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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2022
- Multiple women say they tried to report being sexually assaulted in or around their schools in Charlotte, North Carolina-only to face indifference, or even aggression, from officials. Now, current and former students are fighting for change.
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So...being in the boys bathroom is comparatively worse than being forced into the boys bathroom and raped????? I've been through something very similar to her situation. Hearing a person in authority tell u that what he did to you is irrelevant because you were in a place that u r not allowed is basically saying to females u deserve whatever happened because you should have known better. We have a culture that only tells women they are smarter than men when assault is involved. She should've known, what did she think was going to happen, she knew better than to wear that, well she shouldn't have been looking at him in the eyes like that....are all things ppl say to shift the blame to the woman. In all other areas women arent capable of functioning at the same level as a man. This isn't anything new though, this has been happening since the beginning of time. This culture of unequal accountability needs to be eradicated. The question is...how???
Thank you, this was written so well. It is so true, every part. I hope for hope that changes will happen someday.
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Everything you said is true. The question not many people ask , is why? The answer is , that victim blaming , is how people make themselves have a sense of security. Their brain , seeks a reason why , so that it can then provide a dissociation between themselves,and loved ones, from the victim. This is true of not just sexual violence , but most violent crimes. Peoples need to have a sense of security is why we still get into cars every day. Most people don't get into a vehicle with expectation of an accident , even though they witness or hear about them daily. It's not an excuse , but an explanation. The better we understand the why , the closer we can get as a society to over come the challenge/ problem.
@@trishatate327 well said and very true
The people running this school are sick. They're definitely hiding something. I hope these kids are given the justice they deserve so they can finally begin to heal.
yeah the rapist is disgusting, but in my opinion, the enablers who do nothing are almost just as morally wrong
I wonder why the parents still send their kids to this school
In order for schools to fight against sexual assaults, they must admit that it is happening at their school. Then they must take steps to stop it, which takes time, effort, and money. Admitting it happens can also harm the schools reputation. So, it's just easier to admit it's not happening. They don't have to put the time, effort, and money into stopping it, and it maintains the image of the school.
That school has had a number of issues lately. A whole football season was forfeited over students living outside of the district, this sexual misconduct mess is even bigger than I thought. Those babies need and deserve peace. Being a survivor of sexual assault myself, I can greatly appreciate the strength these young ladies are maintaining and exhibiting. Keep fighting girls! They're going to have to actually listen at some point and realize just how ignorant they've been. CMS protect the victims!!!!! Don't belittle their truth!!!!!!
Yup.
I can’t thank these women enough, my mother and aunt were both raped (one in the 60s and one in the 70s) and never got justice. These girls are absolutely angels doing some of the hardest work their is and there is no way to thank them enough
Omg I’m so sorry please have a trust in lord our lord will brutally punish all the rapist
@@Robiborah809 thank you. for my mom, her boyfriend and his brother raped her in the woods. A few weeks later he pulled her hair when she walked by one day and called her a whore and she burnt a hole in his cheek with her cigarette and ran. She saw him at the doctors office about 30 years later and he still had a hole in his cheek, and she soon saw in the paper he died, he was in his 40s or 50s. His brother ended up going to prison for raping someone else at a young age as well. For my aunt, she got drugged at an outdoor event and literally woke up in an alley way in the next city over with ripped clothes. She will never know her attackers or how many there were. My mom was 15 and my aunt was about 18. Needless to say, my parents put me in karate at a young age and im a black belt.
Whats a woman though
More power to these girls for all the others who were raped so long ago and never got justice. I hope they are able to expose them for the callous attitude toward the victims, while protecting the predators.
@@Robiborah809 No, *THE LAW* needs to punish rapists. How ridiculous that religious makes so many people passive and superstitious so that they do not pursue Justice on earth.
As someone from Charlotte, NC who works in higher education, I can confidently say that the people who make it to their level of power are not there because they've shown an overwhelmingly level of support or care for the children. They're there because they have the most loyalty to the institutions' bottom line -- money. Dashew is a clear example of someone who has traded her soul and her responsibility to both the students and women everywhere for financial gain. It's despicable and damning at best.
It’s all a country club power game to them. They get a kick out of telling people they’re on the board.
Can you help me understand? I don't live I the USA. It Sounds to me that the school has the own rules independent to the state??? I don't understand why they didn't went to the state police? Why they go to report this to the school and not to the police? And then the police has to be in charged of persecuting it regardless of the school "permission". This is a crime not an administrative or scholar issue. And don't get it.
You are 100% correct. Former CMS employee and those who make it to the top are cut throats and aren’t there with our children’s best interest in mind. I have a son who attends MP and I am horrified that this happened to these young women. Do better CMS!
The bigger and longer the job title the smaller they actually feel inside
I get what you're saying, but it's a public school funded by tax payers, right? So what financial gain? I'm confused.
as someone who attends schools in CMS and grew up in this district, i’m excited to watch this knowing just how awful our leadership is and now someone is finally noticing.
I'm happy too. I had the same experiences in Wake County between 2003-2005. This has been happening for a long time in NC
@@noobchillz9438 UCPS as well... North Carolina public schools (particularly CMS) have a history and reputation of not taking threats or cases of sexual assault, racism, homophobia, discrimination of disabled people, and so much more bigotry seriously. It's sickening, and they need to do better when students report things like this happening.
i go to a CMS school as well and i’m so grateful vice is reporting on this to a wider scale, as CMS has clearly shown us they won’t do anything if we come forward. hopefully this will bring change and the girls will get the justice they deserve.
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Went to Ardrey Kell. Totally agree.
This is where I graduated from in 2018, and I can attest that staff rarely listened to their students. Bullying is also a bad problem in CMS schools and nothing is ever done to help. I hope this documentary makes a difference and I pray for these young girls, I know what it’s like to be unheard.
Clearly the CMS staff did NOT listen to THESE students 🙄
Go to the police directly.
