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WOMAN
RESTAURANT PATRON RAPED IN HOTEL LADIES’ ROOM. |
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CUSTOMER
OF CARRY-OUT BBQ RESTAURANT KIDNAPPED FROM PARKING LOT AND
RAPED. |
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TWO
TEENAGE GIRLS RAPED AT KNIFEPOINT IN APARTMENT. “SECURITY
BARS” WERE ATTACHED TO OUTSIDE WINDOW WITH STANDARD
PHILLIPS SCREWS.
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ELDERLY
WOMAN ATTACKED AND STABBED 7 TIMES IN HER CAR WHILE PARKING
LOT GUARDS STAND ONLY YARDS AWAY. |
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DEPARTMENT
STORE EMPLOYEE KIDNAPPED FROM REMOTE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT
DESPITE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAFETY OF PARKING LOT.
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FEMALE
APARTMENT TENANT RAPED BY INTRUDER WHO GAINED ENTRY THROUGH
DEFECTIVE SLIDING GLASS DOOR.
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MENTAL
PATIENT RAPED BY HER PSYCHIATRIST.
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SUPERMARKET
CUSTOMER CARJACKED AND SHOT TO DEATH ON PARKING LOT.
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YOUNG
WOMAN KIDNAPPED FROM PARKING GARAGE AND RAPED BY SECURITY
GUARD.
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PARENTS
MURDERED IN FRONT OF 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THEIR APARTMENT.
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WOMAN
RAPED IN HOTEL ROOM BY INTRUDER.
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CUSTOMER
DENIED ENTRANCE TO BULLET PROOF CASHIER BOOTH: SHOT TO DEATH
BY ARMED ROBBER. |
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VISITOR
TO APARTMENT COMPLEX SHOT TO DEATH IN ROBBERY.
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BAR
PATRON KIDNAPPED AND RAPED IN FULL VIEW OF BAR OWNER.
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APARTMENT
TENANT KIDNAPPED FROM APARTMENT PARKING LOT AND RAPED AFTER
MANAGEMENT FAILED TO CLOSE SECURITY GATE TO LOT.
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NEW
TENANT RAPED BY MEN WHO HAD PRIOR EVICTED TENANT’S OLD
KEY-APARTMENT HAD ASSURED THE WOMAN THEY HAD CHANGED THE LOCKS
TO HER APARTMENT BEFORE SHE MOVED IN. |
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| RESTAURANT
PATRON KIDNAPPED WHEN SECURITY ESCORT WAS ABSENT FROM HIS POST |
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| GUEST
REQUIRED TO PARK IN DARKENED AREA OF MOTEL PARKING LOT - KIDNAPPED
AND RAPED BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANT |
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| DEVELOPMENTALLY
DISABLED YOUNG WOMAN LEFT ON SCHOOL BUS AT THE END OF THE BUS
ROUTE-REPEATEDLY RAPED IN ABANDONED BUILDING WHEN SHE TRIED
TO FIND HER WAY HOME |
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| YOUNG
WOMAN TENANT OF LARGE ST. LOUIS APARTMENT COMPLEX MURDERED BY
DRUG-ADDICTED APARTMENT MANAGER |
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| YOUNG
MAN WITH PROMISING FUTURE SHOT TO DEATH AT LARGE GANG-INFESTED
SAN DIEGO APARTMENT COMPLEX WHILE VISITING HIS GIRLFRIEND |
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| YOUNG
WOMAN RAPED AS SHE ENTERED THE HALLWAY OF HER ST. LOUIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX |
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| TWO
MEN SHOT BY SECURITY GUARDS AT AN ALL-NIGHT IHOP RESTAURANT
IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI |
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| CUSTOMER
OF GAS STATION/CONVENIENCE STORE STABBED IN THE FACE BY AN INTRUDER |
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| MIDDLE
SCHOOL GIRL GANG RAPED AT SKATING RINK BY 3 MEN WHO WERE TOO
OLD TO BE ADMITTED TO THE DANCE PARTY |
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| WOMAN
KIDNAPPED FROM HER KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI APARTMENT PARKING LOT
AND FORCED TO OPEN THE APARTMENT DOOR SO THE INTRUDERS COULD
ROB AND MURDER HER FIANCEE |
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| SIX
LEARNING DISABLED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN MOLESTED BY REMEDIAL
READING TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM |
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| These six little girls
were molested by their special school teacher in the classroom.
The teacher had worked for the St. Louis Board of Education
for over 20 years and there had been numerous complaints from
other children in at least three previous schools. Suit was
filed in the United States District Court, seeking damages for
the students for violations of their civil rights. The court
dismissed the case on the technicality that there could be no
proof of actual notice to the Board of Education itself. The
teacher was sentenced to sixteen years in prison. Although the
United States Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal by the
lower courts, they issued the following proclamation, clearly
telling school boards across the country: “The magnitude
of the tragedy underlying this litigation compels us to sound
a final cautionary note to the Board and other similarly situated
public agencies. In the future, this court will closely scrutinize
bureaucratic hierarchies which, in their operation, tend to
insulate its policymaking officials from knowledge of events
which may subject them to Sec. 1983 liability. This case, in
conjunction with Jane Doe "A", compels us to provide
clear warning to the Board that in the future a defense of no
liability due to lack of knowledge may no longer apply to a
bureaucracy which continues to block notice to the Board of
allegations of sexual abuse of students committed by teachers
and others during school related activities.” |
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| ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL STUDENT SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HER SCHOOL BUS DRIVER |
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| SPECIAL
OLYMPICS ATHLETE SODOMIZED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH VOLUNTEER COACH
IN MOTEL ON FIELD TRIP |
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| MOTEL
GUEST ATTACKED IN HER ROOM BY FORMER MAINTENANCE MAN WHO HAD
ACCESS TO PASSKEYS |
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| FILLING
STATION CUSTOMER USING THE PAY PHONE ON THE PARKING LOT SHOT
BY A STRAY BULLET DURING A GANG FIGHT |
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| TWO
CUSTOMERS BEATEN ON CONVENIENCE STORE/GAS STATION PARKING LOT
BY GANG MEMBERS |
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