http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/missoula-montana-sexual-assault-justice-department-report
On Friday, the Department of Justice sent a letter to the Missoula County Attorney's Office in Montana, alleging that it has found "substantial evidence" that prosecutors there systematically discriminate against female sexual-assault victims. According to the DOJ, the office considers sexual-assault cases involving adult women a low priority, often treats these victims with disrespect—quoting religious passages to one woman who reported assault, in a way that made her feel judged—and declines to prosecute some cases in which it has confessions or eyewitnesses, including a case in which Missoula police obtained incriminating statements from a man who admitted to having sexual intercourse with a mentally ill woman, who had asked him to stop."We uncovered evidence of a disturbing pattern of deficiencies in the handling of these cases by the County Attorney's Office, a pattern that not only denies victims meaningful access to justice, but places the safety of all women in Missoula at risk,"wrote Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division, in a statement on Friday.another red state that has no war on women just an all out disrespect and dismissing of them denying them justice and constitutional rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
i have always contended republicans support rape and assault and battery and no contraception and no health care and non equal pay, no any freakin thing but those that are at their pleasure. this letter means squat until they prosecute. and now they are moving on to 5 year olds no justice just us.
In a statement emailed to Mother Jones on Saturday, Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg wrote, "I think that everything the DOJ is saying about our office is false. These people are as unethical as any I have ever seen. They obviously have a political agenda they want to push and the truth does not matter to them."Van Valkenburg also told The Missoulian, "There was no effort whatsoever by the DOJ to in any way inform me before they made this thing public." (A Justice Department spokeswoman told Mother Jones on Saturday that it has reached out to the Missoula County Attorney's Office "more than a half-dozen times over the past 21 months in an attempt to reach an amicable resolution." She added, "We remain confident in the integrity of our findings.")
you would think they would be able to identify unethical people being unethically despicable themselves. why would Holder pick on them they are one state among the other right wing foreign countries within American borders but keep in mind they are a minority.
let that be inspiration in Nov.to stop the scourge of right wing politics on this country we can't take it back as it never was ours to own as well as them but we can look to the America that can be.
