This was a horrific sexual assault, one that very nearly caused the death of the young woman who was left unconscious and almost fully unclothed on a minus 27-degree morning in March.
It is the type of case from which a victim may never fully recover, made worse by the fact that after two years, she has not received justice. The violent nature of the assault, the fact that the victim lost consciousness, and that the suspect was wearing bulky winter clothes and a face mask, meant that we had very little to work with - only that the suspect was Black and about 5'4 with a black toque, pants, and sweater or hoodie and that he had an accent. In addition, we had no witnesses, no tips, no CCTV and, after two years, no leads.
And:
While the tension I felt over this was very real, I prioritized the investigation – which in this case involved the pursuit of justice for the victim, herself a member of a racialized community, over the potential harm to the Black community. This was not an acceptable trade-off and I apologize for this.
For this reason, EPS will be taking the following steps today.
We are going to remove the visuals provided with this release from our web site and will remove our social media images altogether, effective this morning.
Hahahaha!!! dunno, guys. “Suspect is black, possibly with African heritage” helps no one.
The original tweet is honestly just a sad attempt at like futuristic branding on the part of the police department that just happens to be at the expense of generic looking cartoon black dudes. They all knew they weren’t going to solve a 3 year old crime this way and it definitely wasn’t put out there “in the hopes of identifying a rape suspect”. The whole thing is honestly peak comedy given the state of Canadian authorities.
Imagine raping that Woman, getting away with it for two whole years, then waking up to seeing your face reconstructed from DNA. Then the next day seeing this happen.
Eh... honestly I think sharing it was a bad idea, because the image wasn't actually of the suspect, just a guess really, probably close but also might easily be closer to other people.
Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the act of suspecting, targeting or discriminating against a person on the basis of their ethnicity, religion or nationality, rather than on individual suspicion or available evidence.
The victim described them as a black man about 5'4 w/ an accent. The DNA evidence confirms it was a black man.
Yes, it's not much to go on but it's not like they assumed "she was raped, was probably a nigger!"
She wasn't white. Which was cited as a justification for showing his reconstructed image.
While the tension I felt over this was very real, I prioritized the investigation – which in this case involved the pursuit of justice for the victim, herself a member of a racialized community, over the potential harm to the Black community
They wouldn't have done a thing if the victim didn't rank higher on the victimology scale than the black perp.
I've seen people claim it unironically that white people do not have a culture, bit this is the first time I've seen it implied that they don't have a race either.
And:
The Edmonton Police is a rapist's best friend.
"Woman raped to death by nigger, niggers most affected"
Link to their full statement: https://archive.ph/eQbyJ
Dear Lord please obliterate the earth
British police have been defending the rape of children for over 40 years, why change now?
https://twitter.com/Skeptique/status/1578121922755395597
Don’t back down. Geez
She should sue the police.
Hahahaha!!! dunno, guys. “Suspect is black, possibly with African heritage” helps no one.
The original tweet is honestly just a sad attempt at like futuristic branding on the part of the police department that just happens to be at the expense of generic looking cartoon black dudes. They all knew they weren’t going to solve a 3 year old crime this way and it definitely wasn’t put out there “in the hopes of identifying a rape suspect”. The whole thing is honestly peak comedy given the state of Canadian authorities.
Exactly how many black men are 5’4, unless they’re in middle school? Shouldn’t be too hard to find.
Imagine raping that Woman, getting away with it for two whole years, then waking up to seeing your face reconstructed from DNA. Then the next day seeing this happen.
Eh... honestly I think sharing it was a bad idea, because the image wasn't actually of the suspect, just a guess really, probably close but also might easily be closer to other people.
It's not racial profiling you twat, it's literally reporting on the DNA left by the literal specific rapist.
If you want to argue the facial estimation is bullshit that's one thing, but the heritage is a fact.
Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the act of suspecting, targeting or discriminating against a person on the basis of their ethnicity, religion or nationality, rather than on individual suspicion or available evidence.
The victim described them as a black man about 5'4 w/ an accent. The DNA evidence confirms it was a black man.
Yes, it's not much to go on but it's not like they assumed "she was raped, was probably a nigger!"
To be faaair, if a white woman gets raped in a major metropolitan area, it's fair to guess that a nigger did it.
She wasn't white. Which was cited as a justification for showing his reconstructed image.
They wouldn't have done a thing if the victim didn't rank higher on the victimology scale than the black perp.
Racialized community... not bLack, not La Tinks.... Jewish?
Edit: Canuckistan... survived outside in the cold... was she First Nations?
Given the very specific wording there, its almost certainly some sort of Indigenous or Indian of whatever the Canadians call them.
I've seen people claim it unironically that white people do not have a culture, bit this is the first time I've seen it implied that they don't have a race either.
So it's probably more accurate to say if a woman gets raped anywhere it was probably a nigger.
It's always okay