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Shame on this community for accusing the 11 year old girl!
And shame on Quannel X for defending this animals!!!!
(CNN) -- The alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl has torn apart a Texas community, with some focusing on the girl and her parents as much as, if not more than, the 18 people accused of sexually assaulting her.
"It is segregating our community," Brenda Myers, the head of the Community and Children's Impact Center in Cleveland, Texas, told HLN's Vinnie Politan on Monday. "There's a lot of anger, a lot of vicious remarks toward the little girl."
This month, police said 13 adults and five juveniles have been arrested related to their investigation of an alleged rape late last year in Cleveland, a community about 50 miles northeast of Houston.
Darrell Broussard, Cleveland's assistant police chief, said that the 18 individuals charged thus far are between 14 and 27 years old.
On Thursday, Quanell X, a community activist, traveled from Houston to help stage a town hall meeting called to address rising concerns -- especially in Cleveland's African-American community -- about the case.
Among other issues, he said that the girl didn't do enough to stop the alleged assailants.
"It was not the young girl that yelled rape. Stop right there -- something is wrong, brothers and sisters," Quanell X said.
And, speaking over yells of support from the crowd, he also questioned the role of the girl's parents.
"Where was the mother? Where was the father?" he said.
Soon after that event, community activist Linda Morales defended the girl.
"This was an 11-year-old child. And no matter what she did, did not do, how she dressed, how she talked, how she acted does not matter," Morales said. "This was a brutal and savage rape."
Myers said that she knows the girl, her siblings and her parents, and the entire family was active in her organization.
"These kids are good kids," she said. "These (the girl and her siblings) were in basketball, honors society, ROTC programs. So I feel the parents were doing something right in their lives."
In addition to her distress for the girl, Myers added she also was "devastated ... that our community and people in our community are saying (this) about an 11-year-old child. It breaks my heart, it really does."
Responding to a question of whether more arrests might be forthcoming, Broussard told CNN that investigators have been alerted to "other possible persons of interest."
Those tried as adults could face 25 years to life in prison if convicted on charges of sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony in Texas, the Cleveland Police Department said in a statement.
(CNN) -- The alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl has torn apart a Texas community, with some focusing on the girl and her parents as much as, if not more than, the 18 people accused of sexually assaulting her.
"It is segregating our community," Brenda Myers, the head of the Community and Children's Impact Center in Cleveland, Texas, told HLN's Vinnie Politan on Monday. "There's a lot of anger, a lot of vicious remarks toward the little girl."
This month, police said 13 adults and five juveniles have been arrested related to their investigation of an alleged rape late last year in Cleveland, a community about 50 miles northeast of Houston.
Darrell Broussard, Cleveland's assistant police chief, said that the 18 individuals charged thus far are between 14 and 27 years old.
On Thursday, Quanell X, a community activist, traveled from Houston to help stage a town hall meeting called to address rising concerns -- especially in Cleveland's African-American community -- about the case.
Among other issues, he said that the girl didn't do enough to stop the alleged assailants.
"It was not the young girl that yelled rape. Stop right there -- something is wrong, brothers and sisters," Quanell X said.
And, speaking over yells of support from the crowd, he also questioned the role of the girl's parents.
"Where was the mother? Where was the father?" he said.
Soon after that event, community activist Linda Morales defended the girl.
"This was an 11-year-old child. And no matter what she did, did not do, how she dressed, how she talked, how she acted does not matter," Morales said. "This was a brutal and savage rape."
Myers said that she knows the girl, her siblings and her parents, and the entire family was active in her organization.
"These kids are good kids," she said. "These (the girl and her siblings) were in basketball, honors society, ROTC programs. So I feel the parents were doing something right in their lives."
In addition to her distress for the girl, Myers added she also was "devastated ... that our community and people in our community are saying (this) about an 11-year-old child. It breaks my heart, it really does."
Responding to a question of whether more arrests might be forthcoming, Broussard told CNN that investigators have been alerted to "other possible persons of interest."
Those tried as adults could face 25 years to life in prison if convicted on charges of sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony in Texas, the Cleveland Police Department said in a statement.
Just to clarify,for 34 years I lived with the guilt and the shame of what I did,my life was a cycle of drug and alcohol abuse,
Through counselling I have learned that these adults overstepped the boundaries and although I was a willing participant I now realise it was still rape,I have no shame or guilt anymore,I was doing what my brother programmed me to do.
Through counselling I have learned that these adults overstepped the boundaries and although I was a willing participant I now realise it was still rape,I have no shame or guilt anymore,I was doing what my brother programmed me to do.
They are the facts,1 in 3 women are sexually abused by the time they are 16.
Mine started when I was 7 by my brother who is 10 years older than me.
