In North Jersey, three days before Halloween and 9 days before the elections in 1977, James Comey and his younger brother Peter had a run in with a criminal that had raped young teens in Bergen County.
A man dubbed “the Ramsey rapist” held 15-year-old Comey and his younger brother at gunpoint after breaking into their Allendale home on an October day in 1977, one of a string of break-ins that included the rape of two area baby sitters. The Comey brothers, locked in a bathroom while the intruder searched the home, escaped through a window, only to encounter the man again on their lawn. The brothers ran back inside the house, locked the doors and called police, setting off a massive manhunt.
Comey has said [that episode] taught him important lessons about crime’s psychological toll on victims. He said it affected him for years, though he did not say exactly how.
Source: http://archive.northjersey.com/news/fbi-nominee-comey-was-held-captive-as-a-bergen-teen-1.589446?page=all
Comey has seen all those emails. What happened to that important lesson?
One of the Comey brothers (unnamed), identified the rapist in a line up, but the police did not pursue**any **charges. In fact, the bail for the guy they had in custody was lowered and the police chief put up his own house as bond (ethics, conflict of interest).
A grand jury in 1978 returned no indictments.
No one was ever charged for the home invasion or the rapes.
Sources:
http://archive.northjersey.com/news/fbi-nominee-comey-was-held-captive-as-a-bergen-teen-1.589446?page=all
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/07/the-gunman-the-rapist-the-woodsman-and-young-jim-comey
How many holes can you find in this story?
e.g. How did two teenagers just run back into the house "to call police" when they were confronted outside by a guy with gun?
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DerivaUK ago
This could have created severe mental and emotional trauma. One common reaction to PTSD is psychopathy; devoid of or drastically lessened feelings of remorse or emotion amongst other psychological effects.
NSFW_LeeLee ago
Interesting and contrary to what I have been taught. Please, show me a study saying that psychopathy is common in PTSD sufferers. We covered deviant behaviors in psych class not long ago and I'd like a link to share with my fav professor.
Jem777 ago
It is irresponsible to state psychopathy is a result of PTSD. That is simply not true. And am writing this from a place of qualifications without going into them.
Psychopathology is the result of a variety of factors that can include extreme early childhood trauma but will also include attachment disorders, severe abandonment and a whole host of issues. Even with all of the above children are resilient and do not become psychopathic in most cases.
PTSD is actually being changed to PTSI because it is not a disorder it is considered an injury to the central nervous system. (Fight, flight or freeze) This system gets deregulated to such a severe degree in extreme trauma and repeated trauma that it become damaged and can no longer regulate appropriately again.
What is true though is that male children who have been sexually abused by male suspects are more likely by a significant number of becoming abusers themselves if not helped and also more likely to identify as attracted to same sex partners.
DerivaUK ago
It is one of many hypothesised antecedents and yes, I agree there are often other factors. But not always.