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Back to School Safety at University of Washington

Back to School Safety at University of Washington

- King 5 News
Campus safety is on the minds of many incoming freshmen as the University of Washington and other colleges begin classes this week.
"First thing is to fight back. Look confident when you're walking around. Predators and rapists are looking for people who are shuffling, looking at their iPhones, people who don't look like they're going to put up much of a fight, unfortunately,” Jessup said.
Jessup offers these tips:
Go for your attacker’s main targets like the...

SW Wash. teen works to save girls from would-be attackers

SW Wash. teen works to save girls from would-be attackers

- King 5 News
VANCOUVER, Wash. - She's cute, smart, and registered as a lethal weapon in the state of Washington. Seventeen-year-old Dallas Jessup of Vancouver, Wash. is launching a one-woman assault on violence against girls.
“In even just North America, every two minutes a girl is raped. I mean, statistics like that are outrageous and I'm not the person who is willing to sit by and let that happen,” she said.
Jessup, a black belt in taekwondo, developed a course called "Just Yell Fire."...