For the last time: Sexual assault isn’t funny

You know what’s hilarious? Two guys holding down a woman screaming for help and cutting off her underwear with pocket knife. Oh, you don’t think that’s funny? You must me one of those humorless feminists…

Michael S. Puhalla, 39, and Russell J. Baumgardner, 40, are accused of holding down a woman against the bar in Sartell, Minn., and cutting off her underwear with a pocketknife and placing it on a fan in the bar.
[B]oth told authorities that they viewed the incident as a joke, according to the charges.
…She yelled for help several times and asked for the bartender to intervene, but he said, “I can’t or they will make things worse for me.” She said there were up to six other men in the bar at the time, and none of them came to her aid either.
…Police, when meeting with the woman, detected bruises on her arms and an abrasion in her groin area.

Apparently the woman knew these men, who later said to police that it was time for her “to take one for the team.” Just…terrifying. Even more so is that in a statement to police Baumgardner said he had participated in similar “jokes” in the past.
Thanks to Kim, Erin and Elizabeth for the link.