More than 200 people were killed by their intimate partners in Texas in 2021, according to a domestic violence advocacy group, marking the state's third highest toll in a decade and signaling a trend headed in the wrong direction.
. There were 26 homicides in the wake of the storm, according to the report, and survivors endured cruel abuse, such as being forced into the cold or denied jackets, blankets and safe drinking water.
Additionally, Hooper said data shows that authorities last year encountered more firearms and more severe situations when responding to domestic violence calls. At least 16 percent of the perpetrators were prohibited from possessing a firearm at the time they killed their partner, Hooper said. "Statues are there to protect survivors, but the mechanisms for removing firearms from people who shouldn't have them -- or confirming that they don't have them -- isn't really in place in most communities," Hooper said.Erika Prosper Nirenberg, first lady of San Antonio, said during a TCFV town hall on Thursday that it's important to end the stigma surrounding domestic abuse by talking openly about it.
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