One of the most infuriating parts of the Netflix Dahmer series? Witnessing cops ignore the pleads and warnings from the community that Jeffrey Dahmer was dangerous. The police's negligence gave way for Dahmer to continue preying on and murdering people, most of them being black and brown men. The horrible oversight made me think of all the times we have (and haven't) heard of people in power dismissing our warnings as someone "crying wolf."
These incidents need a spotlight, so I want to hear from y'all: What's your own story of a time when you knew something was wrong but an authority figure didn't believe you, and you were right in the end?
Maybe you have a family member or close friend who was wrongfully arrested for a crime they didn't commit over circumstantial evidence, and their innocence wasn't proven until years later after their case was re-opened and they were granted a retrial.
Perhaps your former co-worker was a terrible person who constantly harassed others at work, yet nothing was done when you reported it to HR. It took an incident outside of work involving him that went viral for him to be fired.
Did you tell your school counselor that you were worried about another classmate's safety because of people bullying them, yet nothing was done, and that classmate ended up having to transfer to another school district?
Or maybe you tried to warn your boss of a security risk in the company's computer server and they didn't heed your advice, no matter how many times you told them. That's why you didn't bat an eye when the company got hacked.
