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(--ZACH--)TEXOMANS ARE WORKING
TO BRING AWARENESS TO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING-- TODAY HOLDING A
RALLY.ATTENDEES GAVE
TESTMONIES AS THEY CALLED FOR
CHANGE TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM TOWARDS HUMAN
TRAFFICKING OFFENDERS.SOME OF
THE CHANGES SPEAKERS TALKED
ABOUT WERE HIGHER BOND AMOUNTS
AND STRICTER PUNISHMENTS FOR
FIRST TIME OFFENDERS.SOME
SPEAKERS SAY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
DON'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THE
STEREOTYPICAL OFFENDERS.THEY
ADD SOME OFFENDERS CAN BE
THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU.
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RACHEL WILLIAMSON//SAVE OUR
CHILDREN SPEAKER"WHAT I HAVE
SADLY LEARNED IS THAT 9 OUT OF
MY 10 FRIENDS WERE SEXUALLY
ABUSED AS A KID. 9 OUT OF 10.
THAT IS CRAZY TO ME AND YET WE
WOULDN'T HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT
IF NO ONE BROUGHT IT UP. WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT SO
HOPEFULLY IT
STOPS."ZACH//A NUMBER OF
SPEAKERS AT THE EVENT ALSO
EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE
LACK OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
DEDCIATED TO ENDING HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. .BUT SOME
REPRESENTAVIES FROM
ORGANIZATIONS WERE IN
ATTENDANCE.FIND MORE
INFORMATION ON THEM IN THIS
STORY AT TEXOMAS HOMEPAGE DOT
COM.
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ZACH//MSU POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A SEXUAL ASSAULT
THAT HAPPENED ON CAMPUS.THE
