[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You know about it. I know about it. People in Australia, the UK, Germany and Slovenia know about it. I'd say the internet is doint its job.

While its nice that some in the international community know, its far more important that americans know. A domestic problem calls for domestic solutions. This man, under the guise of "law", was raped and his rights completely disregarded. Its an example of the bigger problem of police injustice. In my opinion, i find it to be a very big deal when officers of the law, whose duty is to protect ME and MY rights (indeed all citizens), takes the power he has been given (which realistically, in a face-to-face encounter, extends far beyond what powers hes legally given, his firearm, training, and authority rendering me essentially at his mercy) and abuses it for his own ends. Doesn't do a dead victim much good when a cop actually gets sentenced for shooting first and asking questions later in violation of the law. This is the reason i believe that law enforcement needs a huge overhaul, and why this story should be aired on national programs, so with any luck people begin to desire reform.

Were the doctors who did the actual "raping" latino? I would actually take your bet. The pedigree of the people involved should not be an issue, and so far you're the only person who has made it one.

No, of course not. Idealistically it shouldn't matter what race anyone is, a crime is a crime. But hate crime laws exist, and the media certainly has a bias. My point was that, had the races been reversed, it more than likely wouldve sparked another Treyvon Martin-type scenario and been plastered on news channels across the country, because of PC and this ultra-sensitivity to anything even remotely considered "Racially charged". I wasn't trying to insinuate that this incident involved racism, it was more of a stab at the bias of the media. Its been more of a "race doesnt matter unless the victim is colored" kind of mentality rather than "race doesn't matter period".

I've never known the Today Show to be about anything other than fluff. Expecting them to be more is, in my opinion, asking for the impossible. That said, after watching the news report posted by HW3 I would say justice is on the way to being served. The doctors who performed the procedures are under investigation by the state licensing board, as are the police officers. After all this I'd say both of the injured parties are likely to win any lawsuits brought against the city of Deming.

I think they should be thrown in jail, frankly, and that losing their license isn't exactly a far enough punishment for the rape of not one but two men by the same county and the same medical center. We all know that had the men been raped by some random joe that they would already be in jail and set for trial, why should these people be punished any differently because they wear a lab coat or a badge?