Jacob Blake's case is not an outlier. The Kenosha County police department and DA's office are known for racism, corruption & misconduct.
Take the case of Randy Volar, who Kenosha authorities knew was raping Black girls as young as 12 - yet did nothing.
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Take the case of Randy Volar, who Kenosha authorities knew was raping Black girls as young as 12 - yet did nothing.
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You may have heard of Mr. Volar because one of the young girls who he repeatedly raped killed him in self defense.
Her name is Chrystul Kizer and Kenosha County DA Michael Gravely has charged her with premeditated murder. She faces life in prison if convicted.
Her name is Chrystul Kizer and Kenosha County DA Michael Gravely has charged her with premeditated murder. She faces life in prison if convicted.
Until recently, Chrystul was being held in jail, but after bail funds were flooded with donations in the wake of the George Floyd protests, a Chicago bail fund was able to pay her $400,000 bond. nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/…
That Chrystul's bail is so astronomical is, for want of a better word, ironic.
Because when prosecutors uncovered evidence that Randy Volar had raped multiple Black girls, some as young as 12, and charged him with child sexual assault, they agreed to his release without bail.
Because when prosecutors uncovered evidence that Randy Volar had raped multiple Black girls, some as young as 12, and charged him with child sexual assault, they agreed to his release without bail.
The investigation into Volar had started in February 2018 after a 15-year-old girl called from his house and said a man had given her drugs and was going to kill her. They found her wandering on the streets dressed only in a bra and jacket.
When they interviewed her, they learned Volar had been paying her for sex since she was 14. She said Volar was also abusing other girls.
Police raided the house and found home videos of him raping girls as young as 12 on his computer.
Police raided the house and found home videos of him raping girls as young as 12 on his computer.
They were able to ascertain at least 12 separate girls had been raped - all of them Black.
When police looked at his bank accounts they found $1.5 million in suspicious transfers. Volar was also running a sex trafficking operation.
When police looked at his bank accounts they found $1.5 million in suspicious transfers. Volar was also running a sex trafficking operation.
If Volar had been held in jail, he would not have been in a position to continue to rape and traffic Chrystul and all the other children he was abusing.
And Chrystul would never have been in a position where her only alternative was to defend herself as she did.
And Chrystul would never have been in a position where her only alternative was to defend herself as she did.
