In a small Seattle suburb, a rape investigation sparks a war over speech and power.

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  • sp3ctr4l
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    11 hours ago

    Trivia from a Seattle native:

    Snoqualmie and immediate environs is where basically all of Twin Peaks was shot.

    The ‘RR Diner’ is in North Bend, just a bit further east on I 90,

    The ‘Great Northern’ is the Snoqualmie Falls Lodge.

    The waterfall is Snoqualmie Falls.

    … I cringe at describing Snoqualmie as a ‘suburb of Seattle’.

    Technically, sure, yes, you could live in Snoqualmie and commute to Seattle (enjoy your hour and a half commute both ways, if there are any serious accidents or stalls, inclement weather, or construction, one of which will be present 75 days out of 100) but its much more a very small town, way up in the mountains, not a giant maze of housing developments.

    • @RubberElectrons
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      24 hours ago

      Word, I got really confused by that headline.

  • @testfactor
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    612 hours ago

    Man, no one came out of that article looking good, including the victim. Just a terrible situation all around.

  • @Cypher
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    411 hours ago

    He’d submitted the kit to the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory in March 2019, according to the crime lab report. Lux began emailing Bruton as early as that July demanding answers and accusing police officers of lying to her. Bruton replied that the results could take anywhere from six to nine months on average to come back.

    The article paints the picture that Lux was immediately hostile to investigators and had a pre-existing notion that those in authority were out to get her.

    I doubt the investigation was perfect, as basically none are, but their effort seems reasonable.

    Based on the scant details in the article Im not convinced this wasn’t a medical event, as there’s no solid evidence of an attacker.

    • @Dkarma
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      28 hours ago

      Yeah it’s not like cops are trained liars with immunity for their lies…

      Get fucked.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 hours ago

          Results shouldn’t take this long, the victim is being completely reasonably pissed.

          • @Cypher
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            15 hours ago

            Hardly justifies abusing people such as the clerk who have no power to resolve the issue.

            • @[email protected]
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              14 minutes ago

              Alright, so they collectively threw up their hands, and instead of devoting resources to help this traumatized person they prosecuted her instead.

              Don’t tell me they couldn’t do anything when they did something.