By: A Survivor Not a Victim
May 17, 2016
Since the District Attorney’s office of Boston, MA, will not prosecute my rapist, I have been forced to seek other means of justice. I have been working with the victim’s legal advocates, who are trying to find an attorney to take my case to civil court. So far, I have had no success.
Last night, I was doing research for my blog, and I came across a site and a lawyer who looked like they might be able to help (maybe). I looked up this lawyer and emailed them. I received a response. This lawyer requested all restraining order documents and police reports. I sent all the restraining order documents but still never picked up the police report; I just haven’t been able to bring myself to do it.
Today, I went to pick it up so I can send it to the lawyer tomorrow.
I was furious!! With what I saw in the report, or rather what I did not see!!
1 – The section with the information about the rapist. I am sure I told the detectives that he is not a citizen of this country. Why was that information missing?
2 – The description of what happened was very short, fine, I get it, it’s a summary, but nowhere does it say that I told my rapist that I would never have sex with him. I explicitly said that to him that night, and I told the detectives that more than once! Why in the hell wasn’t it in the report?!?! Especially because the DA decided not to move forward with my case in less than 48 hours after I filed it. How could they determine that they were not going to press charges when they never even questioned the rapist!!!
I feel like these detectives didn’t give a care in the world and only did this paperwork because they “had to.” Oh, a girl was drinking, and she “got raped.”
It is like they didn’t believe me.
Not to mention that when I went to give my report very quickly, it felt like an interrogation of me, what I did wrong, and what I did to provoke being raped.
What, I can’t drink in my own home and go to sleep in my own bed without being raped?
I am so outraged!
I want so badly to name my rapist!! He needs to be brought to justice!
A Survivor Not a Victim 
I know where you’re coming from. The police question my memory because I confessed that there is one moment where I don’t remember what happened… as though it was my fault. I have poor memory, or that I was drunk.
I asked for a copy of my police report but according to UK law, I’m not allowed to have it…. I’m not even sure if it was a report or a statement I gave them. All these police and legal terms….i just have to trust that there is something on record.
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