Thread by @matt_cam

I've worked w/100+ sexual assault survivors in the past 17 years, mostly in asylum cases. I've seen what both not being able to tell anyone & not being believed when they do does to ppl--& the work it takes to heal--& I've just about lost my mind in the past 48 hrs. Wtf #bospoli?

Am I the asshole here for actually believing every word of this? Honestly it's days like these that I'm just as happy that I don't depend on state or local courts/electeds/politics for my livelihood. What a sorry fiasco this all is

So now we'll either have a #SuffolkDA who many believe on the word of a survivor is an unrepentant rapist or a DA who others now believe on the word of the accused leaked *records of that assault involving a minor* for political advantage. Great work everyone

(FYI I do not believe the latter only because of how monumentally stupid it would be to do and how many other people--including her family & BPD investigators well aware that this was a city councilman's kid--may have had reason to hold on to copies for years now.)

I have no agenda in writing any of this other than asking that you read--and hear--this story, because not even the people principled enough to pull their endorsements seem to care enough about the very real person brave enough to share it two days ago

THINGS I HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD AND SEEN IN THE PAST 2 DAYS

"it was just high school"
"the case was closed"
"due process!"
"consent was different back then"
"the real question is who leaked this?"

#bospoli

Is this the best electoralism can do? Is this really the compromise we have to make with ourselves and our principles to hope for just slightly better scraps of policy out of a thoroughly broken criminal punishment system? Am I really the only one asking these questions?

It is also an unfortunate function of #bospoli that because we rarely have actual conservatives with any chance of winning that some of our most annoying residents throw themselves behind the slightly less progressive candidate. Many of them will RT this. This is not for them.