UPDATE: Good English drummer Leslie Rasmussen has issued a statement regarding the letter she sent as a character statement regarding Brock Turner. Read that below.

Northside Festival, who last week moved all Black Bear Bar shows after the venue hosted a racist skinhead show, just made another politically correct move. One of the bands, Good English, who were to have played Northside showcases this week at Matchless on June 9 & 10, are no longer anymore:

That recent information would be that Good English drummer Leslie Rasmussen penned a letter in defense of Brock Turner, the Stanford student and star swimmer who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, and who received what most considered to be an unusually light six-month sentence.

Here's an excerpt from Rasmussen's letter to presiding Judge Aaron Persky (who said of his sentence, "A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others"):

I don’t think it’s fair to base the fate of the next ten + years of his life on the decision of a girl who doesn’t remember anything but the amount she drank to press charges against him. I am not blaming her directly for this, because that isn’t right. But where do we draw the line and stop worrying about being politically correct every second of the day and see that rape on campuses isn’t always because people are rapists... ...This is completely different from a woman getting kidnapped and raped as she is walking to her car in a parking lot. That is a rapist. These are not rapists. These are idiot boys and girls having too much to drink and not being aware of their surroundings and having clouded judgement.

You can read the whole letter over at The Cut, and a related article that explains the many rape myths present in the letter, over at Bustle.

That letter was made public on Monday (6/6) and it didn't take long for some to connect Rasmussen, the letter writer, with Rasmussen the drummer of the Dayton, Ohio band that also includes her sisters Elizabeth and Celia. Good English have deleted their Facebook page since yesterday's news. In addition to the two now-canceled Matchless shows, Good English are currently still scheduled had also scheduled shows this week at Rock Shop (6/10), Industry City Distillery (6/11) and Gold Sounds (6/12) in Brooklyn this week as part of their tour but those have been canceled as well.

UPDATE: Leslie Rasmussen has issued a statement and you can read that in full: