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Stephanie Rapkin: Deceptively Printed Video On Social Media

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“A lie can travel around the world while the truth is still putting its shoes on.” Nobody knows who came up with this wise proverb, but we all know it’s true. Perhaps nobody knows it better than our friend Stephanie Rapkin, an innocent attorney and cancer survivor who has been humiliated, embarrassed, harassed, threatened, stalked, excluded, and slandered because of a deceptively edited video that went viral on social media. Due to political pressure from outraged social media users, Shorewood’s District Attorney falsely charged Stephanie Rapkin with a hate crime. Millions of people expressed their outrage when they saw the deceptively edited video on social media, but almost nobody paid attention when a judge dismissed the hate crime charge. …show more content…

Rapkin received thousands of death threats after her name, phone number, and home address were illegally posted on the internet for millions of outraged people to see. As protesters gathered outside of her house, the District Attorney decided to charge Stephanie Rapkin with a hate crime. While hunkered in a small 1920s era house, Rapkin heard the sound of a police squad busting through her locked front door. They forcefully restrained Mrs. Rapkin and led her to a police car in front of dozens of jeering and gloating protesters. One of these protesters is named Shavonda Sisson, a local activist who proclaims that she “hates white people.” Shavonda Sisson threatened Stephanie as Stephanie was marched out of her house in …show more content…

(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). The judge referred to the arrest as the most egregious violation of constitutional rights she has ever seen. Mrs. Rapkin’s home is no longer a safe place. Her house has been repeatedly vandalized with bags of dog excrement. Due to backlash from the deceptively edited viral video, Mrs. Rapkin was forced to close down her law firm. Even though Mrs. Rapkin is a highly experienced attorney, nobody will hire her because of her age and the controversy surrounding her. Mrs. Rapkin is depressed, anxious, and afraid to leave her house. Mrs. Rapkin cannot even go to the pharmacy to pick up her anxiety, depression, and cancer medications because she is harassed when she appears in public. Mrs. Rapkin is yet another innocent victim of cancel culture. We are friends of Stephanie Rapkin and we need help paying her two hundred thousand dollar legal bill. Your donation will help Stephanie Rapkin pay her legal fees so she can afford to move to a safe location, far away from a community that has unfairly persecuted her because of a fake news story. Please help us Cancel Cancel Culture by donating $15 or more

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