New evidence in soldier Vanessa Guillén's death in Army's #metoo

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The U.S. Army has confirmed soldier Vanessa Guillén, who was murdered in April 2020, was sexually harassed by a superior.   Her death continues to highlight systemic issues within the military and calls for change.

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00:00Just see the hashtag I am Vanessa Guillen, all those men and women in our service

00:05suffering from sexual harassment

00:08Suffering for sexual assault because they report it yet

00:12They take it as a joke

00:15My sister's no joke

00:17My sister's a human being

00:20And I want justice and I want answers

00:25Because my sister

00:27Did not do this to herself someone did it

00:58It's sad, um, how after over a year they finally

01:04Accepted we were saying the truth and nothing but the truth from the very beginning

01:13Young 19 year old girl

01:15Why is a man walking in a shower watching her who's her superior?

01:18So, you know this again shouldn't have happened and now she's not with us

01:28I

01:36Have always been around military people military friends family everything like that

01:41I'm also going to go into the military and I know a whole bunch of friends that have been victims of sexual assault and harassment

01:48I

01:54Saw somebody post up on Twitter that they were raped at Fort Sam in their a school

01:58Wow, and then I posted up right below her and then another girl and another girl and the next thing I knew there were

02:06Almost a dozen of us when I had to verify

02:10My rape that actually happened because I was too intoxicated to tell my story

02:15They asked me how did I know it happened?

02:18And I asked the person

02:21In class the next day and his line was yeah, I've been you were so cute. I just had to you. Wow

02:32I thought it was over it until I saw Vanessa

02:36Each and every one of us standing here today

02:40has either been a victim or

02:42Known someone who was a victim now, it's the time for conversation

02:45Now is the time to stand up and say no more now is the time to say I am Vanessa Gillian

02:52Now is the time to say I've been hurt. I was harassed and that nasty joke that inappropriate touch

03:01It's not right. I'm a veteran. I have a wife in the military and

03:05We need to stand up for our ladies in the uniform. They've been failed for far too long

03:09We need to get the sexual assault program out of the military's hands and into the civilians hands into a non-biased program

03:16So that these women can be heard and the males as well that are victims of sexual assault

03:40You

03:45In 2013 I was sexually harassed by my NCO

03:50staff sergeant

03:52I went to my leadership because at the time I was in training

03:55Went to everyone above me and they all told me

04:00That he denied everything

04:03They swept it under the rug

04:05They didn't keep my sister safe

04:07They always try to cover up for each other why my sister's a human too

04:13She deserves respect

04:15She deserves to be heard

04:18Because if this can happen to my sister it can happen to anyone else

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