I pray for you too just because you were a part of that toxic environment. Just being around that energy. I hope you find safer spaces
@DiamondLewis I hear you!!! You are brave to speak up as well. I hope that you are on a path to healing anything that you experienced there that stole your innocence. I know that you are brave and beautiful and amazing. A Diamond goes through so much before it gets to express it's true beauty. I hope that is how you are seeing and experiencing life. You deserve every bit of awesomeness this world has to offer. 💎💎💎❤️❤️❤️
YES! I am also a victim of all these same crimes so many children, boys & girls & women are victims of these crimes (for decades!!) at unprecedented rates during the pandemic all violence has been domestic violence .. there have been no riots the whole world has been using us as punching bags (men & women alike) Human beings need to do something about these crimes & stop putting soundtracks on our 'stories' for ad revenue & DO SOMETHING it ruins all our lives
The chairwoman is vile. Smiling , smirking, showing fake sympathy and trying to keep her image clean is just disgusting.
I hope these girls find more support for their voices to be heard!
She scares me and the fact that she the chairwoman is disgusting. This is why parents are home schooling their children, so they can at least provide some protection from school r..e and gun violence. This lady needs to go. ASAP! This whole school needs new fresh people from top to bottom for the sake of these children attending!
Absolutely, she is full of it, her demeanor is telling.
Seeing her react and respond in the way she did made my jaw literally drop.
I had to go vomit around the 38 minute mark as it was super triggering. The "sympathy pout" really just made me sick, I've never had that happen before.
Right?! What is the point of her job and salary if she can't even protect the students?! And the other guy!? He was trying to send the interviewer in circles with the district VS board bs. Good for the interviewer though, appreciated how she stood up for the victims.
What a joke that last lady is. No empathy for these victims at all. The faces she made at the end made me sick, and not only that none of them are taking responsibility for the positions they chose! The whole school board needs to be fired!
Gate Keepers Be Gone!
The lady at the end. Did she really just make a sad face. This is horrible. Keep fighting for change young ladies.
Right! I was trying to be sympathetic to her and thought maybe the district was shoving her under the bus but that just seemed so insensitive. If she had her own experiences like she said why was she not showing any understanding of how the boards actions made them feel?
YES. That pouty face pissed me off. I was done after that
Prayers for those babies 🥺♥️
“””mm .. yeah I hate that :(( “
Her response to being absolutely cornered for spending her days doing nothing to help and probably gossiping about students and eating donuts with the other staff all day. lmao she has no sympathy at all and probably blames the victims too out of some weird creepiness or insecurity that’s fed by the pain of children . Despicable human
The way she and Charly talked were very rude, dismissive, and unprofessional.
She’s the evil lady.
I feel so terrible for the victims. It's crazy how the school automatically took the side of the predators instead of the victims. It's insane.
Thank you guys so much for all the likes! I really appreciate it!
You go to the police, I don’t just believe people.
"Predators"
Wait wait wait so basically she saying the school told her that if legal action were taken the suspect was not guilty she will be suspended right ,
So did she pursue action s since she made clear that she had proof .
@@pandadragon8266 thank you for the correction
They put you on trial for your “credibility” vulnerable populations inherently seem to have less credibility to those in power. Sick
When I attended Myers Park 2014-2017, I noticed a clear imbalance of priorities regarding student misconduct. As a senior, I took a wallet from someone who had stolen it from another student and turned it in to the office after failing to find the person it belonged to. A few hours later, I was called out of class to the security office with accusations that I was the one who had stolen the wallet (even though I had video proof) under threat of preventing me from graduating. When they realized they were wrong, I never got an apology. Meanwhile, Mr. Bosco told us all at an assembly that "girls, if you don't want something to happen to you, don't go into the woods" in response to Nikki's assault. Pure victim blaming that honestly suggests that this man has something to hide that he now feels guilty about, and wants to make himself feel better. Just disgusting.
Horrible, and now Mark B has a cushy job in administration for CMS. He along with several others should have been fired
I remember Mr. Bosco was the principal at our school at independence from 2007 to 2011. He wasn't that great of a principal.😒
These boys/men are disgusting punks that won't admit to anything. Bosco, and others like him, want to ALWAYS protect male students.
This is happening in other schools as well. My daughter’s friend was raped by another schoolmate, reported it, and nothing was done about it. Some time passed and she took her own life at age 17.
This must be taken very serious.
Omg so sad 😞
Oh no how horrible, ppl justify this & say young girls are fast. Absolutely not some young girls have education & achievements on their mind not being a sex doll.
Good God, I'm so sorry to hear that. Kids are already dealing with a lot, something like this can send them over the edge : (.
i am so sorry
This is genuinely gross to have to hear. The fact these guys are still walking free, both the perpetrators and the Myers Park officials, is heartbreaking. I had a class with Serena last year and she was nothing but kind and sweet to everybody.. the definition of a champion and a survivor. The fact this is still something that she and the other girls need to battle daily is a crime and I hope that everybody involved gets justice brought ASAP.
Only if you mention their names otherwise it’s useless
Turn yourself in.
What state is this in?
@@HH-gv8mx north Carolina
North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
Mecklenburg County
School board says: you should talk to the district
School district says: you should talk to the board
A perfect layer of no accountability
That is CMS in a nut shell
That is government in a nutshell.
I was about to comment the same thing. When playing dumb to protect themselves over the children gets exposed.
I feel that someone needs to contact the FBI to do an investigation into this school system. This school system needed to be throughly investigated.
Total agree!
As they mentioned this is really a nationwide problem.
We have a culture problem with boys/men who think they can assault girls/women
Yep. VICE should had done that!!! 🤨🤨🤨
Look at how horribly the FBI effed up the Larry Nassar, gymnastics SA case!!! We need change on so many levels At this point, it’s ridiculous. So many ppl need held accountable for once in their lives and heads to roll! A reckoning is coming, that’s for damn sure!!
Can you help me understand? I don't live I the USA, I don't know how it works. It sounds to me that the school has the own rules independent to the state and they solve their own crimes??? I don't understand why victims didn't go directly to the state police? Why they have to report this to the school and not to the police? And then the police has to be in charged of persecuting it regardless of the school "permission". This is a crime not an administrative or scholar issue. And then the school have to cooperate to solve a crime. I don't get it. Can u explain?
As a current rising Senior at CMS, I can guarantee that nothing will happen even with VICE news reporting this. The survivors have done a good job in raising awareness but CMS and those in power don’t care at all. I admire the strength these girls have but no change will ever come. They’ll keep defending all the perpetrators especially if their family has status in CMS and if they are an athlete.