As I got older I was looking for something,be it love or attention I'm not sure,I babysat at 14 for a 28 year old woman,she would bring guys home ranging in age from 24 to 50,he was the oldest,they thought it was great to have sex with me so did I,I was getting the attention,they were nice people that loved me and they were very nice to me,it was often group sex,I now believe that she was prostituting me,but at the time I thought they really liked me,and that was all I really wanted "to be liked"
Mine started when I was 7 by my brother who is 10 years older than me.
As I got older I was looking for something,be it love or attention I'm not sure,I babysat at 14 for a 28 year old woman,she would bring guys home ranging in age from 24 to 50,he was the oldest,they thought it was great to have sex with me so did I,I was getting the attention,they were nice people that loved me and they were very nice to me,it was often group sex,I now believe that she was prostituting me,but at the time I thought they really liked me,and that was all I really wanted "to be liked"
Am I getting this right?
Out of the 3 of you (Narla, Teko, Melimeli)... 2 of you have been gang-raped???
WTF is this world coming to...
And to clarify, I'M not making it a race issue, but Quanell X will to try and get his brothers off the hook.
Out of the 3 of you (Narla, Teko, Melimeli)... 2 of you have been gang-raped???
WTF is this world coming to...
And to clarify, I'M not making it a race issue, but Quanell X will to try and get his brothers off the hook.
I was molested and I was raped at 16 and didn't tell anyone, yet the fact remains while I am really protective I do not want my kids to grow up fearing the world. We live in a safe neighborhood and I let my kids play! You are only young once and I do not want them to grow up in the shadow of my pain. I don't send them into anyones house, I alsways know where they are but they do play. I have open dialogue with my kids and I do not find it strange or weird that an 11 year old (6th) grader plays outdoors. The fact that some believe this is weird indicates a huge problem in the US. I live in Oregon and maybe we are a bit safer here I don't know but it is very sad to me as a teacher to think that kids can't play outdoors
My children were with me always,and this is exactly the reason why,I was molested by many adults over the years and I explained to my children why their friends could walk around the neighbouhood and they couldn't,it was my fears for their safety.
I was gang raped when I was 13. I had run away from home with a girlfriend of mine. Afterward I tried to committ suicide by taking every pill I could find in the medicine cabinet at home. I felt so much shame and guilt that I could not face the days. I was guilty because I had put my self in the position to cause the rape to happen and felt shame because I had been tainted. (back when you saved yerself for your one and only hubby).
My reason for saying this is because if this is just now coming to light, what kind of mental duress has this child been living with and has there been absolutely no signs of anything wrong with her. This is what I mean when I say where are the parents. It shows me that this child has no one to turn to, nor has she gotten the mental health she needs to move on with her life. I cannot imagine something so horrific happening to her and she not have anyone she feels she can talk to for how long? Yeah, something is seriously off in this picture. I still wonder where the parents were. I would not leave an 11 year old at a bus stop these days where I could not see her. Way too many pervs out there these days. An 11 year old would be either with me or someone else in charge and not out walking the neighborhood unattended. Not because you cannot trust the child, but because you cannot trust anyone else.
My reason for saying this is because if this is just now coming to light, what kind of mental duress has this child been living with and has there been absolutely no signs of anything wrong with her. This is what I mean when I say where are the parents. It shows me that this child has no one to turn to, nor has she gotten the mental health she needs to move on with her life. I cannot imagine something so horrific happening to her and she not have anyone she feels she can talk to for how long? Yeah, something is seriously off in this picture. I still wonder where the parents were. I would not leave an 11 year old at a bus stop these days where I could not see her. Way too many pervs out there these days. An 11 year old would be either with me or someone else in charge and not out walking the neighborhood unattended. Not because you cannot trust the child, but because you cannot trust anyone else.
I didn't report it when I was molested for 4 years. In fact to this day I still haven't really said anything, that is quite normal for a child
Apparently she didn't report it,but some guys took video of it on their mobile phones and someone with a conscience saw it and reported it.
Race has nothing to do with this at all, and I think there is more to this story than we know. Im curious as to why it took so long for it to be discovered and why its taking so long to get it to court. What is the hold up?
Why does this become a race issue,aren't the laws for everyone,people need to stop seeing colour and see people,this is a child who is 11 years old,I don't care if she is green,purple,orange,white or black what was done to her was an abomination and needs to be treated as such.
Quanell X is a Houstonian that's a self-proclaimed "helper of the downtrodden black'folks" in and around Houston.
He shows up when he knows there's going to be camera's. Basically, he's a smaller less significant version of Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton (insignificant as THEY are, Quanell X is even MORE insignificant).
It's too bad folks like this even have a voice in the black community. Every time something happens, these 3 drag it back down and make it about race, when in reality, the original event had very little to do with the color of people's skin.
I wonder what color the 18 guys are? Hmmmm... let me guess, let me guess, let me guess.
Could it possibly be that they were BLACK and from a poor, downtrodden neighborhood, and could it possibly be that they're going to blame white-people for repressing them, causing them to take out their frustration on an 11 year old?
