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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 890819" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://biggovernment.com/dhunter/2011/10/18/occupybaltimore-discourages-sexual-assault-victims-from-contacting-police-offers-counseling-for-perpetrators/" target="_blank">#OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims From Contacting Police, Offers Counseling for Perpetrators</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://biggovernment.com/author/dhunter" target="_blank">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Derek Hunter&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </a>As the Security Committee of Occupy Baltimore, we release&nbsp; this statement to ensure the safety of our newly forming, delicate yet&nbsp; strong community.
Sexual abuse and assault are dehumanizing acts for the survivor as&nbsp; well as the abuser. It strips people of their right to safety, dignity,&nbsp; and respect, basic values which embody many of the intentions behind&nbsp; Occupy Baltimore. As a vibrant community, we recognize and give power to&nbsp; these values and the rights of survivors.
Sexual abuse or assault at Occupy Baltimore is in violation of our&nbsp; values, and will not be tolerated. It is an explicit policy of Occupy&nbsp; Baltimore to prohibit abuse by any members of the community upon another&nbsp; person. Violation of this policy will result in the abuser no longer&nbsp; being welcome at the occupation.
Any member of the Occupy Baltimore community who believes&nbsp; he/she/they have been a victim of, are aware of, or suspect a&nbsp; commission of sexual abuse, are encouraged to immediately report the&nbsp; incident to the Security Committee. T (sic)
The point person for dealing with these situations will be Koala! (sic) Largess, (443) 642-XXXX.
Survivors of Sexual Abuse will be given the support, resources, and assistance needed for their emotional and physical health.
The Occupy Baltimore prohibits retaliation against any member, survivor,&nbsp; or outside person who reports in good faith a complaint of an abuser or&nbsp; who participates in any related inquiries. False accusations of sexual&nbsp; abuse in bad faith can have serious consequences for those who are&nbsp; wrongly accused. Occupy Baltimore prohibits making false and/or&nbsp; malicious sexual abuse allegations, as well as providing false&nbsp; information during an inquiry. Anyone who violates any part of this&nbsp; policy will not be welcome at Occupy Baltimore.
Occupy Baltimore’s Security Committee will make every&nbsp; reasonable effort to keep the matters involved in the allegation as&nbsp; confidential as possible while still allowing for a prompt and thorough&nbsp; inquiry.&nbsp; All allegations of abuse will be treated seriously and&nbsp; thoroughly investigated.
If the survivor wishes to involve law enforcement, in order to obtain&nbsp; physical evidence of the assault, you must report the incident within&nbsp; 72 hours or the assault as collection and preservation of evidence is&nbsp; critical. Occupy Baltimore will also work to supply the abuser with&nbsp; counseling resources to deal with their issues.
The Occupy Baltimore Community has a Zero-Tolerance policy for any&nbsp; sexual, physical, or mental abuse of or by a community member.


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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 890819, member: 12952"] [URL='http://biggovernment.com/dhunter/2011/10/18/occupybaltimore-discourages-sexual-assault-victims-from-contacting-police-offers-counseling-for-perpetrators/']#OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims From Contacting Police, Offers Counseling for Perpetrators[/URL] by [B][URL='http://biggovernment.com/author/dhunter'] Derek Hunter [/URL][/B] [INDENT]As the Security Committee of Occupy Baltimore, we release this statement to ensure the safety of our newly forming, delicate yet strong community. Sexual abuse and assault are dehumanizing acts for the survivor as well as the abuser. It strips people of their right to safety, dignity, and respect, basic values which embody many of the intentions behind Occupy Baltimore. As a vibrant community, we recognize and give power to these values and the rights of survivors. Sexual abuse or assault at Occupy Baltimore is in violation of our values, and will not be tolerated. It is an explicit policy of Occupy Baltimore to prohibit abuse by any members of the community upon another person. Violation of this policy will result in the abuser no longer being welcome at the occupation. [INDENT]Any member of the Occupy Baltimore community who believes he/she/they have been a victim of, are aware of, or suspect a commission of sexual abuse, are encouraged to immediately report the incident to the Security Committee. T (sic) The point person for dealing with these situations will be Koala! (sic) Largess, (443) 642-XXXX. Survivors of Sexual Abuse will be given the support, resources, and assistance needed for their emotional and physical health. The Occupy Baltimore prohibits retaliation against any member, survivor, or outside person who reports in good faith a complaint of an abuser or who participates in any related inquiries. False accusations of sexual abuse in bad faith can have serious consequences for those who are wrongly accused. Occupy Baltimore prohibits making false and/or malicious sexual abuse allegations, as well as providing false information during an inquiry. Anyone who violates any part of this policy will not be welcome at Occupy Baltimore. [INDENT]Occupy Baltimore’s Security Committee will make every reasonable effort to keep the matters involved in the allegation as confidential as possible while still allowing for a prompt and thorough inquiry. All allegations of abuse will be treated seriously and thoroughly investigated. If the survivor wishes to involve law enforcement, in order to obtain physical evidence of the assault, you must report the incident within 72 hours or the assault as collection and preservation of evidence is critical. Occupy Baltimore will also work to supply the abuser with counseling resources to deal with their issues. The Occupy Baltimore Community has a Zero-Tolerance policy for any sexual, physical, or mental abuse of or by a community member. [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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