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Withholding crime details unwise by university

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The university's decision to remove important details from a Fort Worth Police flier in a campuswide e-mail regarding last week's sexual assault should be condemned.

The flier, which police released Monday, stated that the student was assaulted while walking from her dormitory to the library on Oct....

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ann

posted 10/22/09 @ 2:06 PM CST

David, you are wrong. There is no need share explicit details about the assault. Respect the victim (it could be your sister, mom, friend)and the investigation. The bottom line is that there was an assault on campus, so you should take "extra careful" precautions no matter where you walk on campus at night! There's a fine line between the public's right to know and the victim's right to privacy. TCU got it right.

Phillip

posted 10/23/09 @ 1:50 PM CST

I tell you what, Ann, if you think David is wrong, maybe he should write an apology letter to her.

Here David, I'll help you write one, first, I'll need her name. What's that? We don't know it? Hmm well how about an address? No? A phone number, perhaps? This may be more difficult than I thought.

Seems like she's got a lot of privacy to me. Now what could TCU have meant by wanting to respect her privacy?
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