This is such an accurate statement. Thank you for articulating this so well.
If you went there then you should have heard who the guy was
@@wingsofwinter2600 unfortunately I don’t go to Myers, I’m a senior at another CMS school South Meck, 10 min from Myers but I haven’t heard who the perpetrators are:/
Nothing will ever change unless these scum are outed!! the school staff as well!!!!
Can you help me understand? I don't live I the USA. It sounds to me that the school has the own rules independent to the state and they solve their own crimes??? I don't understand why they didn't went directly to the state police? Why they go to report this to the school and not to the police? And then the police has to be in charged of persecuting it regardless of the school "permission". This is a crime not an administrative or scholar issue. I don't get it. Can u explain?
That lady is pure evil. She was laughing the whole time like am I the only one noticing this?
I saw that it breaks my heart
Drop her info on Reddit and let the mobs eat her. Extreme evil must be met with extreme measures!
Sadly enough, women often adopt male oppressiveness as a means to get ahead. It doesn’t really make any sense but it is what it is.
I did.
She's a heartless money hungry demon.
Imagine going through a traumatic experience and being complete vulnerable when opening up to someone and them being completely dismissive about it, trying to blame it on you and intimidate you (by a possible suspension). All of this makes the trauma even worse and no one deserves to go through this. I hope the girls get the justice they deserve and find peace. Thank you for showing strength and standing up for yourself, so no other girl has to go through a similar experience. I admire and thank you.
@QuadRaSphere Records and Radio report
@QuadRaSphere Records and Radio 🫂 I'm sure it's so hard for u guys, i Just can't express in words i strong u are , i can't feel that pain u are going through, u can't easily forget that disgusting memory, but i pray that u will get justice,
It's gonna be all okayyy !! I hope
@QuadRaSphere Records and Radio um then you go to the police. The school aren’t judicial
@QuadRaSphere Records and Radio Now it's maybe time to report it to the *FBI - The Federal Bureau of Investigation.* That's their job. I'm serious about it. 🤨 Write them a letter, what happened & where u already reported it. And that nobody did anything. Send them all the pictures. ASK OFFICIALLY FOR AN INVESTIGATION. Good luck.
U can also write about ur story to the NEW YORK TIMES. They exposing these kind of storys on a regular...give it a try.
I agree this is absurd, that these girls need to go through this.
Im 12 minutes in....Im so angry!!
"Why is his life more important than mine?" This hit me so hard....im so sorry this happened to you. You are all strong young women!! Heads up!! sending love x
The fact that these adults couldn’t give a damn about these kids futures, and lives!! Why accept a position you can’t fulfill? I went to Myers Park from 2016-2020 and I can say that the people who cared about the students most were the teachers, and a handful at that. Let’s get people who actually care about the health and success of their students hired.
That lady from the board has no empathy for the victims! That’s fucking infuriating !
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She doesn’t care, she’s literally smiling and laughing about it.
@@AceMonkeyIlium may i guess how she would have raised a son, if she had one?
Empathy could be seen as an admission of guilt in court. She’s covering her ass.
Ofcourse, her accepting it means she ain't do her job right. They usually say at board meetings and in schools "I'm doing the best I can". If you hear those words from teachers, Principals, or District RUN and find a better place of Education.
To the lawyer who said cases are handled in courtrooms, not newsrooms, they obviously aren’t handled well. News platforms are often the only chance for victims to get real justice in an unfair justice system.
True, public opinion has probably affected many cases, even after a verdict ..and it can go either way good or bad
Yeah, that response,had it been written honestly, would have read..”I don’t care and unless you’ve got proof to hold me accountable Im not interested in taking any more responsibility than I held those rapist to”. That officer is a worthless pathetic worm and isn’t remotely close to qualifying as a human and he’ll rot in hell.
What is just and what is right are not always the same thing. There are many things we are allowed to do to each other that some if not all of us would argue is not right.
@@jasonbirchoff2605 I’m confused as to what point you’re trying to make or what you’re responding to specifically?
@@danielhostetler9493 @Libby said cases aren't handled well in a courtroom. While I am not arguing that there arent miscarriages of justice. I am pointing out that not everything we believe is wrong can be prosecuted in a court of law.
After rewinding through the parts where the two ladies detailed what they believed happened. I am not surprised there isnt a legal conviction against the boys that were accused, and that is with accepting everything they said happened as reported in the story above.
Holy the interview at the end was just painful, why agree when you can offer literally nothing beyond perpetuating how dysfunctional the school board and board of education are. It’s no wonder these young women have struggled to find justice, hopefully they can go beyond the school system as I’ve heard many victims are only taken serious when they bypass the school and go to the police (and i’m sure this Vice video will also definitely help). Not to say the police will necessarily handle it better, however, it adds pressure to the school and they are stripped of the ability to completely silence the victims.
Yup.
Good job interviewing.
Just simply potent
The police are part of the problem - working alongside the school head.
I have a daughter and this is horrifying. She’s not old enough to go to school yet but things like this scare me. These young ladies are so brave and I thank you for speaking up and making schools safer for my daughter and other kids.
Dig very deep in your state bc this is statewide & the school is protected on a state level not your child but parents do not learn that til it’s to late then you’ll find so many cases & genuinely not understand how nobody knows/how you didn’t know.. I ripped my daughter out of public schools once I found out about this but the information is there you just have to know where to look & who to speak to bc unfortunately once there is payment made to the parents (settle out of court) there is also a NDA. So parents keep quiet no matter the risk to other children for money. The other parents either do not have enough proof to take to a federal court or they aren’t willing to put their child through the torture to get said evidence so they rip their kids out & homeschool them to keep them safe & they can’t say anything due to legal action. This is extremely bad with children who have special needs that’s why the are placed in “red zone” schools. I’ll never forget when a lawyer looked me dead in the eyes & said public schools have one motto *Cant tell, can’t testify* You do your research & you’ll never put your child in a state funded public school.
This is disgusting and she deflects like a politician. The School board is in charge of firing employees when they are not properly doing their jobs! Period! They are masters at passing the buck to avoid answering any questions.
I hope these women find some peace. Do your district even better, get your education and run against these fools fill their shoes and take the actions they refused!
