Comments on: Kristie Brown is Raped by Marcus Dixon and He Gets College Scholarships and NFL Dreams

By: dylan

dylan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:32:36 +0000

ok for starters beth u are a fucking retard(Excuse my language but i call them as i see em) i suspect u are not even from lindale or rome for that matter but anyway i am a current student at pepperell high and have lived in the linale area my whole life. Teenagers are going to have sex thats a given u cant sit there and say you didnt have sex when u were a teenager. I cant say that i know what happened in that trailer but i personally dont believe he raped her even her own testimony is suspicious she said he unbuttoned her pants with his elbows? now i know pepperell produces good athletes but he is a defensive end not superman i mean everthing points to consentual sex i mean if i was raped i wouldnt still live in the town were it happened, and to the best of my knowledge she still lives and works in lindale. And i dont believe the media coverage of the town is fair either its not racist at all i mean there are old racist white men everywhere in the south(her father) i’ll admit the black population is not great but thats a given for a small southern town anywhere u go they made it sound like it was alabama in the 30’s or 40’s. and to say he hasn’t suffered (not that he should have in the first place) he grew up without is biological father, his mother was a drug addict, he grew up in a home with people who were not his biological parents(white people just to show how racist we rednecks are) and he served fifteen months in prison for something millions of teenagers are probably doing as i type this now. This man has went through more in his life time than most of us will ever know this has severly hurt his career as a football player he had a scholarship to vanderbilt and lost it, ended up having to go to hampton a d-2 school and was sign as a free agent with the cowboys, thats not bad but he probably would have been drafted firt or second round and maybe started somewhere. He now has to live with that charge the rest of is life. Thougt i would leave my thoughts.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:47:14 +0000

I can’t say whether or not Marcus Dixon was guilty or not. But the fact that you are famous and have talent DOES give you power in this world. Think of this analogy: Saddam Hussein got executed cuz Bush claimed him to be a mass murder, Bush is the President of the most powerful country in the world and thus he has the power to send Hussein to the grave. I’m pretty sure they Iraqi’s have the same thought about Bush but unfortunately don’t have the power to do the same.

Conclusion: Power and Talent indubitably appropriates power to the individual that has it.

By: jennie

jennie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:51:46 +0000

Do you honestly believe this case would have been the same if both parties involved were white? What if the boy was white and the girl was black? I don’t believe she was raped. She was just a little girl scared of what her father would say or do. The real story is the teacher from the same school having sex with the 14 year old and only being convicted of statutory rape. Where is the justice in that??!!??

By: Tank Commander

Tank Commander — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:45:04 +0000

Wow bigdaddy, apparently English wasn’t your strong point when you went to “the same school”.

I went to “the same school” as well and I’ve seen the administrators let the athletes get away with whatever they want. Most were drug addicts and criminals that hide behind their coaches for protection from the law. They had their own sort of corporal punishment. It’s not surprising to me to hear of an athlete raping a girl and more or less get away with it.

Also, for all the commenters who keep trying to paint the South as a haven for racist, clearly you are the true racest. “Danny” you were the best. You went to college in Atlanta and “ventured outside the city to experience the culture of the state”….I guess that makes you an expert. You should write a book my friend.

The true crime commented in this case isn’t rape, people are raped everyday in one way or the other, it’s reverse racism. That young criminal more or less got away with a violent sex crime that would have destroyed most other’s lives. Instead, he is going to be a hero. Whether or not he has “done his time” and is “reformed” is neither here nor there. One day our children will look at him as a “HERO” because of his athletic ability. Young men will aspire to be him. And all the while we should watch in terror knowing that we know he is a violent criminal and that we let him gain his status just because he is good at a simple game.

