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Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Victims are often treated like the criminal….. especially women and girls, which is why crimes against women and girls often goes unreported.

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I was unaware of this story. Thank you for writing this. I am appalled and speechless.

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/florida-teen-forced-to-collect-her-own-evidence-to-prove-she-was-sexually-abused

This is a video segment that ran earlier this week on PBS nightly news about Judd's bad behavior.

Billy T asks a good question: Where is Ron DeSantis and other putative MAGA protectors of women?

Any attorneys out there want to take this on? A successful lawsuit might perk up the voters.

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This is horrible but not surprising. Polk County has serious issues and there are alot of victims out there and the issues are being ignored by the Higher Ups and its catching up!! Wake up Polk County its time for changes!!!

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Fucking despise Judd—voted against him but he is so entrenched here it’s awful.

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When the Florida Sheriffs are more interested in being the "YouTube Sherriff", this is what you get. You get hollow effort and skant execution. He's a shell and a made for YouTube celebrity among the less educated. But that's Florida for you. Which brings us to the whole Amendment 3 issue. If Casey and Ron were so concerned about road safety and saving lives, they would push for a statewide "Hands Free Cell Phone Law" in Florida today!! It would immediately save lives, punish repeat abusers of the law and make Florida's deadly roads a little bit safer. Where's the outrage, Ron???

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Wow. This is truly disgusting. I was also unaware of this case. My heart goes out to this poor young lady. Saint Grady ain't the Saint most believe. I think he's done some good things, but he's also America's biggest showboat. Many people who have worked with him absolutely hate him. That's not always a bad thing as long as it comes with respect. Doesn't sound like he has that either. This case is an absolute shame.

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Billy, was this picked up by any other Florida Newspaper? If not, why? It should be all over the place, calling out Judd and fake concerned Ashley Moody. These are more or Rob's yes men or women. SAD!

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next door, in hillsborough county, our crap sheriff is a lying, right wing dick cheese but he’s got nothing on judd.

if judd had been sheriff 20 years ago there would still be dogfighting in every corner of polk county.

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Judd makes me sick. Did anyone else get flyers at home sent by the judd campaign talking about his opponent? That turned me off completely. The other guy got my vote. Maybe if he sees how many people DIDN'T vote for him he may (doubtful) learn something. know telling how many abused girls and women were subjected to behavior like this from the polk co sd.

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