BROCK TURNER, THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY
SWIMMER WHO WAS SENTENCED TO A MEASLY SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR
RAPING A WOMAN BEHIND A DUMPSTER WAS RELEASED ONLY THREE MONTHS
INTO A SENTENCE BASED ON GOOD BEHAVIOR.
AS A RESULT THE PUBLIC
IS OUTRAGED BY HIS SHORT SENTENCE WHICH WAS CUT EVEN
SHORTER, AND ONE PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR AT ITHACA COLLEGE DECIDED
TO USE THIS TRAGIC EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS THROUGH HER ART.
SHE CANNOT WITH A SERIES KNOWN AS IT HAPPENS.
IT IS A PHOTO
SERIES THAT BREAKS A LOT OF STEREOTYPES REGARDING SEXUAL
ASSAULT, RAPE, AND WHERE THEY LIKELY OCCUR.
WHICH SHE WANTED
TO DO WAS SHOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VICTIMS,
WHETHER THEY ARE MALE OR FEMALE, GAY OR STRAIGHT.
SHE ALSO WANTED
TO SHOW THAT RAPE HAPPENS IN PLACES THAT INDIVIDUALS LEAST
EXPECT.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THESE IMAGES.
THEY ARE
DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT.
THERE IS A WOMAN, IT APPEARS SHE IS IN A
BATHROOM.
IT HAPPENS UNEXPECTEDLY.
ONE THING SHE ALSO
WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO, THE VAST MAJORITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND RAPE VICTIMS ARE VICTIMIZED BY SOMEONE THEY ALREADY KNOW.
IT'S NOT USUALLY A STRANGER OR SOMEONE THEY DON'T KNOW.
LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME MORE OF THESE PHOTOS.
HAPPENS
UNWILLINGLY.
THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT RAPE CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE HARD TO LOOK AT, RIGHT.
SHE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THE VICTIM ñ BY THE WAY THESE ARE NOT REAL VICTIMS,
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY MODELS FOR THE PHOTO SERIES.
SHE WANTED
THEM TO ALL LOOK INTO THE CAMERA TO ADD TO THIS EFFECT.
>>THERE IS A DISPASSIONATE QUALITY.
>>THAT IS SUPPOSED TO DEPICT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BROCK
TURNER CASE.
>>DID YOU SEE THE STORY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE
BROCK TURNER'S HOUSE?
>>KNOW, WHAT IS GOING ON.
>>PROTESTS, INCLUDING A LOT OF ARMED PEOPLE.
IS A RARE
COMBINATION OF MILITARISTIC MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA.
GUN
ACTIVISTS ARE ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE SENSIBLE WORLD WHO WAS
CONCERNED THAT THE WOMAN'S ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT TAKEN
SERIOUSLY AND BROCK TURNER'S PRIVILEGE.
THAT SAID, IT IS
ALARMING.
TO ME, IT WAS A MOMENT WHERE I WAS LIKE WELL DONE, NOW
I AM SYMPATHETIC TO BROCK TURNER WHICH I HAVE NO INTEREST IN
BEING.
HIS FAMILY SHOULD NOT HAVE ARMED PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR
HOUSE AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THREATENING MESSAGES.
YOU HAVE A GUY WITH AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON OUTSIDE HER HOME, IT
TERRIFIES YOU.
THAT IS NOT A PROPER PROTESTS FOR WHAT IS A
LEGITIMATE PROTESTS OF THE LENIENT SENTENCE THAT HE GOT.
>>WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE AND SHOWING
UP WITH A GUN.
IF YOU WANT TO PROTEST OUTSIDE HIS HOME, THAT
IS YOUR RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PROTESTS
THEMSELVES, BUT THE THREATS, GOING AFTER HIM WITH WEAPONS ñ
HE IS A DEPLORABLE PERSON AND I DON'T SUPPORT HIM IN ANY
WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
BUT SHOWING UP WITH WEAPONS, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
>>IT REMINDS ME OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP WITH WEAPONS AT THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN CLEVELAND, WHICH CAME AFTER THE
HORRIBLE POLICE SHOOTINGS IN DALLAS AND BATON ROUGE.
COPS IN
CLEVELAND SAID HEY MAN, WE ARE ON EDGE, DON'T DO THIS.
HERE,
YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE ANGRY,
THEY DO SOMETHING STUPID.
YES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING YOUR
GUN.
BUT COME ON, SHOW UP WITH A SIGN AND THAT'S IT.
MOSTLY THE PROTESTS SHOULD BE DONE AT THE JUDGES HOME I THINK.
>>YES, THE UPDATE REGARDING THE JUDGE, AARON PERSKY WAS THE
JUDGE RULED IN BROCK TURNER'S FAVOR, HE HAS DECIDED TO STEP
DOWN FROM HEARING CRIMINAL CASES AND IS NOW ONLY HEARING CIVIL
CASES.
THERE IS A BIG DEBATE ON THE TYT PANEL ON WHETHER OR NOT
HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THERE ARE STILL INDIVIDUALS
FIGHTING TO GET HIM OUT OF BEING A JUDGE ALTOGETHER.
WE WILL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
I AM HAPPY HE IS NOT HERE [VIDEO
BUFFERING]
>>IN A SENSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM JUDGE PERSKY, HAD A
POOR BLACK KID BUT A WOMAN TOO, HE ONLY SERVED THREE MONTHS AS
WELL.
BUT WE KNOW THAT SITUATION ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS.
IT WAS
WRONG ON TWO LEVELS.
YEAH, I AM GLAD HE IS ALSO NOT HEARING
CRIMINAL CASES.
BUT WE CAN'T JUST YANK PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE BECAUSE WE
DON'T LIKE THE ROLES THEY MADE.
BUT DON'T BRING GUNS TO BROCK TURNER'S HOUSE.
>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR YOU TO DO IS GET
INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS.
OFTENTIMES THESE QUESTIONABLE
JUDGES GET REELECTED ñ INCUMBENTS GET REELECTED IN
POLITICS, RIGHT?
THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE SUCH AN EASY TIME
GETTING REELECTED IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT AS ENGAGED IN
LOCAL POLITICS.
GET ENGAGED, KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> A DOZEN ARMED PROTESTERS OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE CALLING FOR
THE CASTRATION AND KILLING OF RAPISTS.
SOME SAY THEY PLAN TO
FREQUENTLY RETURN AND MAKE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN HOME.
WITH AN EXTREMELY LENIENT SENTENCE HE THINKS HE CAN GET
AWAY WITH THIS.
THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO SEND AS IF YOU TRY THIS
AGAIN, WE WILL SHOOT YOU.
>>AND THEN YOU WILL GO TO PRISON.
>> WE DON'T THREATEN TO SHOOT PEOPLE.
THE REACTION TO THIS WAS
ACTUALLY SORT OF ENCOURAGING.
AND THEN MAYBE THREE YEARS, OR
EIGHT YEARS, BUT THAT IS A CONVERSATION PEOPLE CAN HAVE.
BUT NOT SIX MONTHS, WHERE HE SERVES THREE.
BUT THEN YOU SHOW
UP AND SUGGEST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT RAPISTS, AND YOU MAKE
HIM UNCOMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN HOME.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE I AM BEING SYMPATHETIC FOR A GUY I HAVE NO
INTEREST IN BEING SYMPATHETIC TO.
THE PROTEST, LEAVE YOUR
DAMN GUNS BEHIND.