tv Cross Talk RT January 12, 2018 3:30am-4:01am EST
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that i could turn to and say you know hey this happen to me as a matter of fact i didn't want anyone to know that this would happen to me because i didn't want to be judged unfortunately it appears that once people learn that you've reported a sexual assault or may have been involved in an incident that they become scared of you instead of being scared of the perpetrator they think that you're going to be hypersensitive to if they swear or if they say something in offense you know offensive when in fact it's not going to be that way at all so there's a culture of fear built up in the military and i think that's why they want to automatically blame it on the woman because if she goes away the problem goes away and they can get back to work as normal human rights watch reports very dire picture of what happens to victims of sexual assault and they say i quote. that these people are being spat on deprived of food assailed with obscenity threatened with friendly fire during deployment discharged for misconduct is it true is it
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really that dangerous to come forward it is in some cases it just depends on your situation if you're isolated you're in way more danger than say other people would be on some big base that has security forces in a in a jag office but if you're in someplace like the eighty's ors or you know in some other random location across the world in all you have is the people that are with you then yes you could be in grave danger if in fact someone harms you and threatens you and says that if you say anything that they they will kill you it happens i research it we have had non-combat deaths occur overseas that include homicide and unsolved cases that nobody is talking about and that's what we're trying to tell people is. did you get threats where you threatened.
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yes not only was i threatened but i was physically b. after i reported by one of the perpetrators friends the entire squadron turned on me i was automatically the liar even though they didn't know the circumstances and even though we did have proof and we were able to move forward with two of the four cases the other people in the squadron did not know what had happened so they believed the perpetrator who was able to tell them the story while i was at some other squadron waiting for the case to go through but see for me it's just mind boggling that you're saying you just extending their harassed assaulted in the open with other people just standing by and not interfering how come no one interfered why didn't troops come forward for a fellow soldier. well i did have a couple people that had my back along the way but it felt more like it was a culture of fear like nobody dared stand up to those that were higher ranking if
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they were the ones that were doing the the harm because they were afraid that it would have backlash on their career to me now. i don't have respect for those people that didn't stand by and take a stand and support the ones that were actually being harmed but along the way there were some silent people that came up to me and said that this person had done that to them that this person had done this to them and so people opened up along the way but they wouldn't take it as far as i did in actually report although i must say it was because of a senior master sergeant that i finally confided in he's the one that finally convinced me to report the four individuals to the commander jennifer we're going to take a short break right now and while we're back we'll continue talking with jennifer norris u.s. air force veteran talking about the epidemic of rape in the u.s.
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and we're back with jennifer norreys air force veteran and military rape survivor sharing the story of her ordeal and how she found the strength to move on though jennifer iraq that her and chantelle had to bury says she was less cared of anime fire than the men she served with sure recall she would like drink less water to avoid going to the bathroom in night time the show so terrified of being harassed so why do women even join the army despite hearing all this horrific stories. i think that it boils down to people don't think that it's going to happen to them and that's typical of i think just society you just don't think that bad things are going to happen to you i had the same mentality before i joined too so you know they want to follow their dreams and they want to do what they want to do and in some of us our dreams was to be in the military and retire in and do great things
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in women forward so i think that's normal that's ok you know a nation just speaking out about the problem of sexual assault in the u.s. military and it's saying that it needs to ensure effective prosecution of offenders is going to make any difference absolutely right now the. q shimmery for sexual assault is less than ten percent compared to the civilian world which is at least forty percent that's what we're trying to say is that if if people are raped or assaulted and then report we would like for these cases to be taken seriously right now like i spoke to you earlier you have to report the crime to your commander they are not a legal professional they are not special victims unit they do not understand how these things work and what we want is to be able to report to a police department or a law enforcement professional someone that understands how these people work and
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can't be manipulated by them so three years activists and lawmakers in the united states have tried to change this product all right but leaders in the military are against bringing civilians into bases to investigate alleged assaults why are they against it and what are they winning this debate wide why do you think the military is winning this debate. because they're able to protect their institution if they're able to keep everything in-house and that's exactly what they do they want to stomp it out before it gets out to the public whereas we want it out in the public so people know who these offenders are and can be on alert they don't just offend people in the military they're offending people in our communities as well their wives their children so it's not just a military issue it's a societal issue and i think it would be way more effective if everyone reported to a police department where all the crime data was kept in one place i think in