It's crazy some of the defenses that Quanell X comes up with, but unfortunately, he HAS a voice in the Houston area, and he lends himself the defendants and wins sometimes, based on nothing but garbage.
He shows up when he knows there's going to be camera's. Basically, he's a smaller less significant version of Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton (insignificant as THEY are, Quanell X is even MORE insignificant).
It's too bad folks like this even have a voice in the black community. Every time something happens, these 3 drag it back down and make it about race, when in reality, the original event had very little to do with the color of people's skin.
I wonder what color the 18 guys are? Hmmmm... let me guess, let me guess, let me guess.
Could it possibly be that they were BLACK and from a poor, downtrodden neighborhood, and could it possibly be that they're going to blame white-people for repressing them, causing them to take out their frustration on an 11 year old?
It's crazy some of the defenses that Quanell X comes up with, but unfortunately, he HAS a voice in the Houston area, and he lends himself the defendants and wins sometimes, based on nothing but garbage.
Of course, it was a different day and different time, but I used to walk myself and my sister home from school every single day....younger than the age of 11. My mother was a school teacher and had to work in order to provide for her family. It was relatively safe for her to assume that we were either at school, on our way home after school, or indeed home. The bottom line is, anything could have happened on those walks home..... but it didn't.
I am sure there is a lot more to this story, but the fact of this girl being 11 years old says everything!!!! I don't care what she said, what she did, or what she insinuated.... she is 11 years old and untouchable!!!!! Then to have this many men involved??? One of them, if they had a heart and half a brain would have called the authorities....
And who is this Quanell X? Sounds like another pronunciation of a$$hole to me, and this guy is out of his mind! This may be a bit out of line, but he sounds a little bit like a child molester himself. There was a guy a few years back on a talk show that was a *********. He blamed his actions on his victims..... Quanell X is either an a$$hole or a *********.... or both.
I am sure there is a lot more to this story, but the fact of this girl being 11 years old says everything!!!! I don't care what she said, what she did, or what she insinuated.... she is 11 years old and untouchable!!!!! Then to have this many men involved??? One of them, if they had a heart and half a brain would have called the authorities....
And who is this Quanell X? Sounds like another pronunciation of a$$hole to me, and this guy is out of his mind! This may be a bit out of line, but he sounds a little bit like a child molester himself. There was a guy a few years back on a talk show that was a *********. He blamed his actions on his victims..... Quanell X is either an a$$hole or a *********.... or both.
Shame on Quanell X for even suggesting that it's the fault of the ELEVEN YEAR OLD, or her parents.
Most "normal" human beings would be/will be of the opinion... "Lock them up and throw away the key", if you ask me.
There is no excuse for what they did, whether the ELEVEN YEAR OLD did/said anything to stop them or not.
ELEVEN YEAR OLD... ELEVEN YEAR OLD... ELEVEN YEAR OLD (yelling)
Clear enough for you Mr. Quanell X?!?
ELEVEN YEAR OLD!!!
F*cking idiot.
Most "normal" human beings would be/will be of the opinion... "Lock them up and throw away the key", if you ask me.
There is no excuse for what they did, whether the ELEVEN YEAR OLD did/said anything to stop them or not.
ELEVEN YEAR OLD... ELEVEN YEAR OLD... ELEVEN YEAR OLD (yelling)
Clear enough for you Mr. Quanell X?!?
ELEVEN YEAR OLD!!!
F*cking idiot.
many parent have their 11 year olds come home from school and wait for them to get off work It is completely legal and it could have been that
I agree that the actions of an 11 year old does not excuse the behavior of even one of these males, regardless of age and the ones doing the video are just as bad. With that said, I think its a little ridiculous to chide those asking where were the parents in all this. I ask that as well. Where is your 11 year old girl. Do you know? If not, why not? It is your responsibility to know as a parent. So yes, it is a valid question and just a few days ago we were discussing how a 12 year old killed his parents. Sign of the times? I dont know, do you......
I'm with Narla. No matter what she did or didn't do, there is no possible way it was that childs fault, in any way, shape or form. Shame on all of them whose brains could even twist it that way. I also agree with Narla about the ones under 16. I can see them being influenced in a really negative way by the older ones, but still...
Can you believe this,
I don't care if this girl was lying naked in front of all these men and telling them to have sex with her,they crossed that boundary of dealing with a child and it is RAPE.
They knew how old she was,they knew what they were doing was morally and legally wrong but they chose to do it anyway.How can people make excuses for them,
I might have a bit mor leniency for the ones under 16 but they still should know right from wrong,and still need to be held accountable.
When will adults take responsibility for their own actions
I don't care if this girl was lying naked in front of all these men and telling them to have sex with her,they crossed that boundary of dealing with a child and it is RAPE.
They knew how old she was,they knew what they were doing was morally and legally wrong but they chose to do it anyway.How can people make excuses for them,
I might have a bit mor leniency for the ones under 16 but they still should know right from wrong,and still need to be held accountable.
When will adults take responsibility for their own actions
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