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Many watched but never reported Richmond homecoming rape

By Karl Fischer

Contra Costa Times

Posted: 10/26/2009 10:59:03 AM PDT

Updated: 10/26/2009 12:53:57 PM PDT

Click photo to enlargeThe courtyard beyond the fence on the campus of Richmond High School, which was the scene of a...«1»How many people watched the two-hour-long gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside Richmond High's homecoming dance? Police wish they knew, and they said Monday that they plan to find out.

"The crimes perpetrated against this 15-year-old are both startling and horrific," police Chief Chris Magnus said. "We are committed to arresting the perpetrators and to preparing the strongest case possible by aggressively pursuing every lead and utilizing the full resources of the department."

Two mornings after Saturday night's two-hour gang rape in a campus courtyard, Richmond police deployed carloads of detectives and school-resource officers to find any and all who took part.

The victim, a student, remained hospitalized Monday with nonlife-threatening injuries. Patrol officers broke up the open-air sex assault just before midnight, arresting 19-year-old Manuel Ortega as he ran from the crime scene, they say.

"She was raped, beaten, robbed and dehumanized by several suspects who were obviously OK enough with it to behave that way in each other's presence," said Lt. Mark Gagan, a patrol supervisor in the city's Northern Policing District. "What makes it even more disturbing is the presence of others. People came by, saw what was happening, and failed to report it."

Ortega remained at County Jail in Martinez on Monday, booked on suspicion of rape and robbery. Detectives believe as many as six other men also raped the girl as she lay semiconscious on a courtyard bench, also beating her, taking pictures and stealing her jewelry.

Nobody called police until word of the ongoing rape spread to a house party in the city's North and East neighborhood, where an appalled partygoer felt obligated to phone in the rumor.

Officers broke it up, and found the victim semiconscious and obviously hurt. Paramedics flew her to a regional trauma center in critical condition; she stabilized overnight.

The Times does not name victims of sexual assault without their consent.

The girl attended the school's homecoming dance, held in the gym from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday. About 400 students attended, with school security and four police officers both inside and watching the surrounding parking lot and street.

Police say she left alone about 9:30 p.m. and walked north on 23rd Street, expecting to catch a ride from her father. Instead, a schoolmate caught her attention from behind a cyclone fence on the north end of campus.

He invited her to join a group drinking and hanging out in a secluded courtyard behind the fence, Gagan said, and escorted her down Emeric Avenue to a short gate from which they made their way back to the group.

The girl drank a large amount of hard alcohol quickly and fell over. So began the assault.

Detectives spent the rest of the weekend trying to identify the various participants, some of whom arrived after the gang rape began.

The courtyard is pitch-black at night, Gagan said, making it difficult to see into it from 23rd.

"The gate to the football field was locked, and there were other gates closed on campus. This was a secluded place," Gagan said. "While there were officers and school security on the campus, they were managing the activity in and around the gym, on the south side of the school."

[Peikko 1,575]

How is your thread title relevant to the article Shooter?

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to the poor girl...

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emoticons can be so ambiguous

[Chica Yeyé 41]

How is your thread title relevant to the article Shooter?

Absolutely nothing.

I feel sorry for the girl

[Sofiyya 1,687]

The title is irrelvant if you've grown up used to this sort of thing and have become desensitized to it. Not everyone is.

[Peikko 1,575]

Yes, I am sure everyone who reads about this crime is going to feel truly sorry for the victim. It was horrible but I wonder what makes Shooter suppose that gang rape is something new? Sadly, it's not new, but nor is it indicative of a particular cultural heritage. It's a terribly wrong suggestion to make particularly on a web site that welcomes cultural diversity.

Edited October 26, 2009 by Madame Cleo

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Yes, I am sure everyone who reads about this crime is going to feel truly sorry for the victim. It was horrible but I wonder what makes Shooter suppose that gang rape is something new? Sadly, it's not new, but nor is it indicative of a particular cultural heritage. It's a terribly wrong suggestion to make particularly on a web site that welcomes cultural diversity.

Culture is not just about nationalities. It's also about values within nationalities.

Edited October 26, 2009 by Sofiyya

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Back in the good ol' days when everyone was white and the colored folk knew their place (working the cotton fields, the railroads and herded like sheep on the rez) this stuff never happened. Except it did.

[Peikko 1,575]

The title is irrelvant if you've grown up used to this sort of thing and have become desensitized to it. Not everyone is.

Gang rape does not exist in all cultures?  Is that your assertion?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Back in the good ol' days when everyone was white and the colored folk knew their place (working the cotton fields, the railroads and herded like sheep on the rez) this stuff never happened. Except it did.

Are the ** Party directives to operatives urging race baiting this week?

[Peikko 1,575]

It seems the OP needs to clarify what exactly he is saying. As things stands, it's not very clear.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

The title is irrelvant if you've grown up used to this sort of thing and have become desensitized to it. Not everyone is.

Gang rape does not exist in all cultures?  Is that your assertion?

You said I was an open book, PH. What's the matter? You can't read?

[Peikko 1,575]

The title is irrelvant if you've grown up used to this sort of thing and have become desensitized to it. Not everyone is.

Gang rape does not exist in all cultures?  Is that your assertion?

You said I was an open book, PH. What's the matter? You can't read?

Right.  So you don't want to clarify your statement?