A St John’s women’s advocate is demanding action after a dramatic video showing a disturbing incident in George Street began circulating on social media this week. The cellphone video shows a sexual act involving two people, including a woman who appears to be intoxicated. The video, which has since been deleted, drew an outcry from some activists, including Jenny Wright, the former executive director of the St. John’s Council on the Status of Women. Wright says, for her, it echoes the dangers for women in that part of downtown St. John’s. He noted that George Street is being promoted as a tourist attraction. “They keep promoting it, you know, as a world tourism destination and inviting all these people to come, thinking it’s going to be a place of good music and fun and safety, when in fact it’s not,” he said. . The video was released just weeks after the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary issued a warning that drugs had been laced into drinks at a bar on George Street. The RNC said it had received no reports of sexual assault related to these incidents, including the video. Wright noted that sexual assaults, including drug-facilitated assaults, are chronically underreported. “There is such a sense of stigma and victim blaming around it because alcohol is involved that women just don’t come forward and suffer in silence,” she said.
Event under investigation: RNC
According to RNC Cst. James Cadigan, the force’s child abuse and sexual assault unit is investigating the video. He said the video is being investigated as an indecent act, but he could not say whether what was shown in the video was an assault. “It’s hard to predict what the final conclusions and research of this kind will be,” he said. St. James Cadigan, shown in a file photo, says the RNC’s sexual assault unit is investigating the video. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) However, Cadigan noted that under the Criminal Code, it is illegal to share personal images of a person without their consent. He said the RNC is asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact law enforcement. “Anytime a criminal act is observed in progress or a criminal act is perceived, we would request that it be reported to the RNC immediately so that we can respond and take appropriate action,” he said. CBC News asked the George Street Association and the City of St. John’s for comments. The link is expected to have something to say later in the week.
Prevention and accountability
Wright called for an action plan from the George Street Association to prevent violence and sexual assault in the area. “I would like to see a very clear safety plan from George Street about accountability, about what happens on the streets and the steps they are going to take to make sure women are not routinely sexually assaulted,” she said. . Jenny Wright, seen in a file photo, wants the George Street Association to create a plan to make the area safer. (Eddie Kennedy/CBC) Wright said mandatory training for bar staff would be the first step. “We could reduce that and the community would start to believe again that there was some responsibility for their safety,” he said. “At this point, I know many, many women who won’t set foot down that road.” In a written statement, the Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Center (NLSACPC) echoed Wright’s call for safe bar training. “Look after each other, other patrons and encourage bar staff to look after patrons. Personal and collective care is an effective intervention.” The NLSACPC also criticized messages that place the burden on victims of sexual assault. “Messages should be directed at the perpetrators; it is illegal to drug and sexually assault someone,” the statement said. Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
title: “St John Activist Calls For Accountability Action In Response To George Street Video Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-24” author: “Frances Davies”
A St John’s women’s advocate is demanding action after a dramatic video showing a disturbing incident in George Street began circulating on social media this week. The cellphone video shows a sexual act involving two people, including a woman who appears to be intoxicated. The video, which has since been deleted, drew an outcry from some activists, including Jenny Wright, the former executive director of the St. John’s Council on the Status of Women. Wright says, for her, it echoes the dangers for women in that part of downtown St. John’s. He noted that George Street is being promoted as a tourist attraction. “They keep promoting it, you know, as a world tourism destination and inviting all these people to come, thinking it’s going to be a place of good music and fun and safety, when in fact it’s not,” he said. . The video was released just weeks after the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary issued a warning that drugs had been laced into drinks at a bar on George Street. The RNC said it had received no reports of sexual assault related to these incidents, including the video. Wright noted that sexual assaults, including drug-facilitated assaults, are chronically underreported. “There is such a sense of stigma and victim blaming around it because alcohol is involved that women just don’t come forward and suffer in silence,” she said.
Event under investigation: RNC
According to RNC Cst. James Cadigan, the force’s child abuse and sexual assault unit is investigating the video. He said the video is being investigated as an indecent act, but he could not say whether what was shown in the video was an assault. “It’s hard to predict what the final conclusions and research of this kind will be,” he said. St. James Cadigan, shown in a file photo, says the RNC’s sexual assault unit is investigating the video. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) However, Cadigan noted that under the Criminal Code, it is illegal to share personal images of a person without their consent. He said the RNC is asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact law enforcement. “Anytime a criminal act is observed in progress or a criminal act is perceived, we would request that it be reported to the RNC immediately so that we can respond and take appropriate action,” he said. CBC News asked the George Street Association and the City of St. John’s for comments. The link is expected to have something to say later in the week.
