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You’ve Might’ve Heard about the Cornell 7, but Have You Heard about Kendall Francis? *please read*
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You’ve Might’ve Heard about the Cornell 7, but Have You Heard about Kendall Francis? *please read*

Kendall Francis is an LSU student who was raped by Damien Shanklin, a Defensive End for the LSU Tigers.

The assault took place sometime around October of 2025. She rushed to the hospital immediately after where she got a rape kit.

Damien Shanklin’s mother texted Kendall to not press charges. In fear of her son’s career, she offered Kendall $1k to remain silent. Kendall went through LSU’s title ix process in December 2025. It wasn’t finished until Fall of 2026.

Damien Shanklin did admit to rape in the hearing and LSU found him accountable, initially suspending him for 1 year. The code conduct states that assaults like these would be 2-3 years of suspension.

Damien Shanklin filed an appeal which the process was once elongated. The appeal stated that although Damien Shanklin was accountable for rape, he would be let off of suspension and still able to participate in orgs etc.

She developed serve anxiety and it isn’t getting enough media coverage as much as the Cornell 7. I wonder why 🙄

Black Women’s stories are continuously swept under the rug so I wanted to shed some light on this situation

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/lsu-de-damien-shanklin-rape-accusation-lane-kiffin/

u/Relevant-Cup-596 — 5 days ago
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As a Black Women, What Is Something You Wouldn’t Publicly Admit? 🫣

I would say that this is a safe space, but safety isn’t guaranteed. Respond at your own risk chileeeee..

Something I won’t publicly admit: When it comes to injustice, I only interact with the content if said victim is a Black Woman. If it’s about a BM, I scroll. HEAR ME OUT!

Our stories don’t get the same media attention, conversation, and sympathy as a BM would in the Black community. A lot of the time it’s ignored or there’s no longevity to the story.

It takes one WM to kill an innocent BM and it gains traction FAST. BLM has shed light on more BM than it has Women, and it was created by US. This is no disrespect to the victims of police brutality or hate crimes that BLM campaigned for.

‘We’ protect THEM more than we protect each other & ourselves. We need a BIG organization that denounces brutality, domestic violence, & femicide. No shade but can you imagine what it would be like if Black Women put THAT much energy for them, into US?

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u/Relevant-Cup-596 — 3 months ago