EVERY MALE Should Fear the One Sided, Female Favored ‘Start By Believing’ Campaign

The program Start by Believing was launched in 2011 under Obama’s presidency. Start by Believing describes itself as a “global campaign” with the mission of “transforming the way we respond to sexual assault.” Material issued by Start by Believing reveals a marked bias in favor of “victims,” who are overwhelmingly viewed as female. What does severe bias look like?  The Start by Believing training focuses on methods by which a suspect’s defenses may be undermined. It suggests “making sure” the incident does “not look like a consensual sexual experience,” by making the complainant “appear more innocent.”

The manual’s instructions include:

  1. The investigator is an agent of the prosecutor, not an independent fact-finder.
  2. All allegations are assumed to be true, and the complainant should be regarded as a victim.
  3. The investigator should discount the possibility of a false allegation and focus on witness statements “that corroborate the victim’s account.”
  4. Inconsistencies in an accuser’s account are not evidence of a false claim.
  5. Exculpatory statements from the accused have little bearing on the investigative report.

The name of the program, “Start by Believing” is a rewording of the demand to “Always Believe the Victim” which automatically grants every accuser the status of true victim. The program is an offspring of End Violence Against Women International, which is supported by the Office on Violence Against Women. EVAWI has reportedly received 20 grants from the DOJ, totaling $7,502,332.00, which is “supplemented with other sources of income.” Start by Believing’s championing of bias led the non-profit Center for Prosecutor Integrity to file a complaint in February, with the DOJ Office of Inspector General. The DOJ’s funding of Start by Believing, CPI states, is an “abusive use of federal grant monies.”
By contrast, CPI insists that law enforcement should be evidence-driven and unbiased. Equal respect should be extended to accusers and to the accused.

dailycaller.com By Wendy McElroy

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