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Oklahoma Town Faces 75% Property Tax Hike To Cover Sexual Abuse Settlement
(www.newsweek.com)
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That’s a very judgmental take… you have insider knowledge or are talking you arse out? Man I wish that kind of shit never happen in my village because I’d be bundled with other peasants I might have seen at the baker for a brief 30 seconds while fetching bread once over 8 years and suddenly I would be enabling someone…
^Word of Akins’ relationship with Jane Doe No. 2 began to spread in the school district. Multiple adults and former students told authorities district staff were aware of the rumors but brushed it off, according to law enforcement reports.
I currently live in OK, Ninnekah is a tiny shithole in the middle of nowhere with like 700 people in it. If more than a couple of adults knew about it, the whole town knew about it.
If you've lived in a small town than you know that word of this was in many households that stayed silent.
That's just how small rural towns in America work on issues of abuse.
If you believe this was a completely contained secret, then I have a bridge to sell you.
But yes, many people who are completely innocent will be impacted. What's your alternative solution?
And motivated to make changes for the better, as opposed to ignoring the problems.
"I don't do politics"
That may be, but politics does you - whether you let it or not.
I've lived in a village of 600 people for about 6 years and I don't know anyone here, and don't want to.
How do you get food, or electricity, or water? If you're willing to deal with the humans for that stuff, then you need to deal with their society.
This is a very judgement based situation. Schools I attended in the 1970s left single adults alone with kids in all kinds of situations that make this kind of abuse possible. Changing how they operate, making less private spaces available for abuse on school campuses to occur in, placing less trust in the individuals and relying on larger groups to ensure that behavioral norms are followed... all those are things that should have been happening 50 years ago, but apparently didn't in this small town. Maybe now they will, or maybe they'll just bury their heads in the sand until the next case comes along and slaps them with another tax hike.