Three years ago, a woman was raped at gunpoint in front of her children at a Connecticut hotel. She sued. Now the hotel says she was careless and negligent.
Her claim is that a hotel employee saw a man loitering in the garage area and didn't question him as to why he was there. Apparently his presence didn't bother her enough to seek hotel security or police assistance. If she wasn't alert enough, or concerned enough about her safety and the safety of her children to alert security or the cops, then why would she expect the hotel to be concerned enough to question the man.
The article doesn't say if the victim was of one race and the rapist was of the same or different race but if the rapist was black and was questioned about his presence, couldn't that be construed as racial profiling and maybe the rapist could have sued the hotel for discrimination or cost them business by insinuating the motel.hotel chain was racist.
Cops couldn't stop and question the man because of probably cause laws and unless the employee saw the same man over an extended period of time he may not have had any idea that the rapist was a maintenance worker, a grounds keeper, a quest, or had some other legitimate reason to be there.
It it should have been obvious to the motel worker the man was dangerous, it should have been equally obvious to the victim that the man was dangerous.
I'm sorry she was raped but I'll have to side with the motel on this issue. When are Americans going to start taking responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming others?
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