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00:00 I've always was told, "If someone touches you, you tell, you tell, you tell."
00:06 They did a rape kit on me.
00:07 I thought, "They're just gonna go out in a week and catch 'em."
00:10 And right now, my name is on a box, on a shelf, that has never been tested.
00:18 Really stunning news today about the number of rape cases police have never even tried
00:23 to solve.
00:24 I had no clue people stockpiled rape kits.
00:27 Rape kits.
00:28 Untested.
00:29 And never tested.
00:30 I was shocked.
00:31 There was just racks in an abandoned warehouse with windows open and birds flying around.
00:36 I could understand one city being negligent, but a nation?
00:40 When you find out that you have thousands of kits, what do you do?
00:44 We had to bring justice to these victims.
00:46 The rape kit backlog is the most shocking demonstration of how we regard these crimes.
00:52 There were rapists who were not caught.
00:54 And I can't understand what was so unimportant about me.
00:59 What were you wearing that particular morning?
01:01 What they see doesn't look like a real victim.
01:04 Violence against women is a low priority.
01:06 All of these kits should be tested.
01:08 There are rape kits that haven't been processed across this nation.
01:11 And those kits start getting results.
01:13 Every day, we get another 20 to 30 hits.
01:16 Over 700 identified serial rapists, just in one city, in one county, in one state.
01:21 Of course we made mistakes.
01:23 We didn't realize the potential.
01:25 You can't change or fix what happened to one person.
01:29 What you can change is what might happen to someone else.
01:31 When you get that list of names and it just scrolls down and it doesn't stop, this is
01:35 something where we can't rest.
01:38 You don't tell me what I can and can't do.
01:39 And all it takes is focus, dedication, and commitment.
01:42 The system should be more accountable.
01:44 I am evidence that this is not just a kit.
01:47 This is a person.
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