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McMartin Preschool: Anatomy of a Panic | Retro Report | The New York Times
The New York Times Retro Report via You Tube ^
| March 10, 2014
| New York Times
Posted on 09/27/2018 10:51:39 AM PDT by beaversmom
Video link: McMartin Preschool: Anatomy of a Panic | Retro Report | The New York Times 13:20 minutes
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I watched this Retro Report several weeks back. I remember the case pretty well even though I was a teen at the time. Video link: McMartin Preschool: Anatomy of a Panic | Retro Report | The New York Times 13:20 minutes
How horrible what happened to these people. I feel for anyone that has been falsely accused or had something small blown out of proportion. We all need to be very careful when making accusations or believing such.
Today, I was reminded of the McMartin case from this recent National Review article regarding false memories:
National Review article link
From the article:
She is not alone in the field, of course. In 1990, the McMartin preschool trial came to an end, seven years after allegations surfaced of outrageous, satanic sex abuse of toddlers. It was the most expensive criminal trial in American history; at its end, all charges were dropped. The mother who made the initial accusation was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic (she stated that she’d seen one of the alleged abusers fly through the air) and later found dead from complications of alcoholism. In the wake of this trial and other satanic-abuse hysteria sweeping the country at the time, “false memories” became a prominent phrase in neuropsychological research.
And in the same vein:
‘Dingo’s Got My Baby’: Trial by Media | Retro Report | The New York Times 14:03 minutes long
In this video, years later, Lindy Chamberlain talks about the horror of being falsely accused of her baby Azaria's murder.
To: beaversmom
Maybe they could do one about Jerry Sandusky too?
ML/NJ
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posted on
09/27/2018 10:55:53 AM PDT
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ml/nj
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To: beaversmom
Ray and the family were sickos but never to the extent of what was alleged
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posted on
09/27/2018 10:59:16 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: ml/nj
Jerry Sandusky was found guilty. But if they did a Retro Report about him, I would be interested in watching it.
To: al baby
To: beaversmom
Who can forget the hysteria generated in the 1980s over “Believe the Children.” Now, it is “Believe the Women.”
To: beaversmom
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posted on
09/27/2018 11:06:59 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
To: bigbob
Big time on Duke LaCrosse. I will always hate Nancy Grace for what she did on her show with that case and toward those men. Did she ever apologize or try to make amends? I highly doubt it.
To: miss marmelstein
Exactly. Children can be easily swayed. So can adults. And children can fabricate and so can women.
I would hate to have something serious in this arena happen to me as a woman, in many ways, but with so many people using the term sexual assault and rape so freely, they are making it more difficult for true victims.
To: beaversmom
The McMartins had their lives ruined and were tried in the press. No amount of money could make up for what was taken away from them as private citizens. I don’t know if the son is still alive or not. Seems that a name change would be the first order of business.
To: lee martell
And like Lindy Chamberlain, even if you are 100% innocent, there will be people that will forever think differently.
The media (and politicians and regular old citizens), with their lies, agendas, and sensationalism to get the almighty dollar, are making the truth much harder to ascertain and discern. Once something is out there, like with Kavanaugh, one will be forever tainted whether they are guilty, to whatever extent, or not. Things are embedded into peoples' brains and that "truth" becomes a part of them and they are very unwilling to give it up.
To: beaversmom
Jerry Sandusky was found guilty. So were the Ameraults.
If you are interested in learning about Sandusky, sniff around at framingpaterno.com.
ML/NJ
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09/27/2018 11:30:37 AM PDT
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ml/nj
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To: beaversmom
I remember passing by that place on my way to church thinking what a horrible place. Neighbors would post banners of condemnation on the fence. Even from the pulpit they were judged guilty by the local churches. They were exonerated by trial only after being crucified by the mob. A real sad life’s lesson.
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09/27/2018 11:35:08 AM PDT
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Dawggie
To: beaversmom
It is worthy of note that Bill Clinton’s Attorney General, Janet Reno [FYI: 3rd selectee], was prominent in this miscarriage while serving as the State Attorney for Dade (Miami) County. Perhaps the most FLAGRANT case was the adult court prosecution against a 13yo boy, Bobby Fijnje, in 1989 for 21 cases of child abuse during church services. After an investigation & trial lasting 2 years, where Reno’s Office could not present a SINGLE WITNESS to the alleged abuses, Fijnje was acquitted of all charges!
Just imagine if the now 42yo Bobby Fijnje were to go through any similar proctoscope as is now being done on Judge Kavanaugh! With 21 accusations charged, surely, according to the current Democrat standards(?!), the seriousness of them must be totally disqualifying!
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posted on
09/27/2018 11:40:12 AM PDT
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SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: ml/nj
So were the Ameraults. This sounds familiar.
Wasn't there a prominent Dem woman involved in this case?
Yep, there was. Found it:
Gerald Amirault on Martha Coakley
Martha Coakley. Funny what the old brain retains.
To: ml/nj
From the National Review article regarding Martha Coakley:
Part of the reason Gerald Amirault served so long: Middlesex DA Martha Coakley, who, in the face of clear evidence, knowing that the accusations were sheer fabrication, worked diligently to prevent the commutation of Amirault’s sentence and to prolong his time behind bars.
To: beaversmom
Coakley ran for high office, and refused to apologize for the gross miscarriage of justice she oversaw.
As such, she is the perfect Demoncrat.
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09/27/2018 11:44:39 AM PDT
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Fido969
(In!)
To: SES1066
I have never heard of that case. Thank you for that information.
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