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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Mina Smallman 'the system is crumbling'

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ArabellaScott · Today 11:05

A very sad but necessary article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy74z0e0eg6o

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ArabellaScott · Today 11:07

Re Simon Levy:

'You know, it wasn't just the Met that let these families down, it was the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service), it was the court system, it was the prison system, it was everyone.
"Anyone and everyone that has a duty to ensure that these people don't slip through the net."
Smallman says she is "mystified" over the repeated failings to stop Levy.
"I don't understand why a man with a record such as his could not turn up for court appearances and he's not taken in. I don't understand," she said.
"The only way to understand is: the whole system is crumbling. The problem is that each organisation doesn't work together, they don't talk to one another."
The Met and British Transport Police, along with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), have all apologised over a series of decisions that left Levy free to attack women.'

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MarcTheGenderSkeptic · Today 11:19

I've never been this despondent about my beloved country. And the most painful thing? It could all have been prevented, so easily.

IrnBruAndDietCoke · Today 11:20

I’m not 100% sure that crumbling is the right way of looking at it. That implies there was ever a time when it was fully working or when these departments were doing what we would expect. Take the case of Carmenza being dismissed due to working in the sex trade. I doubt there was ever a time in the past where that didn’t happen. That’s a long-held prejudice.
I see it more as a broken system that’s not getting any better, and in certain spheres, it’s regressing.

PrancingPanda · Today 14:09

Absolutely the case with sex trade workers being dismissed.
Shades of Sutcliffe in the 70s and 80s

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