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I would rather sit with the rural poor, the desperate children of urban blight, the victims of racism, and working people seeking a better life than with those whose religion is the status quo, whose goal is profit and whose hearts are cold. Douglas Fraser
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel, New York Times 11th December 1986
She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white. She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it. She persisted, and her subsequent reaction is something that all of us have known at one time or another. She did something every child has done – she tried to put the evidence of her offense away from her. But in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim – of necessity she must put him away from her – he must be removed from her presence, from this world. She must destroy the evidence of her offense. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
A victim can also be a perpetrator. Victim 2011 starring Ashley Chin & Ashley Madekwe & Jason Maza & Frank Harper & Letitia Wright & David Harewood & Michael Maris & Anna Nightingale et al, director Alex Pillai, daughter
I hate victims who respect their executioners. Between Love and Honour 1995 starring Grant Show & Geza Kovacs & Maria Pitillo & Nigel Bennett & Costin Manu & Joseph Coren & Robert Morelli et al, director Sam Pillsbury, Joey Gallo
He was the perfect victim for the perfect murder. Rope 1948 starring James Stewart & John Dall & Farley Granger & John Chandler & Cedric Hardwicke & Constance Collier & Douglas Dick & Edith Evanson et al, director Alfred Hitchcock, Brandon
For the rest of his natural life once every fourteen hours Thomas Eugene Paris will re-live the last moments of his victim’s life. May the Fates have mercy on you, sir. Star Trek: Voyager s1e8: Ex Post Facto, alien
Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. Holocaust Museum, Washington DC
Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim. L Z Granderson
I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human. Marilyn Monroe
A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims. Thomas Jefferson
‘I hung back to talk to my friends … I saw em this chap walking towards me … I remember how dark he looked … He was only short … I fell into step with him … He didn’t make me feel uncomfortable … He hung back again … He hit me. He hit me again. And again and again. And I could hear him grunting.’ Left for Dead: Yorkshire Ripper, Tracey, testimony, Channel 5 2016
Britain’s biggest ever man-hunt. ibid. commentary
‘I felt this massive blow to the top of my head, and I saw the ground come straight up towards me. And that is all I remember of the attack.’ ibid.
‘And that is when my brain exploded from the inside.’ ibid. early male Ripper victim
‘He wanted to have eye contact with me. He enjoyed it.’ ibid.
All his victims have suffered from the profound emotional fall-out. ibid. commentary
‘She hung herself.’ ibid. brother
We’re really the victims of our own problems. Jimmy Greaves
‘Imagine if they would have treated Victim No 3 as if she was a student over at UCLA with blonde hair and blue eyes. How many other people might still be living?’ Nana Gyamfi, Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders, interview Nick Broomfield, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, re case of Lonnie Franklin
I have become a victim of Dracula and the women in his power. Dracula 1958 starring Michael Gough & Christopher Lee & Melissa Stribling & Carol Marsh 7 Mailes Malleson & John van Eyssen & Olga Dickie & George Benson & Charles Lloyd Pack & George Woodbridge et al, director Terence Fisher
More than 1,000 women are murdered in Pakistan each year by male relatives who believe the victims have dishonoured their families. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness ***** 2015
‘Saba had a gunshot wound on the left side of her face which made it almost impossible to recognise anything.’ ibid. doctor
‘They shot her and threw her in the river.’ ibid. rozzer
‘I will never forgive them.’ ibid. Saba
After leaving the hospital Saba went into hiding. ibid.
‘This is what happens when honour is at stake … No woman should ruin her parents’ reputation.’ ibid. mother
‘People who visit my father tell me he is asking for forgiveness.’ ibid. Saba
‘If there is no justice, you can imagine how terrible the police will feel.’ ibid. rozzer
‘I am called an honourable man.’ ibid. father
‘In my heart they are unforgiven.’ ibid. Saba
Victims believe the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol in 53% of all violent incidents. Drugs Map of Britain: Alcohol: Britain’s Most Harmful Drug, Public Health England, BBC 2017
Not victims of drugs but victims of the war against drugs. Dispatches: Drugs: The Phony War, Channel 4 2001
I am a victim. We’re all your victims. Ray Donovan s2e6: Viagra, Abby to Ray, Showtime 2014
Even worse, they’ve convinced the world and themselves that they are the victims. How can that be? How can the occupier be the victim? Paradise Now 2005 starring Hamza Abu-Aiaash & Kais Nashif & Lutuf Nouasser & Ali Suliman & Mohammad Bustami & Ahmed Fares & Waleed On-Allah & Asaad Dwikat & Imad Saber et al, director Hany Abu-Assad, Khaled
Does she live alone? Does she have a roommate? Does she have a boyfriend? Burglarizing their home, going through their personal possessions serves his fantasy that this is actually a consensual relationship and he is getting to know them. Very Scary People: Norcal Rapist I: Phantom Predator, expert, CI 2020
The Norcal Rapist terrorised northern California from 1991 to 2006. His cruel violence causing lasting trauma, tragically altering lives. This twisted deviant studies his victims, their patterns, their habits, he slips into their homes when they are away, memorising the rooms and planning his ambush. Illusive and careful, for a long time it seemed like Norcal was unstoppable. But he left key evidence at every scene. ibid
‘Stalking is an obsessive and compulsive activity where somebody delving into private matters … they create a world in their own mind.’ ibid. shrink
‘Not not only have I been inside your body, I’m getting inside of your bank account … Even after I’ve left, I’m going to victimise you.’ ibid.
The Norcal Rapist wears a ski-mask, he is armed with knives and guns, he makes each woman his prisoner, the torture lasting for hours on end. The Norcal Rapist is a stalker, a meticulous planner, but he has made some mistakes. Very Scary People: Norcal Rapist: Phantom Predator II
‘The fantasies never stop. They’re still going on in his head.’ ibid. criminologist
‘I don’t want to stand up here and tell the world I’m a rape victim. But then I told myself this is something I have to do, because this guy is a serial rapist.’ ibid.