By: bigdaddy

bigdaddy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:47:57 +0000

yall some dumbass fools if you think a black man can get caught with a consenting white hoe and not get accused of rape or anything else! that bitch is lying cause i`m a young black man from the same school and i had the bitch so i know she a lie

By: StopTheHate

StopTheHate — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:10:32 +0000

Why don’t we talk about the fact that a teacher from this same high school was convicted of statutory rape for having sex with her daughter’s 14yr old boyfriend and (to my knowledge) never spent a day in prison. This woman was in her 30’s and had sex with a 14yr old child and was not sentenced to 10yrs in prison. She was also providing alcohol to minors at parties in her house.

http://services.georgia.gov/gbi/gbisor/SexualOffenderDetails.jsp?action=SexualOffenderDetails&sexualoffenderId=618655HB6

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:06:17 +0000

I can understand you not wishing to be subjected to the archaic ignorance of so many. It’s funny that people can’t just admit they really don’t know what happened. I see a lot of comments that seem to be right out of the “good ole boy” network. It’s hard for me to watch Oprah anymore. I think deep down she is a great person who contributes greatly to the community. However, after she was so quick to jump on this case and believe it was all based on race, I no longer believe that her show represents an unbiased point of view. You would think based on her own experience of sexual abuse she would have at least just kept her distance from this case since she obviously couldn’t have known for sure all the details involved.
I also know of three white men from the same community who served 10 years each for statutory rape and yet Marcus did not serve his 10 years. Even if people want to believe it was just a statutory issue, he still was found quilty of that. People with little knowledge of the court system don’t realize that a lot of things are dropped to lesser charges as part of a plea deal. The jury can only find a person guilty for something they are being charged for. They can’t say, well I know he is being charged for this but let’s just change it to something else. If they thought he was innocent they would have just found him not guilty.
And for the guy who said that all 16-17 year old males have exposed themselves in public, he may need some therapy because my background and degree in Psychology stress that public exposure is definitely an indicator of sexual deviant behavior. It just isn’t normal male behavior. Maybe in the animal kingdom or on National Geographic but not in “civilized society.”
Best wishes to you Beth. I know that you, like so many people involved in this are fighting the good fight. I don’t know if we ever met while I was in Rome but I was a volunteer with the Sexual Assault Center.

By: beth

beth — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:18:08 +0000

Thanks Angela,

I have actually gotten to where I rarely read the comments to this post because they have been so hostile. I appreciate your input and your willingness to speak out.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:18:35 +0000

Also, in reference to “A Southern Teacher” the reason why the school was found to be negligent was due to the proof that they had not reported his previous behavior to law enforcement as protocol. In order to not release names because people have been threatened with their jobs if they speak of the matter, I’ll just say there was a lot of proof. Court records are a part of public record and can be requested. They would be found in the trial against the school system, not the trial about the rape. The girls medical records are private as are all medical records.
I’m not trying to be snappy with you I just know the case very, very well.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:12:19 +0000

Beth,
I also have personal knowledge of this case and I’m so thankful that you are keeping the facts out there. It’s so sad that Kristie has been turned into the violent one. It’s amazing to me that so many people have made negative comments toward you when they have no first hand knowledge of the case. I know in my heart that it will all come out int he wash. I just hope he doesn’t go on to rape anyone else and even worse several others.

By: A Southern Teacher

A Southern Teacher — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:09:16 +0000

As an educator in a southern state, I have witnessed atheletes receiving preferential treatment in classrooms. HOWEVER, your commentary (based upon one’s opinion without citing credible and verifiable sources with the necessary reference notes for fact checking) is full of accusations. If, in fact this Southern Belle was raped and subsequently admitted into the hospital, where is the proof? You provided a video (that obviously does not directly relate to this story) of Marcus having fun but you lack proof of a hospital admittance or photographs taken by investigative authorities showing any evidence of a “beating”. Where are the references to credible and well-known media outlets to back your allegations that he has a history of this type of behavior. Reporters are well versed at locating sources that the average person cannot. Surely at least one reporter has uncovered someone to say these things happened. This type of proof would at least place a sense of “perhaps it happened” in the mind of society.

Both of these people have been affected by the events of that one night. However, moving on in life with a forgiving spirit and a God-given purpose is what they both should focus upon.

Instead of your attempts to bash Marcus, why not celebrate the accomplishments of this young woman as a survivor of at the very minimum media scrutiny and ridicule. Survivors of rape find it important to be able to move on and declare themselves no longer victims by telling their stories of survival and triumph. Maybe YOU can champion Kristie’s life by helping and guiding her to move from victim to advocate. Life is full of injustices. Either we choose to be eternal victims or we choose to be victors. Life is too short to continue to look backwards but should be celebrated and lived moving forward. Apparently, MARCUS DIXON has done so by overcoming obstacles whether they were self-inflicted or society-inflicted.

