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After learning of the Jena 6 I was feeling a lot of things…outrage, disappointment, amazement. I've been reading as much as possible about the case, most information is online…I haven't seen any TV news coverage, there's been some print. However, my feelings about that case now have been trumped by the disgust regarding the Dunbar Village Gang Rape in West Palm Beach, FL.  I know I'm late writing about this crime, but better late then never.   The Washington Post did a piece on Aug 17, so that was a candle in the dark (I'm in DC so I looked there first).  Other papers are just stepping up, local TV in Florida.   What About Our Daughters has taken the lead on exposing and holding the media accountable on - Click here for their coverage.

Here are the basics of the story from Black America Web:

"The incident occurred at a public housing project called Dunbar Village in West Palm Beach, Florida."After dark on June 18, the police say, as many as 10 armed assailants repeatedly raped a Haitian immigrant in her apartment complex at Dunbar Village … They took cell phone pictures of their acts. They burned the woman's skin and (her 12-year-old son's) eyes with cleaning fluid, forced them to lie naked together in the bathtub, hit them with a broom and a gun and threatened to set them on fire."