brutally raped, beaten, robbed and
soaked in someone else’s urine in a
wooded area outside her home in
Baltimore Maryland. As degrading
and humiliating as this sounds, the
most painful part of this horrifi c thing
was how she was treated aft erwards.
Aft er reporting the viloation to the
local police Tyde did everything in her
power to help the Police fi nd the person
who assaulted her. According to Tyde,
nothing could have prepared her for
the level of insensitivity and outright
incompetence she experienced in her
pursuit for justice. No charges were
ever fi led in the case. Just when things
couldn’t possibly get any worse, Tyde
discovered that she was pregnant as a
result of the rape. Now faced with the
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decision to abandon the pregnancy,
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