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completely removing sexual assault cases from the military chain of command that would actually solve the problem i think standardising the justice process in general to have it in sync with the civilian society meaning databases connected and you know whether it's the civilians that try the perpetrator or it's the military that tries the perp perpetrator everyone should be talking so that we can connect the dots on who's doing what where because it makes it a little bit more complicated with a military personnel who can transfer all over the country and to different parts of the world we need all the data collection to be put into a system so we can actually track with these people have done through the course of time and be able to move forward with with cases that may win as opposed to a he said she said incident so jennifer what i'm thinking is that maybe there should be more women in the u.s. military and high ranking positions that way they would take up more positions and
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maybe kick some butt especially regarding the men who are potential salters what do you think should there be more women in the u.s. military. that be ideal although we have to take into account that over half of the victims in the military actually fifty three percent of them are males so this isn't an female issue necessarily we are a higher risk because we're seen as the weaker sex but predators do not discriminate they are harming both men and women in the military and a lot of media have been trying to cover the issue we just have not been able to get any footing with it but people need to know that more than half the victims are men in the military here's another crazy number according to the human rights watch only five percent of sexual assault cases in the us militarily convictions of the perpetrators what happened to the man who assaulted you see punished yes the
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recruiter skipped town after i threatened to report him to the commander unfortunately so we couldn't do anything with that case the technical instructor that assaulted me a case where mississippi we had no jurisdiction over because he was active duty and i was considered national guard and then the other two who were both national guard members that work with me we were able to move forward with cases but by the time it went up the chain of command it minimized from sexual assault to sexual harassment they both retired with full benefits after twenty years of service you know pentagon keeps saying that programs are implemented changes are being made the problem is being solved as if. i lie i don't think it's all a lie but i definitely think that they sway the media to see things a certain way so for example although the numbers may have gone down from twenty six thousand or roughly nine hundred thousand in the last couple years and they're
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bragging about a thirty percent increase in reporting it means nothing in the civilian world doesn't understand that in the military you can report a crime. i'm under two different guys is either restricted or unrestricted if it's restricted that means nobody's supposed to know about it including your commander so you can go forward and get some help if it's unrestricted then it turns into a full blown investigation if in fact your commander agrees to move forward with the case which is another sticking point so people need to realize that although the reporting has gone up it's been restricted reporting which is not helping us catch these criminals they're there still not being reported you might be able to get help but they're still moving along in their careers assaulting other people while the latest victim is just getting help you now work with those who went through this same problem as you did are you seeing more cases away men speaking
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out has to situation gotten any better i think awareness has definitely got better around the issue and there's way more talk about it within the military and outside in the veteran community to address getting help for after someone's been traumatized by an incident like this so that in fact is has improved i've actually benefited greatly from the programs that have come as a result of our advocacy with military sexual assault so for that i'm thankful as far as the military justice system goes and policy goal goes it's it's the same thing it's always been nothing has changed whatsoever as far as the core issues that we're trying to to address which is taking a commander out of the decision making process as far as whether or not you're going to move forward with a case we just want law enforcement professionals and detectives and investigators
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to deal with these cases not a commander who's great at war but has absolutely no idea how the legal process works and what sexual assault is what do you do for the victims how are you now helping. and my boss what i do is i empower them when i did work for as an advocate i actually would help them kind of deal with their cases as they were moving along in the process and i noticed the same patterns over and over and over so now what i do because that was really hard to take until we can change things is focus on helping them to heal despite not being able to get justice so trying to find a place of you know faith and finding a place of comfort in yourself to know that you didn't do anything wrong it's just that the system is not working well and it needs to be changed and we there's nothing we can do about it right now except to take care of ourselves and hope for
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the best in the future. so you just mentioned earlier that it's not just a man woman problem that fifty one percent of the ones who are being assaulted are being are men and i read this trace and survey also by american psychological association that's us that number of men facing sexual assaults in the military is fifteen times higher than reported by the pentagon that would mean up to two hundred thousand men or assaulted in one ear. is that number correct is the right call. and do you help man and no you know yes whoever needs help when they come to me i will a system as best i can that actually that study from american psychological association was retracted they had used. not a very good way to determine those numbers it was it wasn't correct so it was retracted it's not actually that high what they didn't really matter it's still
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high enough where it should be a concern the actual numbers what i shared with you it's roughly fifty three percent of the victims of military sexual assault are males this is not a female soldier issue this is a predator issue and that's what we're trying to tell people jennifer thank you so much for sharing this story with us thank you so much for empowering women who went through the same thing as you say thank you so much for being so brave and outspoken and i hope that you really when you win over pentagon thank you we're talking to jennifer a nor'easter retired air force sergeant now activist with the military rape crisis center speaking about sexual assault in the u.s. military action share of the story of her ordeal and her five for justice that's it for this edition so i'll see you next.