School officials sound like they’re part of the “good ol boys” club.. they were probably teen rapists themselves. They’ll get their karma one day. Stay strong, ladies. ❤️
I’m honestly not surprised. I attended CMS schools from 3rd grade till HS and graduated in 2016. They had a lack of sex education (didn’t even learned about contraception, only not to have sex so I won’t ruin my “flower”). There was multiple incidents in my HS about students bring guns to school, but instead of strict authority, the principal only sent out voicemails about checking your kids bags before they leave. Lastly the most craziest thing that happened in my HS was my home room teacher(around 40-50), was having a relationship with a sophomore student. I’m glad she told someone about it but there was no media outrage about this, only him being dismissed. I really hope CMS change because the lack of leadership has been going on for multiple years.
"Sex ed, contraception". Seems like your family failed you not the school.
@@majesticgee7610 Yeah they did too, especially since they came from third world countries that almost every household had 8+ kids and sex is a taboo topic... I'm just glad I had the internet to research about sex once I gotten curious and haven't been pregnant or contacted any STDs.
i also attended this school and was let down by the staff and administrators countless times. they don’t care and they never have. i’m so proud of everyone for never letting this go as it’s something that needs to be addressed.
As someone with three daughters in the Charlotte school district this was extremely alarming. Thanks for reporting! And sharing these brave beautiful womens stories! Because of them, my daughters will hopefully be spared this type of treatment! So thank you!
Please get them pocketnives and teach them how to use vulgur language
@@tim62103 🤨
The only way to spare kids from this is to get the people in power to act or to vote and replace them with people who will act. I pray for the safety of your children and for these brave survivors that people will act, including educating themselves, rallying people to support them, and voting.
@@DrejaAndi totally agree
There's an alarm called She's Birdie she can use that is very loud. Maybe you can get it for your daughter. She can keep it in her back back anx then carry it in her pocket at school if having it on the Keychain brings too much attention to it.
Thank you for reporting on this. This is every school, every where. Haven’t been in school for 30 yrs and I can still remember being assaulted and harassed.
Yes. My mother cared more about her social standing in the community than protecting her daughter. Silent epidemic.
I'm 40 now but I was extremely bullied, stalked, had horrible rumors spread about me, these girls would write all over the bathroom walls & I got caught marking it out & got suspended.. These girls would push me into lockers, surround me in the gym bathroom & my mom complained SOOO many times & we were told that there was NOOOO WAY THESE GIRLS WERE DOING ANY OF THIS.. They also bullied me outside of school, they were stalk & humiliate me at parties & would threatened to beat me up if I didn't yell out the things they told me to... I was terrified of them, they tried running me over a few times, I tried to un life myself many times, got into drugs & alcohol.. I was even pulled from a car when I was trying to escape a party. I feared everyday.. Since the school refused to do anything about, I ended up in my first fight because one of the girls drew on my face with a HUGE black sharpe marker... So I ended up skipping school for 2 months straight, I got caught one day & they gave me ISS, my mom found out & withdrew me from school. I never graduated.. Olympic high home of the Trojans LEFT ME WITH MENTAL & PHYSICAL SCARS... Other stuff happened where I was drugged & taken advantage of when I was 16 by an 18 yr old guy, they video tapped it, & passed it around & the school refused to help me at all.. My teachers called me stupid & said I would never amount to anything.. When I heard about CMS covering up all of this, it shook me to my core. Especially where the little girl that went to Olympic was sexually assaulted and the guy was convicted had an ankle bracelet on his ankle and was allowed to play football.. smh!!! GOOD FOF YOU GIRLS.. I DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE
As a 30 year old male who doesn't want children because of the world we live in this made me shed tears
Same thing happened to me in school I was 12 and 13 locked in a stall just like the one girl in the story ... The school did nothing... I wasn't the only victim of this older boy who was 15 at the time... I'm almost 34 now.... I will NEVER forget nor will these GIRLS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!! We are not raising our boys right if this keeps happening!! Schools need to be held accountable for not keeping children safe!!
I was also harassed and assaulted by a group of boys in grade 7 daily, and when my parents went to the principal she said it was my word againsed theirs.. then they said if I switched to a different school theyd let me pass to grade 8, and I did gladly! But they deffinitly didnt want anything to do with these issues.. I've been lucky my own kids haven't had any problems that way
I am so sorry you had to go through this. You are fucking brave and strong for even talking about your experience.
All of these girls deserve better than this. In 90’s my high school made national headlines for trying to cover up a huge sex scandal involving the football team. Once you watch guys being arrested in class it’s something you don’t forget. Other school boards and districts should have learned from that, but I guess history is doomed to repeat itself.
What's the name of your high school
Kinda hard when probably that same boys hand kids who are going to school or even that boys are principal lawyers or anything with power…evil doesn’t go away it just grows
@@ashliM2990 look up Spur Possee I think that’s how it was spelled.
@@gc4161 I don’t know what they’re doing now. There was a video of one of the guys in a sleezy casino trying to win money.
@@mza2195 thank u and that's crazy I hope one day they pass a law to where school officials will be convicted for sweeping these types of things under the rug
These poor girls. They all did an amazing job standing up and speaking their truth. Very courageous. The school employees need to be held accountable for their inaction.
Okay but the parents of those boys who raped them?! Like what is wrong with you, you should be the first to put pressure on the school to act and most definitely punish your son. But I guess that people who fail so miserably at teaching their sons about respect and consent cannot be expected to do much. I'm appalled, this is unthinkable in Europe
They deserve Jail time
I was thinking the same. I would throw my own family members under the bus immediately if I knew they did something this evil. Imagine raising your child and then defending them when they hurt someone else? Vile parents
Watch all the responsible staff get fired very quickly after this video goes out. Sad thing it takes a HUGE cry for help to get these things to stop.
Can't wait for them to be fired and I hope charges are brought afainst them as well :)
My heart aches for these young women, how awful that almost every woman I know has a similar experience. Shows so many flaws in our society, schools, & justice system. It’s so familiar for a person to be violated and live with the trauma for life & a rapist to get a slap on the wrist and move on. The people who cover up these atrocities are just as culpable as the perpetrators themselves. Just as a family who disowns a child for speaking out about SA/molestation while coddling the abuser. It is infuriating.
