Town Exiles Battered Woman

THE ACLU HAS FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST MAPLEWOOD MISSOURI.
IT EVEN DID A WOMAN FROM HER HOME
BECAUSE SHE CALLED THE COPS TOO MANY TIMES ON HER ABUSIVE
HUSBAND.
THE VICTIM IS ROSETTA WATSON, A DISABLED BLACK WOMAN ñ
I'M SORRY NOT AN ABUSIVE
HUSBAND, A BOYFRIEND.
SHE CALLED THE COPS FOUR TIMES AND THE
COMMUNITY FELT IT WAS SO MUCH OF
A NUISANCE THEY NEEDED TO BANISH HER FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR SIX
MONTHS.
THIS IS INSANE.
I'M GLAD THE ACLU IS GETTING INVOLVED.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT MAPLEWOOD MISSOURI IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE
THAT HAS THIS TYPE OF NUISANCE
REGULATION.
THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE VICTIM IS
A WOMAN WHO IS BEING ABUSED, AND YOU ARE NOW SENDING A MESSAGE TO
A DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS IF THEY
CALL THE COPS FOR HELP, THEY ARE BOTHERING PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THEY DON'T LIKE
THAT.
SHE LOST HER SECTION 8 VOUCHER AS A RESULT AND ENDED UP
HOMELESS.
IS INSANE.
THEY JUST VICTIMIZE THE VICTIM.
>> IT IS SUCH A WEIRD LAW.
>> IT ALSO SAID THAT HER REPEATED CALLS PUT POLICE
OFFICERS AT RISK.
>>HOW WERE COPS AT RISK?
>>DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AMONG THE MOST DANGEROUS CALLS TO RECEIVE
AND RESPOND TO AS A POLICE OFFICER.
LET'S TAKE THE PROPER
PRECAUTIONS WHEN APPROACHING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE.
IT SEEMS
LIKE OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE THE PERSON WHO IS GETTING BEAT UP.
I
UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE NUISANCE
CALLS, WE SHOULD ñ IF YOU ARE CALLING IN SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN YOU ARE BEING A NUISANCE
BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING AWAY RESOURCES.
>>LET'S GET TO THAT BECAUSE AFTER SHE GOT STABBED SHE WAS
AFRAID TO CALL THE COPS.
THIS GUY WAS ABUSIVE, HE WAS FOUND
GUILTY.
SHE WAS NOT MAKING A BIG
DEAL OUT OF NOTHING.
THIS COMMUNITY DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE
OF THAT.
THEY CREATED A SITUATION WHERE SHE WAS AFRAID
TO ASK FOR HELP.
THIS IS INSANE.
APPARENTLY THERE ARE ORDINANCES
THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS IN OVER
30 STATES.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MADE JUST TO GET RID OF PEOPLE YOU
DON'T LIKE.
INSTEAD OF SOLVING ACTUAL PROBLEMS, LET'S JUST MOVE THE
PROBLEM AND MAKE IT SOMEONE ELSE'S ISSUE.
>>RIGHT.
>> AND IF YOU HAVE QUOTAS TO MAKE, LIKE MAKING ñ IT IS JUST
THE WORST KIND OF NEFARIOUS TO SAY LET'S JUST MOVE HER PROBLEM
ELSEWHERE.
TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY ñ CALLING THIS A NUISANCE
LAW.
WHAT A CRAPPY WORD.
NUISANCES ARE LOUD MUSIC.
>> YEAH, OR SOMEONE STOMPING ON THE TOP FLOOR.
>>IT WAS SUCH A NUISANCE WHEN YOU GOT STABBED.
>> WELL, YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU GOT STABBED.
>>I HOPE IN THE END, THERE WILL BE JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIM.
I
FEEL TERRIBLE FOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH
SIMILAR NUISANCE REGULATIONS.

Town Exiles Battered Woman

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