article_snippet: That doesn't mean that something terrible didn't happen to Jackie" on the day in question, Police Chief Tim Longo said regarding the UVA student and Police Chief Tim Longo allegations.  
article_snippet: that gang rapes just like what Jackie originally alleged do happen -- too often, and all over America.
article_snippet: It would be a terrible and infuriating mistake to use the confusion around Jackie's story as a convenient way to discount this reality.
article_snippet: And while we don't know whether something terrible happened to Jackie, it would be truly tragic if we let this incident cast doubt on all allegations of rape and sexual assault.   
article_snippet: No one, myself included, wanted Jackie's story to be true.  
article_snippet: Whether Jackie was or wasn't sexually assaulted doesn't change the fact that many women have experienced sexual assault.