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Just a few statistics that I found pertinent for the readership regarding Domestic Violence (Intimate Partner Violence) earlier today. These statistics showed up in an article written by Doug Harlow in the Kennebec Journal in Maine. The entire article has some other interesting things in it, including discussion of the WeTV show "Secret Lives of Women" which had some incredibly disturbing stories listed. However, onward to the statistics. (Kennebec Journal; Domestic Vilence: Men are victims of abuse, too; February 22, 2009; Orig.)

An estimated 1.5 million women and 835,000 men are the victims of domestic violence each year.

"For 30 years, we've giving women more rights than men," Brown said in a recent interview at her rural home. "That's what has developed over the last 30 years; the pendulum has swung way too far."

"For 30 years, we've giving women more rights than men," Brown said in a recent interview at her rural home. "That's what has developed over the last 30 years; the pendulum has swung way too far."

"It's astounding how few services are available for men all over this country. They're almost nonexistent."

"Thirty to 35 percent of all victims are men. That comes from a study in 2000 by the Department of Justice that said that 835,000 men are physically assaulted annually by their intimate partners."

If you have anything to add to this story you can contact Doug Harlow via email at dharlow@centralmaine.com.

Apparently people would rather kill each other than head towards divorce in today's family court arena. Sometimes estranged spouses dual to death before and after divorces and child custody disputes that are congesting our court system. See the frequently updated article that I previously wrote called Family Court is Deadly Business. The link below varies from the normal, so it will not be added, but this is worth examining.

The complete article can be seen at AZCENTRAL.COM and is titled "Gilbert Woman is Charged in Beating Death of Husband" on February 22, 2009. (Orig. Source)

Where is the Violence Against Men Act in this case? Why are there special interest laws at all tied to gender, when we already have uniform assault and homicide laws? But you can see where the defense is going to automatically come out that she was justified because she is now alleging that she was the victim in the article.

Dale E. Harrell, 34, survived nearly four weeks after undergoing surgery to remove part of his brain following a 2:45 a.m. Jan. 14 attack

"By Marissa's own statement, she would have continued to assault with the hammer if not stopped by a third party," an investigating officer wrote.

Records show Devault was booked in January for attempted homicide but released. Harrell, whose right side of his skull was shattered into "multiple puzzle pieces," died Feb. 9. Devault was charged Friday with one count of homicide.

Gilbert police declined to comment on the case, but a heavily redacted 131-page report that states Devault and Harrell were having marital problems and heading toward divorce.

I am sure there is going to be more to the story, but it boils down to people are killing each other rather than going through divorces these days. That says something about our family court system. One thing is for sure, divorces and separations are going to increase in todays horrible economy, so we can gamble that suicide and homicide as a result of these cases will increase as well.

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On Get Your Justice Live: 3/26/2008 Special Report: Congressional Guidelines For Abusing Women? Members of the True Equality Network will be joining Get Your Justice Live Host Lary Holland to discuss their recent public report covering the abuse of women in domestic violence shelters. Their press release and report are accessible below. Be sure to tune into Get Your Justice Live at 8PM EDT through the website http://www.getyourjusticelive.com or dial directly into the show at 724-444-7444, enter talk cast id: 43507, if prompted for a pin, simply press 1#.

Our public report covering our abuse shelter investigations is getting broad distribution. We have already done the first of nine scheduled shows. Last Friday, March 21st, we were on the “The Chuck Baker Show,” KWYD 1580 AM in Colorado Springs CO along with Dr. Charles E. Corry of the Equal Justice Foundation.

This report is a blunt exposé of how women are being physically and emotionally abused and forced into sexual servitude by shelter workers in order to be permitted to stay in the shelter. This report contains links to candid video testimony by victims of abuse who experienced even greater abuse at the hands of the shelter staff.

The report contains content and links that are not suitable for children and younger teen readers.

A great deal more findings exist than this public version of the report discloses. Those omitted details have been reported to the United States Congress and applicable law enforcement agencies. We have been advised by those agencies and our legal counsel not to disclose the names of the shelters we infiltrated and investigated, which states they are in, or the names of specific individual perpetrators.

Note that VAWA was enacted supported by studies, abet based on false and fabricated statistics, using samples sets of 5 to 15 thousand. There were over 1.5 million TRO’s issued by the states annually prior to VAWA. That is sample sets ranging from .33% to 1.00% of the cases.

