Showing posts with label victims of domestic violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label victims of domestic violence. Show all posts

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Fort Bragg Protest Calls Attention To Crimes Against Female Soldiers

Bragg protest blames military culture in deaths

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 9, 2008 9:06:24 EDT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Protesters gathered outside a gate at the Army’s Fort Bragg to draw attention to the deaths of female soldiers this year because of domestic violence.

The protesters were critical of the military culture they said makes it difficult for a female soldier to tell a commander that she is being threatened, The Fayetteville Observer reported Thursday.

Retired Col. Ann Wright said during the Wednesday event that the military must address the issue. Protesters also criticized the military bureaucracy that they said minimizes sexual assault complaints.

Military spokesmen have said officials don’t see a pattern in recent deaths and that the safety of female soldiers is an important issue.

In addition to three female soldiers from Fort Bragg killed since June, the burned body of a pregnant female Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune was found in January.

“I am here to say that our military must address this,” said Wright, who served 29 years in the Army and was stationed at Bragg for three years.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Kids see stabbing deaths in Santa Rosa

Kids see stabbing deaths in Santa Rosa
Christopher Heredia, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, September 13, 2008


(09-13) 16:16 PDT SANTA ROSA -- As three children looked on in horror, a man stabbed his girlfriend and killed the woman's mother in a Santa Rosa apartment today before stumbling several blocks and stabbing himself to death, according to police and published reports.



The bloody attack, stemming from a domestic dispute, began shortly after 9:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of West Avenue, Santa Rosa police Sgt. Lisa Banayat said.

Neighbors told the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa that the knife-wielding man walked down South Avenue screaming after the attack. He stabbed himself several times succumbing to his injuries a few blocks away, the newspaper reported.
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Friday, September 12, 2008

Illinois cuts program assisting victims of domestic violence

State cuts program assisting victims of domestic violence
By Megan Twohey | Chicago Tribune reporter
7:38 PM CDT, September 12, 2008
A program that provides tuition assistance and career counseling to hundreds of victims of domestic violence is being shut down after Gov. Rod Blagojevich's line-item veto eliminated its funding, officials said Friday.

After $621,300 was cut from what is known as the Displaced Homemaker program, Prairie State College in Chicago stopped offering the aid. The school is one of 10 community colleges across the state that administer the program.

Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield plans to end its involvement at the end of the year. And officials at other schools such as Harper College in Palatine say they will be forced to do the same.

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