I experienced this within my own family. IT HAPPENS! With my family they used church as their cloak and shield against having to look at anything negative that went on in our family. People/institutions like this will stop at nothing. They do not care about loss of life...my mom committed suicide at 47...they care most about reputation and portraying a certain image. CMS is not a God based school system just like my family wasn't. Jesus came to show us how to break down barriers and expose what is keeping us from living a life of freedom. These girls exemplify the true Christ and God within them with what they are doing, and I commend them.
I’m sitting here sobbing. The clear and obvious pain that comes from those young women is palpable even through the video and I’m sitting here thinking and wondering how any man could ever let this happen to a woman and not be ready to defend them at any cost. The unconscionable behavior and response from the school administration and district is the ultimate level of vile evil and it is inexcusable and should be immediately responded to and dealt with. Even the responses from the school board are empty and meaningless and demonstrate how tone deaf and worthless they are and how little they actually care about the students.
I’m split between a desire to defend and protect the victims and a level of rage that is hard to quantify. God forbid I was ever to have that happen to someone I knew…the level of response and the sheer commitment to making people pay would be newsworthy.
No, the people who cover it up definitely are not as culpable as the perps themselves. That's honestly stupid. The staff wasn't there and don't know what really happened. They clearly had reason to doubt these stories. If they just believed every allegation and punished based off word of mouth, they'd be negligent in the opposite direction. They are put in an impossible position and it seems like you people cannot put yourself in the position of the school. They either punish someone based on hearsay, and then the accused and their families will be pushing back on them for expelling their son based on allegations that couldn't be proven... or they realize that it's impossible to prove if sex was consensual or not if they weren't there to witness it and choose not to get involved. The first scenario sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen, so I'm pretty sure most people would do the latter if they were in a position of authority. The thing is, people who only think with emotion and not with logic and reasoning never make it to these positions of authority.
@@barbrothers2 Did you watch the documentary? No one is asking to just punish every one without due process... The problem is that the school told these girls that they were not going to do anything about it, in one case they told her that if she continued with the accusation then she would get expelled for being in the men's bathroom which was against the rules...
@@KatherineAcosta20 Did you watch the documentary? because they said suspended, first of all. Not expelled. Those are two very different things. Suspension is hardly a punishment. If I had been assaulted, I'd tell them to go ahead and look into it. I wouldn't worry about being suspended because 1) I'd know that i'm innocent 2) being suspended is no big deal anyway if thats the worst case scenario. i'm not sure why you wouldn't risk suspension in order to have your alleged perpetrator looked into.... they're honestly doing her a favor by warning her that she can be suspended if they look into this, because they already know it's impossible to prove that the sex was nonconsensual, short of the guy admitting he assaulted her. so if they conclude it was consensual, and they have a clearly stated rule about suspending students who go in the other bathrooms or who have sex on school property, then they would have to suspend her. they know theres no reason to look into it because it's impossible to prove, and they aren't the police, they don't have the resources to prove a crime was committed. why didn't these girls go straight to the police? if i'm the victim of a crime, i'm going to the police... not the school.
These young women are so courageous. Fighting while asking "why isn't my life as important" takes such strength. Respect to all of you.
When I was being abused and when I was assaulted as a teenager I went to the police, friends parents, just any adult I could and no one ever did anything about it. Some didn’t even inform my parents. What’s worse is some of the people were just older men and they ended up taking advantage of me and assaulting me too because I was vulnerable. Something has to change. I’m so proud of these girls.
Sorry to hear that, Vikki - I’ve got friends with eerily similar stories. Women deserve better
Sorry to hear that, Vikki - I’ve got friends with eerily similar stories. Women deserve better
Sorry to hear that, Vikki - I’ve got friends with eerily similar stories. Women deserve better
Sorry to hear that, Vikki - I’ve got friends with eerily similar stories. Women deserve better
I'm so sorry Vikki, that must have been frustrating. I hope you are able to get the right people in your corner for healing. May I ask, did your parents try and assist you with law enforcement?
"he brought a gun to school and threatened he would shoot himself if we didn't meet after class"
I'm shocked they even allowed a gun to be brought on campus, what if he actually did shoot himself or other students???
Most rural schools don’t have metal detectors, and if you’re in an open or concealed carry state, then it is much harder to monitor if students have a gun without interrupting the learning environment. Justice in the 704.
I'm shocked a person didn't report a student with a gun, then followed him into the woods. Tells me there's a bit more to this story.
I don’t know what she was thinking, why not just call the police the moment you get that message. Well I guess she was like 14.
@@BobMarley-vl5gl yes. At 14 and 15 we are more naïve than we think.
She was probably terrified; the police are useless (look at Uvalde), he could have easily shot her if she didn’t go with him
This is an outrageous the fact this happened is sickening.
Wait wait wait so basically she saying the school told her that if legal action were taken the suspect was not guilty she will be suspended right ,
So did she pursue action s since she made clear that she had proof .
@@hustlerstv4252 nothing but a scare tactic. You can then sue the school and I’ll tell you it’s a sure win.
@@hustlerstv4252 stop commenting the same thing over and over again. Are you ok? Or are you clearly not there??
As a victim of SA. I commend all these girls/women for coming forward with their stories. It was hard to watch but this needed to be done. Praying for everyone to heal.
..,🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
That interview with the school board chairwoman was.. WOW. I'm so scared to send my kids to schools. I'm so proud of these young women. I hope they chase this right to the top and the lawsuit results favorably.
I’m so glad you are sharing this! Their names are out there now and now everyone knows whose in the wrong. Strong brave women for sharing their stories.
Yes,they were raped and I feel sorry for these young women but the young men who did these atrocitty are not to fully blame.And I also need to listen to the young men's story.
Wait wait wait so basically she saying the school told her that if legal action were taken the suspect was not guilty she will be suspended right ,
So did she pursue action s since she made clear that she had proof .
@@ends2030 wait, so if someone were to vandalize property, or rob a store, would the "perpetrator" not be fully to blame? Who else is to blame for raping someone, if not the rapist?
@@hustlerstv4252 She didn't have proof. No proof was presented in this video whatsoever. Unless you consider a story to be proof.
this is a joke
This is horrendous, I am so sorry about the lengths you’ve had to go to just to try and get people to understand. Everyone who is a part of this is so brave!