GOD BLESS MARCUS AND KRISTIE

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:30:55 +0000

just happened to stumble on this website while trying to see if Marcus made it through the first round of cuts, but Being from the Lindale area I met the young man several times prior to the incident, he seemed to be a very decent guy. The previous conduct incidents referred to are typical with a lot of white boys in my class at Pepperell. The idea that teachers and staff protect athletes is not true. Other students were shown the same respet as athletes in my eperience and often accusations of athlete protections comes from a student or parent’s insecurities about grades or social success. I do know that many people locally judged the case to be racially motivated based on interviews from the lead investigator, but that seemed to come from the perception he lacked intelligence, that seems to happen when someone continues to repeat in interviews a high school senior having sex with a high school freshman is a major indicator of a pedophile. He also claimed Marcus would continue to fit the profile of a pedophile through out his life. since then marcus has graduated with a GPA above 3.5 and has no incidents of sexual misconduct. ESPN also reported the girl continues to live a Lindale working at a local grocery store, which despite my belief he was inocent, I believe was unfaire because there is only one grocery store in that town.

By: Rednecks Rly. Suck

Rednecks Rly. Suck — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:27:59 +0000

To answer your question, no we will never be. We have become a society of who has been ‘wronged’ the most. And If you are ‘wrong’ well then it MUST be your race, gender, orientation etc…but of course a double standard exists: If you are a white male you can be insulted, criticized, ridiculed, accused, humiliated..but If you are gay, a woman, black..FORGET IT!!! YOu are not allowed to say anything wrong..because as we all know White males are the reincarnation of Satan, and Women, Gays, Blacks are all saints who do NOTHING WRONG…Speaking as a non-caucasian..I see more racism towards Whites from the African American community than vice-versa..in the form of preferential treatment, and just plain insults..oh but White Males are the bigots!! People like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton thrive on this divide..they profit from it, much like Yassar Arafat profitted from Palestinian/Israeli violence and hatred…I was in a theater once with hundreds of people..and there was a group of kids who were noisy, disruptive and inappropriate..they were black..and they were asked to be quiet or please leave..when they refused..they were escorted out..screaming racism the whole time..as long as this type of nonsense occurs..the African American Community will never be taken seriously in the eyes of White America, nor should they be, if this type of thing keeps occuring…pathetic
OH and that’s just the tip of the iceberg..let’s not forget “You People”..which is the grammatically correct way to address a group of people..regardless of race etc..but now it seems the English Language is racist against Blacks..more reason not to tkae the community seriously..until this nonsense stops nothing changes…

By: marcas williams

marcas williams — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:08:05 +0000

first of all, i fully agree that the fact that race plays such a huge role in our opinions and perceptions of one another indicates that we haven’t evolved as a country as much as most of us would claim or like to think… but i guess the question that i would like to pose is what if she were black?…would so many of you be as quick to continue to condemn him and label him as a “rapist” and call her a “poor little girl”?…the jury in his first trial felt that he wasn’t guilty of rape and had no idea that there was a 10 year mandatory sentence in place for his lesser charges…then a supreme court overturned his case because it was unjust… some people are acting as if this sort of thing happens all the time!…well it doesn’t..there are countless men in jail right now for crimes they didn’t commit…there are also countless men and women who have been hung, shot, stabbed, rapped and brutalized in every other possible way for doing nothing more than attempt to live their lives and raise their families…their crime, they were black in america…do the masses of you run to their defense as you have to this “poor little girl’s?”…i think not…the truth is, 99.9% of us will never know what happened between those two people…i myself am of the opinion that he idn’t rape her, but the question we should all ask ourselves is would we still be as adamant in our opinions if she were black and he were white?…and if we were being honest with ourselves, sadly, most of us wouldn’t be proud of our answers…so what does this say about us?… are we capable of becoming an unbiased society, that loves thy neighbor, regardless of his color or creed?…i hope for the sake of my daughter and unborn children that we are but in my heart of hearts, i seriously doubt it.

