Former Arizona Sen. Martha McSally reported that she was groped by a stranger on Wednesday while jogging near Omaha, Nebraska. The 25-year-old suspect in her case was arrested and charged with assault early Friday morning.

A 25-year-old suspect is in custody on a sexual abuse charge after allegedly following and assaulting the former Arizona senator while she was running on Wednesday

  • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    315·
    1 year ago

    Unlike so many brave survivors, I didn’t report being sexually assaulted,” she said. “Like so many women and men, I didn’t trust the system at the time. I blamed myself. I was ashamed and confused. And I thought I was strong but felt powerless.”

    Even the victim who was strong enough to go off on her attacker right after the attack was too scared of the bias in the system to report the assault after it was over.

    • money_loo@1337lemmy.com
      11·
      1 year ago

      She’s referencing a different attack.

      She immediately reported this one, but the cops were unable to locate him on the scene. Thankfully they got him later.

    • Astongt615@lemmy.one
      62·
      1 year ago

      The “fighting off her attacker” and “not reporting” are from two different instances though, the former succeeding the latter. When she was raped by a superior officer she was too afraid, but now she has grown as a part of that system (though the article says GOP so I assume everyone here still thinks she’s a bad guy) and has gained the ability to call out and pursue her attacker. This is the same dressing up presentation that spreads the far reaching misinformation hurting our society, so I would encourage you to fully round out your statements with the whole truth in the future.