Felix Rojas, 44, arraigned after video showed him performing sexual acts on unresponsive passenger
Authorities in New York have charged a man with attempted rape after surveillance video taken showed him performing sexual acts on an unresponsive passenger who was later determined to have died.
Police have been looking for suspects in the case for weeks, after footage captured two different people robbing the corpse of a man on a train traveling from Brooklyn to Manhattan, one of whom allegedly sexually violated him.
Felix Rojas, 44, was arraigned on Tuesday, three weeks after authorities said he abused the male victim inside a subway car. Rojas, who was arrested on Sunday, has also been charged with attempted grand larceny.
The dead can’t consent the same way other inanimate objects can’t consent.
The dead are just bags of meat. This is like claiming that tendorizing a steak should be considered “animal abuse.” I do think there’s traction in the argument that the perpetrator didn’t know the individual was dead therefore it could be considered rape, but in our discussion of hypotheticals here, I don’t think that’s relevant.