Thread by @JujuliaGrace

I feel exposed tweeting this, but I think I’ll do it anyway. I cried tears of anger and exhaustion and heartache last night for Sarah. But I also cried for all women. I was attacked on the street by a man when I was at medical school . My facial injuries meant I...#saraheverand

Had to seek A+E treatment. I was then stalked by the police officer who’d taken my evidence (my passport, bag and keys, which had been stuffed in a nearby bin). I was called daily by this police officer who said he was handling my case. Eventually when he accepted I’d turned....

down his romantic advances, he sent my things to a police station in the outskirts of London, and it took me several weeks to track them down. I had no ID, no phone, no money. I was a new student in London. I had PTSD symptoms from my attack, physical injuries, and shame...

I didn’t report him because I felt stupid, like I’d done something wrong. Like my presence on that street in broad daylight has attracted the attack. I am still scared of walking alone in my own neighbourhood at night. Sarah could be any one of us and I’m devastated for her...

I’m devastated for all of us. This must be a moment of reckoning. It’s 2021.
#saraheverand