Personal Commentary On Melinda's Story

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Basically at the summer party before school started Melinda was raped. She was also drunk when it happened. Everyone at the party thought she called the cops to ruin the party, but she actually called the cops to report what happened to her. My opinion has changed about Melinda. Now I feel like Melinda is just being judged based on what they think happened instead of what actually happened. Melinda had a legit reason to call the cops and people are juding her without knowing the

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