'I encourage everyone to pledge, no more. No more sitting by and hoping for things to get better.'
LaShonda Wilson thought she had done everything right to get away from her abusive, possessive and domineering husband in July 2003, sister LaToya Calhoun says., police and prosecutors to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month, she said her 21-year-old sister had secretly moved out and gotten an injunction against James Arthur Reed, a registered sex offender with an arrest record for domestic battery, assault and a firearms violation.
"The goal of reaching zero domestic homicides may be a challenge, but it is nonetheless a meaningful goal," Assistant State Attorney Khary Gaynor said."... We cannot achieve this alone. We call our community to action and vigilance in pursuing abuses. As police have pointed out, no one deserves to be abused.", Jacksonville's longtime domestic abuse shelter and counseling site. Patin said the community must be there for all survivors and report any signs of abuse.
"These show an overwhelming disparity in that women remain extremely vulnerable in domestic violence situations," Gaynor said.Jacksonville man pleads guilty in wife's stabbing deathGuns remain the primary weapon used in domestic homicides, 2021's 71% figure is 7% higher than in 2020, the report said. Knives were the next most common at 18%.
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