There are approximately 18,000 shelters in the US, we investigated 417 of them to date, and that is 2.31% of them. By years end we will have completed the investigation, which will have then infiltrated and investigated 1,200 shelters or 6.67% of them. Even at one third of the way completed, our investigation is already using a sample set twice of what the largest study VAWA used to justify spending billions of tax-dollars to abuse and rape women.

Our women either paid the per diem charges to stay at the shelter as residents or donated the equivalent amount under fake names to the shelter where they stayed. The True Equality women who were employed at the shelters donated their entire paycheck (under fake names) adding the funds needed to equal their gross pay from the shelter. Thus, we did not use once cent of tax dollars to conduct this investigation.

Although we thank the major corporations and individuals for their generous donations to the shelters, we must warn them that unknown to them they are helping to fund the abuse and rape of women. We advise them to look closely at what their generosity is being used for, noting our investigation reveals that many of the shelters are doing anything but protecting women from abuse, providing training and helping them escape from eternal victimhood. In fact, many of the women we interviewed during this investigation returned to their abusive relationships because they felt safer there. As example one women conveyed to us that, "At least while I was at home the neighbors could hear me screaming. Here, even the social workers are abusing me."

The message women are getting from the shelter's staffs is;

Media Radar Reports the truth about Domestic Violence Laws. Visit their site at http://www.mediaradar.org

RADAR ALERT:

Equal Protection?

Civil rights are those rights which we create through the application of the
law. They are distinct from "human rights" which many assume to be common to all
people, everywhere. In the United States, the constitution guarantees equal
protection under the law (under the 14th amendment). This was necessary because
prior to the 14th amendment, individual rights were only protected from
violation by the federal government (but not state governments) . The individual
states had wide latitude in how draconian or arbitrary their laws were, and the
application of state law could discriminate against citizens for the most
capricious of reasons. The 14th amendment's "equal protection clause" was meant
to correct that, and provide due process (and many other rights) to all
citizens, regardless of the state they lived in.

Today, restraining orders against men are usually granted to women for the
asking, with the only obstacle being a legal pleading. Approximately 15 percent
of restraining orders are imposed upon women, while men are restrained 85
percent of the time. The due process provided by a trial is denied to the one
subject of the restraining order, even though an alleged violation of the order
carries with it a criminal penalty. Violating a restraining order is not always
a willful or malicious act. A man subject to a woman's restraining order need
only answer his telephone when she calls him, and that could be a violation
(with jail time as a penalty – no jury trial involved).

When domestic violence has been alleged, restraining orders carry with them
the financial obligation to continue making rent or mortgage payments on the
house that one is now prohibited from approaching. Again, failure to meet this
obligation can carry criminal penalties including jail time.

Restraining orders are a phenomenon of the states – a draconian measure that
compromises civil liberties of the accused, denying him (or her) a jury trial.
It is the various states that are, in this case, compromising civil liberties of
any person unfortunate enough to be falsely accused on any level. Despite the
protections of the 14th amendment's nearly 130-year-old "equal protection"
clause, protection is anything BUT equal – especially protection of falsely
accused men. This problem is only exacerbated under VAWA, which provides funds
for programs, personnel, and promotion of policies that continue the unequal
treatment of male defendants. It needs to stop.

RADAR has issued a press release on this subject: http://www.mediarad ar.org/press release_20071016 .php

We are asking you to print out and distribute the following flyer about such
civil rights violations as described above: http://www.mediarad ar.org/docs/ RADARflyer- VAWA-Promotes- Civil-Rights- Abuses.pdf

A good place to distribute the flyer is at public events held in honor of
Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which happens to be October! Attendees at
such events will already be focused on domestic violence, and some just may have
an open mind. Please pass out the above flyer at such events! To find the event
closest to you, simply visit the following guide provided by the U.S. Department
of Justice: http://www.usdoj. gov/ovw/statedom estic.htm

We have to stand up for civil rights for all Americans, regardless of gender,
regardless of location. Our fundamental rights to a jury trial and due process
are being subverted. Your help is appreciated!

Date of RADAR Release: October 17, 2007

R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a
non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to improve the
effectiveness of our nation's approach to solving domestic violence. http://www.mediarad ar.org.