Prevention and accountability
Wright called for an action plan from the George Street Association to prevent violence and sexual assault in the area. “I would like to see a very clear safety plan from George Street about accountability, about what happens on the streets and the steps they are going to take to make sure women are not routinely sexually assaulted,” she said. . Jenny Wright, seen in a file photo, wants the George Street Association to create a plan to make the area safer. (Eddie Kennedy/CBC) Wright said mandatory training for bar staff would be the first step. “We could reduce that and the community would start to believe again that there was some responsibility for their safety,” he said. “At this point, I know many, many women who won’t set foot down that road.” In a written statement, the Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Center (NLSACPC) echoed Wright’s call for safe bar training. “Look after each other, other patrons and encourage bar staff to look after patrons. Personal and collective care is an effective intervention.” The NLSACPC also criticized messages that place the burden on victims of sexual assault. “Messages should be directed at the perpetrators; it is illegal to drug and sexually assault someone,” the statement said. Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
title: “St John Activist Calls For Accountability Action In Response To George Street Video Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Marvin Headrick”
A St John’s women’s advocate is demanding action after a dramatic video showing a disturbing incident in George Street began circulating on social media this week. The cellphone video shows a sexual act involving two people, including a woman who appears to be intoxicated. The video, which has since been deleted, drew an outcry from some activists, including Jenny Wright, the former executive director of the St. John’s Council on the Status of Women. Wright says, for her, it echoes the dangers for women in that part of downtown St. John’s. He noted that George Street is being promoted as a tourist attraction. “They keep promoting it, you know, as a world tourism destination and inviting all these people to come, thinking it’s going to be a place of good music and fun and safety, when in fact it’s not,” he said. . The video was released just weeks after the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary issued a warning that drugs had been laced into drinks at a bar on George Street. The RNC said it had received no reports of sexual assault related to these incidents, including the video. Wright noted that sexual assaults, including drug-facilitated assaults, are chronically underreported. “There is such a sense of stigma and victim blaming around it because alcohol is involved that women just don’t come forward and suffer in silence,” she said.
Event under investigation: RNC
According to RNC Cst. James Cadigan, the force’s child abuse and sexual assault unit is investigating the video. He said the video is being investigated as an indecent act, but he could not say whether what was shown in the video was an assault. “It’s hard to predict what the final conclusions and research of this kind will be,” he said. St. James Cadigan, shown in a file photo, says the RNC’s sexual assault unit is investigating the video. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) However, Cadigan noted that under the Criminal Code, it is illegal to share personal images of a person without their consent. He said the RNC is asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact law enforcement. “Anytime a criminal act is observed in progress or a criminal act is perceived, we would request that it be reported to the RNC immediately so that we can respond and take appropriate action,” he said. CBC News asked the George Street Association and the City of St. John’s for comments. The link is expected to have something to say later in the week.
Prevention and accountability
Wright called for an action plan from the George Street Association to prevent violence and sexual assault in the area. “I would like to see a very clear safety plan from George Street about accountability, about what happens on the streets and the steps they are going to take to make sure women are not routinely sexually assaulted,” she said. . Jenny Wright, seen in a file photo, wants the George Street Association to create a plan to make the area safer. (Eddie Kennedy/CBC) Wright said mandatory training for bar staff would be the first step. “We could reduce that and the community would start to believe again that there was some responsibility for their safety,” he said. “At this point, I know many, many women who won’t set foot down that road.” In a written statement, the Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Center (NLSACPC) echoed Wright’s call for safe bar training. “Look after each other, other patrons and encourage bar staff to look after patrons. Personal and collective care is an effective intervention.” The NLSACPC also criticized messages that place the burden on victims of sexual assault. “Messages should be directed at the perpetrators; it is illegal to drug and sexually assault someone,” the statement said. Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
title: “St John Activist Calls For Accountability Action In Response To George Street Video Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “William Davis”
A St John’s women’s advocate is demanding action after a dramatic video showing a disturbing incident in George Street began circulating on social media this week. The cellphone video shows a sexual act involving two people, including a woman who appears to be intoxicated. The video, which has since been deleted, drew an outcry from some activists, including Jenny Wright, the former executive director of the St. John’s Council on the Status of Women. Wright says, for her, it echoes the dangers for women in that part of downtown St. John’s. He noted that George Street is being promoted as a tourist attraction. “They keep promoting it, you know, as a world tourism destination and inviting all these people to come, thinking it’s going to be a place of good music and fun and safety, when in fact it’s not,” he said. . The video was released just weeks after the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary issued a warning that drugs had been laced into drinks at a bar on George Street. The RNC said it had received no reports of sexual assault related to these incidents, including the video. Wright noted that sexual assaults, including drug-facilitated assaults, are chronically underreported. “There is such a sense of stigma and victim blaming around it because alcohol is involved that women just don’t come forward and suffer in silence,” she said.
Event under investigation: RNC
According to RNC Cst. James Cadigan, the force’s child abuse and sexual assault unit is investigating the video. He said the video is being investigated as an indecent act, but he could not say whether what was shown in the video was an assault. “It’s hard to predict what the final conclusions and research of this kind will be,” he said. St. James Cadigan, shown in a file photo, says the RNC’s sexual assault unit is investigating the video. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) However, Cadigan noted that under the Criminal Code, it is illegal to share personal images of a person without their consent. He said the RNC is asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact law enforcement. “Anytime a criminal act is observed in progress or a criminal act is perceived, we would request that it be reported to the RNC immediately so that we can respond and take appropriate action,” he said. CBC News asked the George Street Association and the City of St. John’s for comments. The link is expected to have something to say later in the week.
Prevention and accountability
Wright called for an action plan from the George Street Association to prevent violence and sexual assault in the area. “I would like to see a very clear safety plan from George Street about accountability, about what happens on the streets and the steps they are going to take to make sure women are not routinely sexually assaulted,” she said. . Jenny Wright, seen in a file photo, wants the George Street Association to create a plan to make the area safer. (Eddie Kennedy/CBC) Wright said mandatory training for bar staff would be the first step. “We could reduce that and the community would start to believe again that there was some responsibility for their safety,” he said. “At this point, I know many, many women who won’t set foot down that road.” In a written statement, the Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Center (NLSACPC) echoed Wright’s call for safe bar training. “Look after each other, other patrons and encourage bar staff to look after patrons. Personal and collective care is an effective intervention.” The NLSACPC also criticized messages that place the burden on victims of sexual assault. “Messages should be directed at the perpetrators; it is illegal to drug and sexually assault someone,” the statement said. Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
