around us. Take note. Think hard, be practicable, be wise...just please don't be stupid.
Lt. Joe Grant from Georgia College & State University Public Safety shared frightening statistics of rape and assault with female high school students from Georgia Military College Prep school Friday afternoon.
Women aged 12 years old to 19 years old are the most victimized group in the United States, and two-thirds of imprisoned sex offenders said their victims were under the age of 18, Grant told the gathered students. “It doesn’t matter whether you live in Milledgeville or in Los Angeles or New York, it’s happening everywhere in the country,” Grant said.
Grant’s presentation is part of the college’s reconstituted Crime Prevention Unit. The prep school invited Grant and Sgt. Brian English with the unit to teach its female students the importance of being alert, GMC Prep Assistant Principal Pam Grant said.
“You can’t open a newspaper or turn on the television without reading about a female who has been abducted or raped, and we felt like our girls needed to be aware that this is a real possibility,” the assistant principal said.
The statistics are scary.
About 61 percent of rape victims were under the age of 18 and 1.9 million women are physically assaulted or raped annually, Grant said.
The 30-minute presentation included many safety tips for young women, such as making eye contact with suspicious people and traveling in groups when going out. “If a man feels he can be identified, he may move on for an easier target,” Grant said.
Grant told the young women to be careful when going outdoors to exercise, and avoid dark or unpopulated areas if running. “We have a lot of people exercising around GCSU, and that’s why you’ll see our patrol cars all around the area,”
“Always use your brain. Be very aware of what’s going on around you. Don’t allow yourself to be put into a bad situation,” Grant said.
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I've stumbled to your blog researching a different topic, and I see your wild criticism of Al Sharpton for not discussing missing Black women so you could hear him (as if you monitor all public statements made by Al Sharpton).
I see your host of criticisms of specifically Black men including Minister Farrakhan - both being champions of myriad causes and concerns of the masses of Black people - even though their important work isn't in your area of concentration and knowledge. You venture to critique their positions as if you have in depth awareness and understanding of the needs and concerns of Black people.
It is glaring clear you do not.
Yet, I see no area of your blog that ADVOCATES for causes and concerns that impact the masses of Black people every day. So you scamper over to the box that suits your racial position - and leave the others unchecked.
What is particularly interesting is that you criticize Black men who it appears you aren't fans of in the first place - rather than critiquing White males who administer over cable news stations and who are in a direct position to make change and make missing Black women a national concern. I see no critique of Nancy Grace and others who like you, sprinkle an occasional missing Black woman in here and there so you can appear to look like you care.
You claim to be a proverbial news agency in relation to the abuse and victimization of women. Yet you glaringly neglect to instigate regarding one of the most sickening crimes against a woman in this country in recent memory - that of Megan Williams.
Here is a case that is one of the most profoundly sickening in recent memory. A Black woman raped and literally tortured by not one, not two, not three but several White W. Virginians while they showered her with racist verbal abuse.
Where is your critique of the failure of W. Virginia prosecuturial elements to bring charges against these psychopaths?
Seems to me you are as contradicting as you claim Rev. Al to be.
Here is your chance to discuss racism as if you understand it - as if you're against it, and as if you "GET IT."
And that's because Terry says so.
Terry at terryhowcott.com
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