By: [BEAUTiFUl BRiA]

[BEAUTiFUl BRiA] — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:09:11 +0000

FiRST OF All AlOT OF PEOPlE GOT iT iT TWiSTED. THE liTTlE BiTCH FATHER WAS RACiST && SHE DiDNT WANT TO SEEM liKE A HOE TO HER PEOPlE FOR SlEEPiN WiTH A BlACK DUD SO SHE DECiDED TO SAY HE RAPED HER. THEY SEE DOllARS iN A NiGGA EYES THEY WANT TO BRiNG HiM ODWN. THAT SHiT AiNT RiGHT && iTS NOT GOiNG TO NEVER BE RiGHT. && YOU AE RiGHT PEOPlE Will NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUCK HAPPEND BUT lET ME TEll YOU THiS. iT iS ABOUT BlACK && WHiTES. PEOPlE HAVE TO GET OVER iT. THAT MOST WHiTE GiRlS liKE BlACK BOYS && TH PARENTS DONT liKE iT BUT THE WHiTE GiRlS GONE DO iT ANYWAY SO THEY MiGHT AS WEll ACCEPT iT. SAY RAP iT UP OR SOMETHiNG iF A NiGGA GOT MONEY THEN THEY WOUlDNT CARE. AiNT NO WAY! PEOPlE ARE SO STUPiD. DUMB! THEY GOT liFE FUCKED UP. MARCUS DESERVES EVERYTHiNG HE HAS iN liFE && THiS iS STRANGE YOU NEVER HEAR A BlACK GiRl SAY A WHiTE MAN RAPED HER BUT YOU AlWAYS HEAR ABOUT BlACK BOYS WHiTE GiRlS. HMM MAYBE iTS B/C BlACK PARENTS ARE EQUAl. WE KNOW HOW iT FEElS TO BE UNEQUAl. EVERYONE JUST NEED TO GET OVER THAT MARCUS SHiT BECAUSE HE GOiNG TO NFl && SHE BAGGiNG CAN GOODS && TURNiP GREENS. GET OVER iT. lOl

By: [BEAUTiFUl BRiA]

[BEAUTiFUl BRiA] — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:07:51 +0000

By: Nichole

Nichole — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:24:49 +0000

My computer is not acting right so I am not sure if my post went up or not but in the other post I stated that I have been raped and the last thing I wanted was a cash settlement. Marcus did not rape this girl and she knows it. She was having a good time trying to get the star football player and when her daddy found out she had sex with him she told a lie and after that one lie she has had to keep the lies going. Now her family and friends want to be upset because Marcus went to school and is now going PRO what you mad about oh wait is it cause she will never get any of that money? You all need to get a life and leave this young man alone. Get a clue and grow up he has. He has also moved on.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:16:32 +0000

I know this story all too well. I know that Marcus has suffered a great deal and so has his family. Marcus has sex with a girl who knew when her father found out he would be upset with her and not want to deal with her in anyway. I am sure they has sex however it was not rape. As a person who has delt with being a raped I was very offended that she would put that out int he world that this young man had harmed her. The only harm that was done was that her father found out and she had to lie to stay on his good side. The school settled and gave her family money. After being raped the last thing I wanted was money from anyone I wanted that person in jail and to never see the light of day. Marcus was found not guilty of rape his only guilt was having sex with a girl with a redneck for a Daddy.

By: Rednecks Rly. Suck

Rednecks Rly. Suck — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:23:33 +0000

Oh it’s more than that…there was probably a level of attempted entrapment there…he knocks her up..and when he gets that big NFL contract, she is on easy street with those big child support payments..of course Marcus (hopefully) used protection!! Now she is bagging gorceries and Marcus a college graduate with honors has a chance to be a member of one of the highest profile organizations in the country..and has a chance at fame and wealth..meanwhile she’ll be barefott and pregnant like a good ole’ southern gal!!

By: ELS

ELS — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:27:41 +0000

I’ve been following this story/case for a while and I am happy to hear that Marcus was signed by the Dallas Cowboys. Marcus was a high profile jock in a backwater town and this girl saw having sex with him as a status boost. But when her dad found out, she played the rape card to cover her own behind. Well, look who is paying for that lie now. I wish Marcus the best in the life he has worked hard and earned, and wish everyone would just see a very young and immature teenager who made and paid for a mistake (having sex with a white girl in a racist town) for what it is and let him live his life.