A colonizer’s own accusations of crimes were reframed as the officer’s personal misconduct
Evidence
Reducing the charges in that way allowed the Crown to explain away the discrepancies between the violent and bloody abuse the children said they had suffered, and the lack of physical and behavioural evidence of penetration by needles, sticks, penises and fingers, by claiming that the children were confused about what had really happened. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2565 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Colonial officials discounted attacks as personal revenge absent political significance; The colonized is forced to wear the stereotype the colonizer has sewn for him; Victims’ aggression gets reframed as the victim’s own deviance (+1 more)
Related
- Altered charges can distort the truth of the allegations. (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Victims’ aggression gets reframed as the victim’s own deviance
#expands(0.85) - Colonial officials discounted attacks as personal revenge absent political significance
#corroborates(0.60) - Altered charges can distort the truth of the allegations.
#expands(0.55) — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2565 - The colonized is forced to wear the stereotype the colonizer has sewn for him
#exemplifies(0.50)