Gang rape witness feels no guilt
SAN FRANCISCO, Fla., 12 November 2009: One teenager who witnessed the gang rape of a 15-year-old San Francisco area girl told ABC he doesn’t feel accountable for what happened.
The two-hour gang rape happened last month outside the girl’s Richmond High School homecoming dance. Police said 10 males were suspected of taking part in the gang rape, while 20 others watched and did nothing, and some took photographs on their cell phones.
Police have arrested and charged six men, ranging in age from 15 to 21, in the Oct. 24 rape.
The unidentified 16-year-old witness told ABC’s KGO-TV, San Francisco, “I feel like I could have done something, but I don’t feel like I have any responsibility for anything that happened.”
Two other witnesses told KGO they didn’t call police because they didn’t want to be called snitches.
Salvador Rodriguez, initially arrested in the gang rape but later released for insufficient evidence, said he saw “crazy things” the night of the attack.
“They were kicking her in her head and they were beating her up,” he told KGO, “robbing her and ripping her clothes off. It’s something you can’t get out your mind.”
ABC said the victim is recovering at home. She is described by friends as a devout Christian who attended church three times a week and had been looking forward to the homecoming dance for weeks.
Because they are being charged as adults, each suspect could face life in prison if convicted.
Source: Agencies
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