It was just after 2 a.m. on a pitch-black Friday morning when Bernadette Greene-Placentia’s life changed. The Democratic candidate for Congressional District 8 strolled across a parking lot to repair a damaged campaign sign. It was a routine she’d followed all summer. This time, she only made it a few yards.
An attacker smashed her over the head. She blacked out. She woke up to find a strange man on top of her.
Greene-Placentia struggled to open her eyes. She felt a sharp pain below her waist. The attacker was pulling his penis out of her.
She heard him mumble something like, “-ic bitch, not a very good fuck,” which her mind filled in as “Democratic bitch,” she recalled. She wasn’t sure that was exactly what he said.
One leg was out of her jean capris. She wore brand-new tennis shoes and a campaign t-shirt. Another man came over. Greene-Placentia felt his weight nudging her left leg further apart. She began swinging her foot at him. “Not even worth it,” she heard the man say as he moved away. He wore black boots and had small feet, she recalled.
The two men left Greene-Placentia face down in the parking lot. The hatch of her silver Jeep Grand Cherokee was still open. The car was still running. She heard music.
She doesn’t remember pulling up her pants or picking herself off the asphalt parking lot. She doesn’t remember closing her Jeep’s hatch and putting her foot on the gas. She doesn’t remember pulling her car into the driveway and collapsing into her bed.
“It’s just these little tiny flashes of things that I do remember,” Greene-Placentia said in an interview with Phoenix New Times. “As much as I don’t want to remember, I’ve tried very, very hard to remember more stuff. But that’s where I’m at.”
The thing I’m trying to understand about this is why the hell is she out at 2:00 in the morning fixing signs. Regardless if it’s a billion degrees in Arizona or not. I don’t do shit at 2:00 in the morning because the world is fucked up. I wish more women would go after rapists. The DNA swap might prevent him from doing it to other women.
Goddamn bro, you really hate women…
It wouldn’t matter if she was buck naked in the middle of Octoberfest no one has the right to touch anyone without their consent.
Agreed, but we live in a sick world… I don’t ride my bike after midnight anymore even though I really loved my night rides. People on the trails take over after 11 and I had a few try to mug me.
I’m 6’5" so once they saw that they backed off… Scared the fuck out of me.
The world sucks sometimes… And statistically this is less likely to happen in the daytime
Edit: down vote if you want. I 100% agree with the fact NOBODY should be raped. I have 3 daughters myself and it’s a very real fear in my mind.
Than you should know that if your daughter gets raped she will think about what you said about the thing she was doing at the time of her rape and she will feel guilty.
By questioning a victims choices you are legitamizing their rape, a message heard loud and clear by the perpetrater as well. No amount of “off course it is never okay” is going to change what message you are sending.
I appreciate your perspective. Thanks! I am fine with changing my viewpoint.
I still teach my kids to be safe at night and try not to do things that are statistically more likely to be dangerous.
I will consider what you said though.
Many millions of people live in a completely different world than you. We do all sorts of things at 2 a.m. Some of us even work overnight shifts. Everywhere, every state, every county, every city there are tens of thousands of people working and playing and living.
You don’t understand because you’re ignorant of it. Please don’t be offended by that word, it’s not used as an insult. You don’t understand because you don’t know, but there’s an entire night time world out there while you sleep.
The night doesn’t belong to rapists and the fucked up. If you ever end up going to the hospital late at night, you’ll see that it’s full of men and women working so that society can keep going… and their lunch break is at 2 a.m. and they shouldn’t have to defend why they are up at that time.
Of course they are.
why the hell is she out at 2:00 in the morning
Because she fucking wanted to. She can go out, wherever, whenever, however the fuck she wants and not have to fear getting raped.
That clear for you, you fuckwit?
She was busting her ass for her campaign and we’re gonna dunk on her for it?
Horrible she was raped. I’m glad she didn’t get unalived as well. I’m going to assume she is running for office because she wanted to make a change and make Arizona better. I hope she is able to use this trauma to motivate her to make positive changes in the lives of others.
Side note, I’m surprised to read the word “rape” online again. I thought it was censored to sexual assault. I get that it’s a sexual assault but there’s been a hard no on the use of the word rape. Like how often have you seen the word rape vs sexual assault with all the Epstein news?
Rape and sexual assault are usually seen as two different crimes. What’s the point in softening the word rape?
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Fuckin’ hell. Going to start blocking you people on sight.
I did that on purpose to show the irony of the censorship happening on the internet. I also don’t know what can be stated online anymore without it being censored by someone. That was more of an after thought though.
That’s the fucking horrendous thing about censorship. It gets us to think the horrible thing is the ‘word’.
We’re not fucking distressed about the fucking “RAY” sound followed by the “APE” sound, we’re distressed to hear that a man involuntarily pushed his dick into a woman - in the year 2026.
This kind of thing can even distance victims, making it harder for a woman to seek solace by announcing to a limited group online “My name is X, and I was a victim of rape”. Or, in a similar case, a black guy telling a group “You think racism doesn’t exist? A cop pulled me over last week, and I swear I heard him call me a n^^^^r over the radio.” Imagine the level of societal disgust/action that just doesn’t happen because people are taught they can’t talk about these things. They’re distressing? Of course they are!!
On the last note, I’ll only say that I choose to censor the N word because I’m white, and I don’t like designing “valid scenarios” for racists and trolls to get to say it, which they always want to.
Well stated. News agencies should state facts and not downplay the news. It’s not good for society. Sometimes I wonder if certain words are avoided to make advertisers happier.