This is sickening... I go to Union County Public Schools, the district right next to CMS that covers the Charlotte sub-urbs and I've heard stories about this from others in both CMS and UCPS schools. I'm glad the story is getting a wider reach.
I go to Olympic highschool and I was there for the protest near the beginning of the year. It was honestly baffling to see how the students wanted change more than the staff there. The students were willing to get in trouble just to see if cms would change. It is absolutely disgusting how cms handles these kinds of things, and how they keep supporting the accused. These women who shared are brave for sharing their stories and I hope change comes soon in this district.
I went to East Meck in the 80s. It was the same then, and it's really depressing to realize that not a damned thing has changed in 30 years 😢🤬
I blamed myself for my assault for 10 years. Expecting victims to speak in front of a board, especially immediately following an assault, is wrong on so many levels. I'm so mad for all the failures here.
The fact that I live in Charlotte and my daughter attends CMS is concerning 😟
Talk to ur child about it
Keep those lines of communication with her wide open because this behavior is rampant in all NC schools and has been for years
Spread the word to other parents asap and push the school board for more safety protocols etc for these disgusting assaults! Every single parent should know and help make changes +
Don't forget to talk to your sons about not assaulting girls.
Concerning? It should be alarming.
This was hard to watch. As a charlottean and student from CMS, it was truly disgusting to hear how these horrific events were handle. As a male, I could only think about my little sister who just started her freshman year last week. The young women’s strength in this video was heart warming. Please continue to fight! So many go unheard.
Start calling them like i do, every few weeks call in from a Google number and say I've been offered a job in the area and what chances they've made to the r*** culture and how they plan to protect my daughter(s)........ I'm a single dude who would never not WFM lol
Wow I graduated from the CMS schools and when I attended a assault did happen and that individual went on to be a repeat offender.
The girl was a freshman and the attacker was a senior.
That's sickening. You should say HIS name (sigh... He'd prob sue you)
I'm only 10 minutes in and I'm furious. Can I punch these principals please???
Fucking hell. How can you be such a horrible person and be in charge of kids and teenagers.
Based on the whole report. Easy, notice that at no point in the reporting was it said that the boy was prosecuted and found guilty under the law. As a result I would bet money the school literally cannot do anything. We live in a system where unless your guilty in the court room that ties the hands of others who do not have flexibility to act otherwise.
Put another way, if the school disciplined the boy and the boy and or family felt they did nothing wrong. They can easily win a lawsuit because the school wouldn't be able to prove he did anything. Accusations are not guilty verdicts. It sucks but those are the rules we live under. Does that excuse the lack of empathy, no.
That said, I would advocate you pay attention to what vice reported the accusations actually were specifically that girl who had to write out what happened to her. Based on her own words it looks like she went along with what her bf talked her into doing. Even the girl who tried to help her bf who was threatening suicide went along with what her bf asked because he was threatening to off himself. There is no way to fairly get any sort of recourse for these situations as long as human beings are known to lie without at least a witness or recording of some sort.
@@jasonbirchoff2605 Surprisingly, no reply 5 months later. I guess I make too much sense.
As a graduate of MP I 1000% support these stories being told and being brought to the forefront. There is SO much disorder in CMS!!!
I have to say that as frustrated as I was with the school’s processes/responses, this reporter did SUCH a phenomenal job when speaking with the school board chairs. The questions she asked got to the heart of SOLVING the problem, rather than these ladies feeling like they’re so bravely screaming into the wind. WELL DONE!! And I’m glad to hear the dismissive, avoidant superintendent now has more time to pursue other interests. Clearly he was not suited for that position. These young ladies are so tremendously courageous. Thank you for speaking up, paving the way for others who may need to.
I say this in all seriousness. I went to the CMS school systems (north meck area) and I legit know three girls from the school here in charlotte that were raped and bullied relentlessly after. Some of them were even assaulted after to be quiet. the same guys were ones i played sports with during freshman year. what a brave new world we live in. horrifying.
What is going on over there bro? How come people are not protecting these young women? My ex brother in-law lives in Charlotte with my nephews, when I was there it couldn't have seemed more well mannered (albeit heavy drinkers).
Share this to every parent in this school district so they can show up to these events and help hold these horrible
People accountable.
🙋♀️ I’m here! And I certainly plan on it now! With three daughters in the district I’ve already contacted CMSD and CM police both publicly on FB and via email! This is blowing my mind in the worst way!
I went to East Meck in the 80s, and stuff like this happened back then, too. Nothing has changed in 30 years, and I'm not holding my breath for anything to get any better now
Parents need to protest by not sending their kids to school if there is no school attendance the school doesn't get money.
I graduated from a CMS school in the early 90s and I can attest this is not a new thing. The third young woman got the same response from her school that I did. This is generational and I would say standard and set policy. CMPD, CMS and the SROs need to be held accountable. Transparency is required.
The interview with the school board at the end was simply atrocious and unbearable. That council woman's patronizing and insincere behavior, the twisted smirks and frowns upon her face made my skin crawl. I felt nothing but utter disgust and ever more enraged at her compete lack of any moral empathy or compassion. These are sick individuals and they are the ones in charge of the school district? Proper action must be taken, hold them to accountability for their inaction.
38:20 why does that woman seem so cold and disingenuous? Ive got a theory that some institutions end up with a leadership full of psychopaths/sociopaths because they always hire more people like them to cover their backs. Any decent people working there with enough sense to see this then leave the position and it creates an endless culture of abuse. I see it in the police, schools, care homes, foster homes, churches and even hospitals, anywhere their are vulnerable people and no measures to stop these people or hold them accountable.
I just watched it and oh my god. She’s got to be some kind of crazy, if not she’s an abuser herself In some way. No one could respond the way she is, laughing and making faces, if they were actually a good person
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE! What's the fucking point of a school board if they have no oversight ON THE FUCKING SCHOOLS?!?!?!?! Unbelievable. Parents & guardians should DEMAND better for their kids and our future.
Exactly! This just made me angry.
CMS, the surrounding school districts, and the North Carolina Board of Education are all just horrible in general. They make it an absolute pain to try and report any misconduct, the school boards are filled with bigots that never listen to students or parents and never try to change anything.
