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No, Really — It’s the 21st Century (Part 935)

The high school wrestling team from tiny Norwood, Colo. (population about 450), advanced to the state championships, and a busload of students headed to Denver for the competition. At one point four students were left unsupervised on the school bus. Three of the boys, aged 14-16, cornered the fourth, 13, carried him to a more private location, taped his wrists and ankles, and raped him with a hard object. Despite legal requirements to report the incident, the school’s superintendent admits officials did not do so; the boy’s parents called police when he got home and told them what happened. With that, the three boys were suspended from school — for one day. School officials also “discussed” whether the victim should have been suspended too. Once Denver prosecutors caught wind of the case, they arrested the three assailants. They have been charged with kidnap, false imprisonment, and “sexual intrusion for the purpose of abuse.” The school’s students and parents are outraged — not at the criminals, but at the victim and his parents for reporting the assault. (RC/Telluride Watch) ...Yeah: he probably “asked for it” by being younger and smaller.