Amanda Hess at The Sexist posted today about the questions raised in this blog post. She writes that she has contacted the MPD for more information about how they're handling the misogynistic aspect of this crime and promises to update "if and when I hear back from MPD."
Original post 11/11/08 2:45 p.m.:
In this article from Friday, the Washington Blade reports about an anti-gay slur scrawled across the locker of an openly gay DC police officer, Matt Mahl. One sentence of the article mentions a second person, although both the article and the police appear to be overlooking her:
Police sources familiar with the incident said the graffiti referred to Mahl as a “fag” and made lewd references to sexual acts by Mahl and a female police sergeant who is also assigned to the Third District substation.This female sergeant was arguably also the victim of this hate crime.
A Google search turned up two other articles about the incident, one from the Washington City Paper's The Sexist blog and one from NBC. While it's somewhat understandable that the Blade focused on the gay male victim because it is a paper for the GLBT community, the two other articles covering this incident also neglected to note the second victim.
Why do you think Mahl received attention from the MPD and the media while the female sergeant was overlooked?
1 comment:
Hey, thanks for posting this. That's a really interesting point. I'll link to your criticism on my blog and look into finding out some more info about the second victim in this case.
- Amanda
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