The Ugly File: Any Given Day

Why we do what we do: Because on any given day, there are reports like these below in the paper. And for all those who have argued with me about the number of false reports, the majority of these are indisputable. The facts are out on the table, there are witnesses or unconscious people with injuries.

1. Police Interrupt Sexual Assault: "Vernon A. Gause, 44, of Blue Springs, was accused Monday of sexually assaulting a woman who has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. Police say they interrupted the assault early Sunday. ...The 20-year-old victim told police she was waiting for a bus downtown..." (May 2010 KC Star)

2. "Police arrested a 32-year-old man at gunpoint Sunday morning after he allegedly raped a woman at a KC residence. Prosecutors charged Lee E. Manning of KC with forcible rape. A witness told police she walked in on the assault in the 400 block of highland Avenue and hit the rapist with a can of spinach, according to police reports.Officers found the (woman) in a fetal position and whispering "don't...no more...stop." She then started thrashing violently and baning her head on the wall, officers reported. The witness told police she saw the suspect choking the woman with both hands and sexually assaulting her. (KC Star, May 4 2010)

3.Police released a sketch of a man who molested two 12 year old boys in the park...
May, 2010


Every day the paper has these...