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Leeds / West Yorkshire and injustices against women

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breastfeedingclownfish · 01/10/2018 08:59

Time and time again, injustices and crimes against women and girls occur in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Can we compile a list here? Obviously there's Saville and Mesmac, the enabling of prostitution on the streets, West Yorkshire Police going after Posie. And Rotherham.

Leeds is also the home of Mermaids, and it was Susie Green who made the complaint about Posie to West Yorkshire police, for being 'deliberately truthful' about Susie travelling to Thailand in order for her 16 years old child to have sexual reassignment surgery.

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NothingOnTellyAgain · 01/10/2018 09:46

That Telegraph article

Where are the scare quotes?

"Teacher living next to 'legal' red light district was raped by man who believed she was a prostitute"

Surely generally the excuses that men give - at least the papers etc pretend that there is a chance they are not being truthful.

The idea that they genuienely thought she was a prostitute when they had to bundle her into the car while she protested and she told them no she was not a prostitute.

These men were RAPISTS who kidnapped and raped a woman.

What the police and the telegraph mean is that it didn't matter that she was raped as the men may have been unconviced that she wasn't a prostitute and it's fine to rape prostitutes.

What a disgusting article about a disgusting situation.

The situation there is a disgrace and I agree that this police force seem to have an institutional hatred of women.

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/10/2018 09:43

There’s this comment under the times article today:

Leeds / West Yorkshire and injustices against women
Popchyk · 01/10/2018 09:31

Yorkshire Ambulance Service had Karen Jones (convicted killer and sex offender) train ambulance staff in transgender issues.

www.ambulancelgbt.org/events/yorkshire-ambulance-trans-awareness-event/

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/10/2018 09:29

Peter sutcliffe.

Popchyk · 01/10/2018 09:27

MESMAC in Leeds host Action for Trans Health meetings at their Leeds offices.

www.mesmac.co.uk/find-help/support-groups/action-for-transhealth

PackingSoap · 01/10/2018 09:15

I know there's been "grooming" (mass sexual abuse of minors) in West Yorkshire that's been overlooked by authorities. It's generally known in criminal justice circles that WYP are one of the dodgiest police forces in the country.

UpstartCrow · 01/10/2018 09:01

Women have been abducted off the street and raped, their attackers walk free because of the red light district.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/25/teacher-living-next-legal-red-light-district-raped-man-believed/