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Woman attacked while jogging near Jamaica Pond boathouse
By adamg on Mon, 01/19/2015 - 7:57pm
Boston Police report on an incident around 9:30 a.m.:
A female victim called police to report that, while running in the vicinity of the Jamaica Pond boathouse, an individual riding a bicycle approached her from behind and slapped her in the buttock region. Victim states she screamed and the suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction. The victim describes the suspect as either a black or Hispanic male in his early twenties, 6'0" in height, medium build, wearing a white ball cap with red trim (possibly a Chicago Bulls cap), a dark sweatshirt, dark pants and white sneakers.
Last fall saw several armed robberies or robbery attempts around the pond.
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Bad boys
I am sitting here on the couch with my step daughter who reports this same kid with two of his buds slapped her behind on the bike path near the skate park between green and stony at abt 1 pm today but she laughed it off b/c they looked to be young teens, a couple on skate boards and two on bikes. She's not traumatized and is laughing about the jp butt bandits. Her words.
not a laughing matter
I'm glad your step-daughter isn't traumatized. But this is not funny - it's sexual assault, and many girls and women will find it frightening. When someone does something like this to you, you don't know in the moment if it's going to escalate, which is scary.
its not a "sexual" assault,
its not a "sexual" assault, its an indecent assault. and im sure that dubbing it an attack makes it seem like pond is more dangerous than it really is.
Good luck with that bar exam
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I'm glad that your step
I'm glad that your step daughter isn't upset, but do you think you could ask her to, you know, report it? Maybe increase the chances that these guys are caught, or stop so that they won't be caught? Other people don't exactly relish getting smacked by strangers.
I get you. She thought they
I get you. She thought they were about 14 though so she just felt like it was a lark. She says she doesn't want 14 yr olds to go on the sex offender registry.
Not to minimize this person's
Not to minimize this person's experience. Context is everything. Maybe the oldest of the gang went on to continue his 'fun' and clearly it was scary for her so I won't excuse his behavior.
Really?
People who end up on the sex offender's list are those who have been convicted of a sex crime. The prosecution and conviction rates are very low. At the very least, had your daughter reported this, the boys may have been arrested and scared shitless to have never done it again.
oh please
Not reporting the crime just means there will be more victims before they're held accountable.
Cool It Now
This is the step-daughter.
We both shared a similar experience today and had very different reactions.
Im sorry that person was so bothered by what happened to her
If she thinks it will make a difference to report it, then she should do it
A good point is made.
I believe your step daughter handled the butt slapping incident with aplomb. Some women may find the incident frightening but not all; personally I would find it mildly annoying.
If someone was going around
If someone was going around palping my scranus I'd be nonplussed as all get out, but it's up to the individual to take action, though certainly reporting is for the benefit of others.
I'm glad she's not
I'm glad she's not traumatized, but she's clearly naive if she thinks it's a laughing matter to be struck in a sexual way by a young men. You might want to have a talk with her about what's appropriate and what isn't.
ahh, but was a hospital laptop stolen?
Because if so...let's roll out the Mobile Command Center Truck, deploy a squadron of Hut Hut Hut Dudes, etc.
Oh? What's that? No hospital laptop? I guess just send Charlie over there to park his cruiser in front of the boathouse while he does his paperwork.
I would feel much safer
I would feel much safer running having "Charlie" parked nearby while he reads or does his paperwork. That way should another female be assaulted, he will, you know, be right there.
I don't think it was the laptop
the accounts for the different response. The laptop incident was an armed robbery and they left the guy tied to a tree if I remember right--pretty terrifying. I'm frankly relieved to read a headline about a woman being "attacked" and then to learn that it was a butt slap--not that it wouldn't have scared me but as attacks go I'll take that over two guys with a gun.
It's unwanted touching.
It's unwanted touching. Period. end.
It's great that the man who mentioned his step-daughter stated she wasn't traumatized but that is not going to be the case for everyone.
It may not be a big deal to some but this incident as well as some of the comments here is just another sad reminder on how much work we have to do in regards to women being viewed as objects that are up for "grab" (pun intended) whenever someone feels like it. This statement may seem over the top to some but if you can't even walk someplace without having to worry about someone touching you we have an ingrained problem in our society. Not only with this happening but women (or men) not feeling compelled to report it.
What would have been an awesome end to the story is if the person who was touched would have knocked his teeth out.
Glad everyone is ok and glad the 2nd women did report it.
Yes- let's knock out this kid's teeth.
There are plenty of things to get upset over with regards to sexual assualts, the victim shaming, poor handling by police and institutions, and on and on, but let's not call for someone's head because they slapped a woman on the butt.
So her body can be touched
So her body can be touched without her consent but she can't punch him dead in the eye? Should SHE have asked HIS permission first?