I have 4 daughters, I don’t feel safe sending them to school, when the hell is this going to stop?!
The way that chairwoman pouted made me sick, it made want to slap her so bad. They just make you feel powerless.
No one takes responsibility ....this is outrageous. They may as well say they don't care.
"woman, you are the slave of the world." it's heart wrenching and absolutely disgusting that our society treats women like this. our indifference reveals we are a barbaric people not worthy of continued existence.
Agreed. In fact many other countries openly believe this is true and go the extra step of selling people and trading them. Humanity is built on destruction and suffering it’s nasty.
Women are not allowed to sit at the table they are what’s on the menu
what should be done ?
@@mikloridden8276 what should be done ?
@@thrisbt1 get rid of men u genius
As someone who went to a CMS school, a lot needs to be changed about the system. Its genuinely upsetting seeing what future graduates will have to go through
Thank you for highlighting these survivors' stories. This is so important and the way these issues are dealt with needs to be changed. Survivors need support and deserve to feel safe and protected at and by their schools
Those who retaliated and silenced the kids should all be in jail.
"We have rules that we follow..." except for when they're inconvenient to pursue sexual abuse of minors in your school.
As a student who was sexually assaulted in a school in Britain, who also reported it to be ignored (to which the sexual assault continued for 3 more years) this video had me in tears. It happens all over the world. People really don’t care
The chairwoman is so disgusting, lack of empathy and especially lack of action taken to prevent those measures. This is why we need to talk to boys and girls about boundaries, especially at the school! She should resign, this behaviour is an inadequate response. There really needs to be a petition started about this
This is so heartbreaking but I can’t champion these girls enough for being so courageous and refusing to step down or be silenced. Thanks for bringing this story to us, y’all.
The strength these young ladies have is inspiring.
Hearing this is truly sickening. not only am I disgusted that this many rapes are happening in schools but also because I too was raped in high school. I was in 9th grade and was a proud virgin I was a cheerleader and had many friends that I had grown up with since elementary school, he was a basketball jock and many looked up to him I too looked up to him he was my best guy friend and I trusted him. One day after school I stopped by the bathroom before my walk home only to walk out the bathroom stall with him standing there waiting for me he said nothing and I thought he was pulling some kind of joke but he never said a word just slammed my head against the wall he raped me and left me on the bathroom floor bloody and my head hurting. long story short I lost all my friends had to move to a different town and school all the while he stayed going to my other school stayed hanging out with my friends and I was alone and now had anxiety and depression still to this day I am not the same it’s been over twenty years and I live with that day and I will live with it for the rest of my life…..
Also just wanted to add the school I went to also did nothing to help me even with police reports and restraining orders and he was still allowed to be in the same class with me and even his mother went to the school to stalk me and the school did nothing….
"I HATE THAT " was legit a spit in the face of the survivors
Happens in schools all over the country. My niece is at UCLA and there were 3 rapes by a foreign student, the case was bounced between campus police and local police and no one would do anything. Foreign student left without being prosecuted. .
The courage these girls have is beyond inspiring to me. I have so much hope for where they are headed in life after enduring such serious trauma and overcoming it. I firmly believe in the principle that "The Obstacle is The Way." Through their continued resoluteness I see them standing stronger than ever in who they are at their core which is something NO ONE can take away. I worked in CMS schools and never felt supported. The courage these girls have is much more than I ever did to stand up to them. I bow to their courage and bravery. ❤️
I can't tell you how many times I have heard an abuser say "if you don't do xyz I will kill myself". That statement alone is one of the most manipulative phrases in the English language.
This is the south and he was a football player. That explains everything. Can't ruin the future of the precious football player. Absolutely makes me sick! My heart goes out to these ladies.
Fraternities, too.
To handle these situations in an incompetent manner is one thing, but to actively antagonize the victims and do what these people did is straight up objectively evil. A lot of people need to get fired.
This is outrageous! Where the hell is her local district attorney?
Their leadership makes a living on absolutely keeping the status quo and the lid shut on everything that could possibly mess with their cashflow.
The district attorney would never be involved because these stories don't have nearly enough proof to ever be prosecuted.
The district attorney claims to have investigated it but he’s essentially on the schools side
This happens in Canada constantly. My sister and I were both assaulted by a female student (had three other victims), when we went to the Principal and Vice Principal they said that because we knew her since childhood and she said we're friends they told us that she (Assaulter) would get therapy and nothing else would be done. The Principal hid it and became a Superintendent for another school in another board and the vice Principal got a promotion at the end of the year. Teachers sexually assault and harass student's openly, one made a comment on a Student's Instagram photo of her in a bikini, he got sexual harassment training and was back within a week teaching her. This wasn't the first time he did this and had been moved to our school from a different school board. The school I went to had gotten many teacher's that had complaints and infractions but their union protects them from any serious repercussions with no regards to the students they teach.
Male students would sexually assault students whenever they could, they would get into a circle where one would grab a girl then each one would grope her while the teacher's saw it and waited till the last moment to break it up. They received detention that wouldn't go one their records because they were drunk and the girls didn't get hurt.
It's disgusting but happens often.
“Guess we’ll just break all the rules then”
Mam you named the rules at the start, that was NOT one of them. You made that one rule up.
But what fills me with rage is the “im a woman” yeah and your going out of your way to silence other women, you just had to let them talk and chose to obstruct them… she’s just a different version of the officer/principal.
Thanks vice, for putting this out.
Sod they didn't share the story of the young men involved in these and what lead them to this
No criminal is willing to admit their crimes especially in front of a camera
We also need to put a BIG emphasis on the adults who allow this. In my school the principal was big on dress code and very evidently sexist and had internalized misogyny. Girls were sexually assaulted and harassed and under her watch a teacher was exchanging nudes with girls and grooming them.
Our culture of silence and silencing here in the US has harmed generations of women. Young men are led to believe they matter more than any victim. They then go out into the world as adults, with that sense of superiority, and continue to victimize others in many ways -including continuing to assault women.
I wonder how many men in positions of power are themselves perpetrators. It would explain the willingness to shove it all under the carpet. Especially in the athletic arena.
This same attitude happens in the military. I was encouraged to stay silent because I saw how other victims were treated. The numbers of unreported assaults and rapes must be astronomical.