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well fed up on the show. all said that's it on e s it's a shit to each image think of it on the contrary i don't. despise. those are the nice could have been if you don't have a blanket god he's also a device he's got his powerful fineness. we meet up again with even with all of his indictments he's earned a shady reputation but after thirty years in the business he's as tough as nails every year in may he heads to basel in switzerland for the biggest art fair in the world art basel. he flies in a private jet for which he pays fifty thousand dollars a year. despite his tangles with the law he wants to be in the right places. people something that will want to go out a bunch of sick little. say that but just as what i do read people
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thousand artists exhibit their works at art basel it attracts the general public but more importantly the biggest players on the international art market. thank you gallery owners collectors and curators of the world's museums. accompanied by his art consultant sixteen eve movie is here to check out the new trends. most of the works on show come from the store rooms of the geneva freeport some two hundred fifty kilometers away. is here to show his fellow professionals that he's still in the game and is still to be taken seriously. to build up all the automation on a say probably factors that will allow. most of. us to feel oh ya feel me oh yes how are you doing. very.
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last question. so that was. the man on his cell phone is david. clearly troubled by our camera he bouvier quickly calls his assistant to go reassure him. use it when you. need. to to be just like it just a diversion to his emotion at the buses. but he has no rights regarding our footage to. the. site that thanks.
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david no mud isn't just anyone he's the man with three hundred picasso's the head of one of the most powerful families in the art world the numb odds renowned dealers. here's their stand at art basel by calder miro zz fontana's and because of those. and also a royal lichtenstein and his own two feet all of them stars of modern art. in the mud collection is valued at almost three billion dollars thousands of works most of which are stored at the geneva freeport. maybe the reason david no mudd prefers to be discreet is because one of the paintings he owns is causing him problems with the law. the story started here in the paris archives in two thousand and eleven with this man james palmer. even as
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a canadian private detective who specializes in finding art looted from jews by the nazis. one day while rummaging in the paris archives he came across a file on a certain stetson or a jewish antiques dealer the man was dispossessed of all his assets during world war two. after the liberation of paris he found a plane to recuperate his patrimony. the documentation is contained in this box it was here and they paris archives that we found a document that referred to the quest of mr oscar stener for his stolen paint. the information that we found was that oscar stettner had been despoiled of a number of personal items carpet for example of portrait of him as
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a young man and also a painting by mostly any. and an important painting and that was looted from mr stener during the war. the canadian detective began his investigation he discovered that the antiques dealer staton or had made his claim for restitution in one thousand nine hundred six but well before the liberation the painting had already been sold by the authorities. for the sum of sixteen thousand francs since then it disappeared. particularly because its description is so vague. the document only indicated that it was a painting signed by do jani portrait of a man. but detective had no idea what the painting looked like. he had to find a photo of it at all costs. by consulting peepers kept in the paris archives james
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palmer came across a clue this telegram. it states that staten or had sent the model jani to the venice biennale of one nine hundred thirty. i travelled to venice personally and went into the archives there and to the venice be an alley archives i saw mr stettner spray painting. in a photograph. james palmer was delighted he'd found it. this photo taken at the one nine hundred thirty venice biennale shows twelve paintings on the wall of the room dedicated to. ten portraits of women and two of men. the one on the right was already identified and well known. the painting in the middle however the one of a seated man is more mysterious. so now you've got reference to mr stener owning the painting you've got reference to portrait of
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a man. and you have a photograph that's the exact same painting that is now illustrated or described as the seated man. finally james palmer knew what the painting looked like. but where had it gone he searched everywhere activated his contacts toured the auction rooms archives and museums. and after a few weeks ago. he found a trace of the painting here in london in the catalogue when auction held at christie's in one thousand nine hundred six. the painting was entitled seated man with a cane. but who owned it. it was acquired by a company based in panama international arts center whose registration document is seen here.
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