AS IF THE INJUSTICE INVOLVED IN THE BROCK TURNER CASE COULDN'T
GET ANY WORSE, THERE ARE NOW REPORTS THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY
TO HER HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO GIVE SPEECHES TO
STUDENTS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND
PROMISCUITY.
OY.
DON'T DO THAT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS STORY, BROCK TURNER
WAS THE FORMER STANFORD UNIVERSITY SWIMMER WHO WAS
CAUGHT RAPING A WOMAN WHO WAS UNCONSCIOUS BY THE DUMPSTER.
HE WAS FOUND GUILTY, AND HEAL ñ HE GOT A SIX-MONTH JAIL SENTENCE
THAT WAS CUT SHORT IN ONLY THREE MONTHS BECAUSE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR.
ACCORDING TO MEDIAITE, THERE WAS TALK DURING THE TRIAL OF
HIM WATCHING A SPEAKING TOUR.
NOW THAT IDEA IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
A STANFORD PROFESSOR JUST WROTE A THINK PIECE IN THE HUFFINGTON
POST ABOUT IT, AND SHE VERY CORRECTLY STATED, "UNTIL BROCK
TURNER APOLOGIZES, HE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON CAMPUSES.
ANY CAMPUS APPEARANCE MUST BE CONDITIONED ON HIS TAKING
FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS, APOLOGIZING TO THE
VICTIM, AND CONDEMNING SEXUAL ASSAULT."
ALL THREE THINGS THAT HE REFUSED TO DO, EVEN AFTER HIS
CONVICTION.
OFTEN TIMES, A LOT OF DEFENDANTS ARE BROWBEATEN INTO,
CONFESS, CONFESS COMPASS.
AND IF YOU SAY HOW HER MOST FULL YOU ARE, WE WILL GIVE YOU A
LENIENT SENTENCE.
IN THIS CASE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, HE GOT ROLLING INCENTIVES
ANYWAY, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT REMORSE.
BUT TO ME, THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE PART OF THE STORY, AND I
LITERALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE THINKING OF DOING THIS, I'M
WONDERING IF IT IS A RUMOR, BUT IF HE ACTUALLY TRIES TO DO THIS
IT IS WAY BEYOND THE PALE.
1ST OF ALL, THE DRINKING PART.
IT'S SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING, DON'T DRINK TOO MUCH OR
ELSE YOU'LL RAPE WOMEN BEHIND A DUMPSTER.
YEAH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO DRINK, GET DRUNK, AND AREN'T
IMMEDIATELY CONVINCED THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO GO RAPE PEOPLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE DID NOT GET IT AT ALL, AND TO GO AROUND COLLEGE
CAMPUSES FURTHER MISINFORMING PEOPLE IS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.
BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY TO ME THE LESS OFFENSIVE OF THE TWO PARTS.
PROMISCUITY, WAIT A MINUTE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING IT WASN'T RAPED, SHE WAS BEING
PROMISCUOUS.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
OH MY GOD, DON'T DO IT, YOU WERE CONVICTED ON THIS THING AND
YOU ALREADY GOT AWAY WITH IT, DON'T PUT IT IN PEOPLE'S FACES.
GO HIDE IN A CAVE FOR 10 YEARS AND HOPE PEOPLE FORGET.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M GIVING YOU WOULD VICE, BUT IF YOU DO
THIS YOU BECOME A PARIAH, THIS IS INSANE.
YESTERDAY, BEN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT BROCK TURNER
AND HOW THERE ARE GROUPS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE HIS HOME
TRYING TO CARE ñ TRYING TO CARRY OUT VIGILANTE JUSTICE.
SOME OF THEM ARE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WHO ARE NOT
CAUSING PROBLEMS, BUT ARE JUST PROTESTING THE LIGHTNESS OF
HIS SENTENCE, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP ARMS, WHICH
I AM WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ñ
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT.
BUT THE ARGUMENT THAT I MADE WAS, EVEN IF, IN OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE FEEL THAT JUSTICE WAS NOT
SERVED, IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, HIS LIFE IS DESTROYED.
WHO IS GOING TO HIRE HIM OR PAY HIM TO DO ANYTHING?
AND THEN YOU COME ACROSS A STORY LIKE THIS, AND HE COULD
POSSIBLY DO A SPEAKING TO HER AND GET PAID FOR IT.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT, IT SENDS A REALLY BAD MESSAGE.
HIS MESSAGE IS A REALLY BAD MESSAGE.
AND IT ALSO REWARDS BAD BEHAVIOR.
LET ME BE CLEAR ON A COUPLE OF THINGS: DON'T GO TO HIS HOUSE.
WHATEVER INJUSTICE HAPPENED, HAPPENED.
IF YOU START GETTING INTO VIGILANTE STUFF, THAT IS A
REALLY BAD, DARK ROUTE TO GO DOWN.
DON'T BRING WEAPONS, TERRIBLE IDEA.
BY THE WAY, THERE'S SOME MISDIRECTED ANGER HERE.
PERFECTLY SENSIBLE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS IN JUSTICE, BUT
ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST INJUSTICE IS THAT HE GETS A LENIENT
SENTENCE WHILE OTHERS DO NOT.
THAT WE HAVE AN UNEQUAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING AWAY FROM THIS THINKING WE HAVE
TO BE HARSHER ON ALL THE ñ ON ALL DEFENDANTS.
WE JUST WANT AN EQUAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
EITHER TREAT EVERYBODY LIKE BROCK TURNER, OR TREAT
EVERYBODY HARSHLY, BUT HAVE ONE SYSTEM, NOT UNEQUAL JUSTICE.
NOW YOU ARE GETTING MISDIRECTED BY GOING TO HIS HOUSE, ALL
THAT DIFFERENT NONSENSE.
BUT NOW, BROCK TURNER IS NOT GOING TO HELP HIMSELF IF HE GOES
OUT THERE AND PULLS BASICALLY A GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AND SAYS, IT
WASN'T ONLY ME, IT WASN'T JUST MY DRINKING, IT WAS HER DRINKING
TOO, AND DON'T BE PROMISCUOUS OR ELSE I WILL RAPE YOU BEHIND
A DUMPSTER.
I KNOW HE IS NOT GOING TO FRAME IT THAT WAY, BUT HIS FRAMING IS
ACTUALLY WORSE BECAUSE HE'S, IN ESSENCE, SAYING IT WASN'T RAPE;
SHE WAS ASKING FOR IT BECAUSE SHE WAS BEING PROMISCUOUS.
THAT'S CERTAINLY HOW IT SOUNDS IN THE TITLE OF IT, SO RETHINK
THE TITLE AND THE IDEA BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU OR
ANYBODY, AND IT IS GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE ANGRIER AND ANGRIER WHEN
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE REAL SOLUTION, WHICH IS AN
EQUAL AND FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THERE ARE PEOPLE SERVING LIFE SENTENCES RIGHT NOW FOR
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
LET THAT SINK IN.