'What About His Trauma?' Perpetrators of Murder/Suicide May Have Suffered, Too.
Over Memorial Day weekend in 2017, Willie Cory Godbolt, then 34, decided to have things out with his estranged wife, Sheena May Godbolt. She had moved out of the family's mobile home with their young daughter and son because her husband was violent. Sheena and the two children were staying at her mother's house in Bogue Chitto, a small community near Brookhaven.
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abused women, domestic violence, murder/suicide, custody, trauma, familiicide, suicide by cop, childhood trauma, PTSD, Willie Cory Godbolt, Lincoln County Deputy William Durr
Paralyzed by Grief: After Pheonecia Ratliff's Murder and Jamarquis Black's Suicide
The night of May 14, 2020, in Canton, Jamarquis Black, 24, kidnapped his estranged girlfriend, Pheonecia Ratliff, 23. They had quarreled because he wanted custody of their baby daughter, Jordyn, barely 6 months old. Phoenicia had reported Jarmarquis' stalking and threats to the police; he had been arrested, but bailed out of jail on May 11.
How the 2021 Violence Against Women Act Will Help Take Guns From Abusers Guilty of Domestic Violence
As Pheonecia Ratliff's story shows, the main threat to victims of domestic violence is the prevalence of guns. Once her abusive ex-boyfriend bonded out of jail in Canton in May 2020, he could have gotten one from a friend or relative.
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On Mother's Day, Native American Families Are Missing Mothers, Sisters, Aunts, Daughters, Granddaughters
Mother's Day is a complicated holiday. There are children who have lost their mothers, and there are mothers who have lost their children.For those who have only memories, seeing Mother's Day cards, flowers and balloons all over can be very painful.
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Katherine Mitchell
Native American, Native women, Native children, Alaska, domestic homicide, domestic violence, domestic abuse, sex trafficking, man camp, Wind River, rape, indigenous women, indigenous boys and girls, missing or murdered girls, Say Her Name, Coushatta Tribe, Big Horn County, Kayseri Stops Pretty Places, Selena Not Afraid
Missing or Murdered in Indian Country, Gone Without Justice
Resplendent in her Southern Ute of Colorado garb, Diane Millich told a harrowing story. In the late 1990s, at 26, she had married a White man who she said slapped, kicked, punched and abused her emotionally, beginning on the third day of their marriage.
A Hidden Cost of Domestic Violence: How Big Is This Secret Epidemic?
An abusive man may stomp on his partner's head and neck, wearing his heavy work boots. Or he might hit her head repeatedly against a wall, at least twice a week, for a year. Maybe he pushes her so hard she falls and knocks her head against a massive piece of furniture, giving her a concussion.
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Katherine Mitchell
Domestic abuse, domestic violence, head injuries, concussions, Brain injury awareness month, Center on partner-inflicted brain injury, dr. Julianna Nemeth, Pink concussions, Rachel Ramirez, Dr. Eve Valera, NIH
A Mass Shooting Often Starts At Home Against a Woman
A new week, a new mass shooting. Just seven days after a gunman killed eight people in Atlanta, including six women of Korean or Chinese descent, another shooter killed 10 people in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado.
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, abuse, women killed, Asian Americans, mass shooting, Atlanta, Boulder shooting, columbine, femicide, Rachel Louise Snyder, Violence against women act, the boyfriend loophole
Some Domestic Violence Takes Place Behind Two Sets of Closed Doors: At Home, In the Bedroom, In Secrecy
Since the mass shooting in Atlanta last week that killed six women of Asian descent, Asian Americans, especially women, are sick at heart, angry -- and afraid.
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, abuse, women killed, Asian Americans, mass shooting, Atlanta, attacks on Asian Americans, Tanya Selvaratnam, Cathy Park Hong, immigrants, sexual assault, Eric Sneiderman, Kiese Laymon
What Should a Memorial to Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Be Like?
Whatta win! At the 2021 Grammys on Sunday night, rapper, singer and songwriter Megan Thee Stallion, wearing a spectacular strapless orange dress with a train, won Best Rap Song and Rap Performance and Best New Artist.
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Will the Violence Against Women Act Go On Saving Lives?
The Violence Against Women Act, first passed in 1994, makes possible local advocates' ability to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.
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Katherine Mitchell
Violence against women act, domestic abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, VAWA, The House, Ann McLane Kuster, Congress, Lizzie Fletcher, abuse, President Biden, Oliphant Decision, Senate, MCconnell
A Clergyman Who Spoke the Words 'Domestic Violence' Publicly
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Stacey Riley is CEO of the Gulf Coast Center for NonViolence Inc. The nonprofit center is the largest program for victims of domestic violence in Mississippi: It runs a shelter in Biloxi, which houses up to 44, and another in Pascagoula with 16 beds.
