Fund the police 2025:update: U of Houston rapist plus other crimes make students protest for safety

You really have to be in Houston to understand the frenzy of this story. When the crime happened, then the County jail accidentally let him go, now he has $15mm in total bonds because some judge is trying 6make a name for himself.

This guy looks like he definitely couldn't afford the normal bond amount

 

didn't really look into the original story but I'll take a look this afternoon. Campus crime is a weird topic, for many reasons. One-off incidents, the mixing in of things like consensual-sex-turned-rape-allegations, theft from unlocked dorm rooms and out-in-the-open library spaces, off-campus assaults that sometimes aren't included, etc etc. I think the main thing people are mostly interested in with these stories is violent crime, and sometimes that's surprisingly tough to filter for. Plus these statistics are self-reported by the colleges and universities, so that can also introduce significant bias into the data.

on edit: I'll add that at our institution, there are probably a dozen employees whose responsibilities include Cleary Act reporting/compliance as part of their jobs. When folks want to know why NIH indirect costs are so high, that kind of federal compliance is part of the unfunded mandate that has to get paid for somehow. So the federal government via NIH, NSF, and other granting agencies end up paying for it in the end as a cost of doing research.

 

It's unfortunate for everyone when these things happen. A student getting assaulted is gonna be a headliner

UofH is as safe a place as any university it seems. Its academic status has been in Houston headlines fortunately not too long before this. It gained a higher rating of some academic status recently. I'm trying to Google but not having any luck

 

Breh

UofH doesn't have abnormal crime. I'm down with more police but crime isn't a UpfH issue


Statistics prove that. It has the second lowest crime level of top six state.schools behind UT the second wealthiest school in the nation

 

Yes the students are frazzled by the fact remains it's relatively safe compared to other large state schools

Your YouTube videos don't disprove facts.

 

Yes and they caught the guy and they are addressing security and yes she was raped and yes

THEY DON'T HAVE ABNORMAL CRIME

 

@tinman

Sexual assault on college campuses happens a lot unfortunately. The only reason this is a big news event is because the offender isn't a student

It's not like rapists are running rampant at UofH, we get your issue with defund police but from YOUR YouTube post, UofH has adequate police numbers

 

Because it was a not a student, they're upset but they don't have abnormal crime

Where is your proof that they do have abnormal crime


Not students mad, that's not proof

 

Statistics show they rank pretty well

All you have is mad students. Yes it was a tape. One rape isn't a crime wave

 

tell that to the woman who was raped.

 

Tell that to any woman who gets raped in a safe place

The place I still safe although it happened

What's your point?

 

if it happened, it's by definition, not a safe place

 

So it's a big school in a big city. Sexual assaults happen at even the safest schools

 

UofG has a low crime rate. I'm not changing my opinion. It's based on facts