Change has to come at both the institutional level and at home. We must teach our boys about empathy and give them clear boundaries.
Oh yeh and this should be shared across all platforms these ppl need their voices heard
What's a woman your being transphobic
These girls are still so young and already so resilient and brave to speak out about what happened to them.
It breaks my heart and disgusts me to know that faculty is default siding with sexual assault. The amount of courage it takes to bring this to anyone’s attention is already so difficult.
Schools by nature, deal with children and young adults. They should feel safe where they’re supposed to learn. How many of the staff are also sexually assaulting minors? It really makes you wonder!
This entire thing is entirely horrific.
The problem is that people who cling to their own sense of status, because they are in positions of responsibility, don’t want to let anything ruin the narrative that they are impervious to fault; that they can be relied upon by their superiors to run their part of the operation without any hitches. And so it boils down to pure and nasty self-centredness. It boils down to the middling managers who are so utterly SELF concerned, and SELF important, that it is impossible for them to truly empathize, and be compassionate about the suffering of another. I never saw such an obvious FAKE sentiment of sympathy, as from the woman on the board- it was borderline hyperbolically done, I almost gagged when she made that pouty face. I can’t even believe she had the nerve to do that right on international media.
Aaaawww, I'm really sorry for them Really. But we let them speak, even though it was against the rules.
I'd really, really like to Will Smith that woman 🤬
This absolutely bring PTSD it’s hard for a traumatized victim THANK U FOR UR STORY BEING BRAVE AND ADVOCATING
MY GOD HOW MUCH MORE KIDS BEFORE CHANGE IS NEEDED TO BE MAD THIS HAS ME IN TEARS
I was in school when this happened. Some of the victims were my friends. The principal didn’t care, the cops didn’t care, and CMS didn’t care. CMS was and still is a very negligent system, but it always upsets me thinking about how much happened and how little occurred to stop it from happening again. Bosco belongs in jail. I will hate him, officer leek, and mr guice for the rest of my life. The failed to help my friends, they failed to help the other victims, and they kept doing this over and over again and didn’t even see consequences.
As a person who lives in North Carolina I find this terrifying my condolences to the survivors of this 😞
I graduated from a different school in the CMS district and there was an AP psychology teacher who was known for grooming students and having sexual relationships with them and the administration never did anything about it despite taking reports from students. He still works there to my knowledge.
Are you f*cking serious??? Reading this comment section, I think the FBI needs to start looking into this district jesus christ.
@@Fenthule CMS had a case with the supreme court in the early 70's for racial segregation (Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education). CMS and surrounding school districts have been like this for a long time. They make it extremely unclear and difficult to properly report anything like this. Bullying, discrimination, violence, and assault is not that uncommon and almost never handled properly in this area.
i bet they protect and defend the attacker and he will go free and do it again and again...
This is absolutely insane. As a sexual assault survivor this is so scary. Where are the teachers where are the protections for the young women in high school predators are everywhere I need to protect a young woman way better than what is currently. Sad man
As someone who works in education this breaks my heart to hear, but I know it happens all too often and is not a surprise.
School boards are unfortunately, by law in most states, hobbled to the point of irrelevance. They are basically limited to financial decisions and are at the mercy of the superintendent's agenda. They are as the rep described, distinctly distanced from the actual operation of the school districts they supposedly are making decisions for. It is a rotten system that needs to be flushed, as it leaves actual district administration disconnected from any true public accountability or oversight. The only power a board has over a superintendent is to hire or fire them, but even that process is extremely scripted. And when superintendents keep boards in the dark about district issues, they don't even have the information they should have to judge if the superintendent is effective or not.
As far as campus staff, many are overworked and put on blinders. If something isn't their job, they're not going to step out of line to do it. Mostly because they don't have the time, but also because they KNOW how their supervisors will react.
Why would a principal brush their kind of thing off then? Again, not wanting to "get involved" legally. Fear of the school being held accountable for not protecting the students. Being so jaded to misbehaving students who create drama, that they can't understand most students aren't that type. They see the worst kids every day who lie and fight and do drugs, that they don't even know what it's like to deal with a normal child or teen who is a good kid with a real problem. The same with campus police.
The fix is that every campus needs to have a team of student advocates. Whose job is not discipline, not reporting families to CPS, not dealing only with discipline, not scheduling classes, but whose FIRST and ONLY job is to get to know students and be responsive with helping students. Such advocates could advise minor issues, act as a liaison to teachers with whom a student is having difficulty, provide minor counseling if needed, or refer issues to the authorities of it is appropriate. These advocates should not be answerable to anyone in the district but to a public oversight working with the school board.
Some will tell you that we have school counselors or psychologists for this. They are either misled or lying. At a secondary school, counselors are overwhelmed with schedules, credits, student records, bureaucratic and paperwork issues. Only after that they have a little time for students with the worst issues. On top of that they typically have no standing to advocate for students with other district staff or in legal matters.
This post is very informative and confirms my suspicions. I also think the boys in questions were playing football so that adds another layer of why the school would just ignore the girls.
As the school system stands now what advice would you give to a victim? Would you tell them to go to police directly?
@Alvin Brinson. Excellent, well thought out practical, and applicable idea. Plus great factual, objective information, that really gives one the full picture. Thank you for taking the time. I really hope more people read this. It would make a great opinion piece in a paper! Please go for it. It needs a wider audience, and would help keep people on their toes, and thinking.
It's not just they ignored the victims but they rewarded the faculty that should have protected them.
How the hell are these kids getting the chance to assault people on school grounds, during school hours? Is my first question. Where are teachers? Where are administrator’s?
in 8th grade in CMS I was having a mental breakdown and left campus wandering in the woods for 2 hours; came back for my last classes - no one seemed to care.
Classic CMS admins. They don’t care about their students. Also a former CMS student
Teachers and admin either don't want to have to deal with the paperwork and reporting could result in a school losing all of its funding, so they just don't.
From my experience in CMS this checks out. I had bullying issues and I was given 'verbal contracts' by staff, rather than the actual written ruleset that CMS gives for instances of bullying.
I went to a private school called Lawrence Academy that did the same thing to girls who reported their stories . They would get transferred to different schools and never talked about again .