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Katherine Mitchell
Black women, black victims, sexual assault, Gulf Coast Center for NonViolence, domestic violence, Stacey Riley, covid-19, Violence against women act, shelters, Iman Abdul-Mu'Min, Biloxi Islamic Center, clergy, Mississippi
Why Do Some Black Men Abuse Women?
Black women suffer from domestic violence out of proportion to their slice of the American population, a bit less than 7 percent.
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, Heavy, Black women, black victims, black women suffer from domestic violence more, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Black authors, memoirs, Kiese Laymon, Kevin Powell, victims of abuse, abusers
Payback for Pain and Loss: Reparations for Relatives of Lynching Victims?
In the U.S., reparations have had a rocky, uneven history. After World War II, in which American Indians served in great numbers and in key roles, Congress approved financial compensation of about $1.3 billion for 178 tribes. But much of it ended up in government-controlled trusts.
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, Heavy, Black churches, Black women, churches, Ephesians 5, On the other side of the door, reparations, lynching victims, Jim Crow, black victims, National Museum for Peace and Justice, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice, Eddie Moore, Sheila Moss Brown, Henry Peg Gilbert
Sitting Next to You in Church: A Victim of Domestic Violence?
Mississippi writer Kiese Laymon, born and reared in Jackson, has written in his memoir, Heavy,about his dislike of attending rural Concord Missionary Baptist Church on Sundays with his grandmama:
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, abuse, assault, Kiese Laymon, Heavy, Concord Missionary Baptist, Black churches, Chain Chain Change, Black women, churches, abusers, church members, Rev. Dr. Selina D. Carter, Ephesians 5, Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup, What Every Pastor Needs to Know about Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence programs and the African American church, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, On the other side of the door
Black Lives: Do Women's Matter as Much as Men's?
The phrase "Black Lives Matter" was coined by a woman activist in Oakland, California, in 2003. The Black Lives Matter movement was founded by three women activists. Even so, according to the NCADV, more than 45 percent of Black women have suffered domestic violence, and more than 51 percent of Black female homicides are committed by intimate partners. So, one conference participant noted, since intimate partners usually are of the same race, "Black men are a significant danger to Black women."
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Meagan Justus
control, domestic violence, young women, abuse, domestic abuse, Mississippian, National Network to End Domestic VIolence, abusive situations, black lives, black lives matter, black lives women
What If He Won't Let You Vote on Election Day?
Election Day is a mere two weeks away. In the midst of the second wave of the pandemic, our democracy remains based on every citizen's right to vote.
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Katherine Mitchell
control, domestic violence, young women, abuse, Election day, domestic abuse, Barriers to the Ballot Box, Mississippian, Mississippi voting, Vote by mail, masks not required, election day, Caroline Crist, National Network to End Domestic VIolence, abusive situations, private addresses, confidential addresses, voter supression
When Young Love Stops Being Romantic
Tenaj Moody, 26, is a striking and stylish young woman who has earned a master's in criminal justice and behavior, as well as her license. Starting in 2014, when she was a college freshman, she began speaking publicly about abuse she suffered from her high school boyfriend.
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Katherine Mitchell
roots of violence, warning signs, threats, control, Tenaj Moody, Light to Life, domestic violence, domestic homicide, young women, abuse, Love Labyrinth, One Love Foundation, assault
What We Talk About When We Talk About Domestic Violence
Every now and again, a book comes out that causes me to reevaluate what I thought I knew about women's history.
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Katherine Mitchell
Susan Brownmiller, rape, Against Our WIll, See What You Made Me Do, Jess Hill, domestic violence, domestic homicide, roots of violence, warning signs, threats, control
When Will the Tide Turn?
Last week brought more grim news of domestic violence-related murder/suicide in Florida, where a mother of four was shot by her estranged boyfriend, who killed himself.
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, Ann Marie Cunningham, murder/suicide, Florida, Minnesota, Georgia, Colorado, Domestic Violence and Child Welfare, Task Group, Colorado Department of Human Service, Mike Hurst, Mississippi, Phoenecia Ratliff, Operation Phoenecia, Office on violence against women
A Mysterious Murder/Suicide 40 Years Ago
Last week – as happens 11 times a week—another murder/suicide occurred in Denver. A young Black woman, only 33, was killed by her boyfriend who then killed himself.
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Katherine Mitchell
domestic violence, Ann Marie Cunningham, murder/suicide, denver, Kansas City, Jim Tyrer, A Good Man: The Jim Tyrer Story, football injuries, head injuries, football helmets, concussions, Aaron Hernandez, CTE, brain injury
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