Cases of sexist aggression are poorly handled by police and judicial authorities
This argument is used in the debate Should the police be abolished?.
This argument is a “pro” argument in the debate Should the police be abolished?.
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“It all began a week ago, with the testimony of a rape victim who chose to lodge a complaint on September 9.
After recounting this story of assault, Anna Toumazoff explains that the victim was questioned by the person in charge of taking her complaint. The latter reportedly denied the absence of consent due to alcohol consumption, and asked her if she had felt pleasure.
Unsurprisingly, after such a deplorable reception, the complaint was eventually dismissed.
An isolated incident? Quite the contrary.
After this testimony, others began to pour in, recounting very similar experiences, with intrusive questions from the officers, but also refusals of complaints.
By relaying them, Anna Toumazoff has become a sounding board for these words, which point to a global problem in the way victims of sexist and sexual violence are received by the police.”
References
Justifications
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Complaints refused even though illegal
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Making victims feel guilty for spurious reasons
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Complacency towards the aggressor
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Violences pepétrées durant les dépôts de plaintes
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Numerous dismissals
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Ridiculously low sentences for sexist assaults
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Numerous feminicides due to failure to deal with complaints
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Police officers convicted of assaults are still on the beat
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Laws poorly enforced due to lack of funding and training of those involved
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Feminist activists suffer police violence
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Sexist attackers acquitted despite overwhelming evidence
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Many denials of justice are gender-based
Objections
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Men, too, can have their complaints turned down