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ATLANTA - An investigation is underway in midtown following a deadly shooting involving a married couple.
The shots were fired on North Avenue just before 11 p.m.
A man is dead and a woman in custody after a late night walk between a married couple turned violent.
According to police the man and woman were walking west on North Avenue between Spring and West Peachtree around 10:50 last night.
Police said at some point the couple got into an argument. The woman -- identified as Arelisha Bridges -- pulled out a gun and shot the victim several times, killing him.
Detectives said witnesses pointed out the woman to MARTA police who caught up to her at a nearby BP gas station.
Bridges was put in a squad car with her shower cap still on her head.
Kennan Harris described Bridges as calm after the shooting took place.
He rushed to help the 26-year-old victim, who Harris said was shot in the both the head and chest but says there was nothing that could be done to save him.
Bridges is in custody at the Fulton County Jail.
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A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence.
Arelisha Bridges was ordered held without bond in the Fulton County Jail. She is scheduled for a preliminary hearing later this month on charges of felony murder, murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Officials said Bridges claimed she was unemployed. But records show she is a lobbyist for an organization called the National Declaration for Domestic Violence Order; its Web site says the group is pushing legislation to create a database of those convicted of sex crimes or domestic abuse.
Usually an accused felon will appear at a preliminary hearing a day later, but Bridges' hearing was within hours of the shooting death of Anthony Rankins. Officials said the court appearance was moved up because of the unusual circumstances around the crime.
Witnesses told police that Bridges was wearing a nightgown and a shower cap as she argued with Rankins on the sidewalk on North Avenue near West Peachtree Street around 10:45 p.m. Monday.
And moments later, witnesses said, they heard shots. They said she then "calmly walked away."
A MARTA police officer stopped her as she was getting into her car, perhaps to return to her home nearby on Centennial Olympic Park Drive.
According to Atlanta police, Bridges told investigators that she and Rankins had been dating for a few months and were just married on Feb. 24.
Bridges' group isn't among the prominent domestic violence lobbying groups in Georgia, said Kirsten Rambo, the executive director of the Georgia Commission on Family Violence.
"This is the first I've heard about that organization," Rambo said. "I certainly couldn't say if they were legitimate or not," she said, adding, "It's certainly a new name to me."
Bridges has filed sparse lobbying expenses, according to State Ethics Commission records. So far this year, she's reported spending $20 -- for parking while lobbying for the abuse database.
-- Staff writer Mike Morris contributed to this article.
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Police:-Shooting-Leaves-Man-Dead-030210
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SALT LAKE CITY – A 37-year-old Salt Lake City woman acknowledged hitting her husband in the head with a hammer three years ago after blindfolding him and promising a surprise. Amy Teresa Ricks pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault on Tuesday. Prosecutors have agreed to reduce the conviction to a third-degree felony after Ricks completes probation.
Prosecutors also agreed to let Ricks seek expungement of the crime after seven years.
Sentencing is set for April 19.
Ricks' husband suffered minor injuries in the May 2007 attack. Ricks' defense attorney says the two are still married but are separated.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_hammer_beatingSALT LAKE CITY – A 37-year-old Salt Lake City woman acknowledged hitting her... more
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Feb. 23 – Groups are calling for Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada to apologize for sexist remarks made yesterday. Reid’s comments served to stereotype men as “abusive,” while ignoring the well-established scientific fact that men and women in partner relationships are equally likely to be violent.
Reid’s remarks on the Senate floor can be seen below.
Over 250 scholarly studies show women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their male partners, according to Martin Fiebert, professor of psychology at California State University.
“Senator Reid’s bizarre and unfounded statement reveals an unimaginable disconnect from the millions of unemployed Americans who are not abusive. These persons are understandably frightened about their futures and the security of their families,” notes Paul Elam, editor-in-chief of Mensnewsdaily.com. “Mr. Reid needs to apologize immediately.”Feb. 23 – Groups are calling for Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada to apologize for... more
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What do Chris Brown, Ike Turner, and OJ Simpson have in common? They are all famous men who beat their wives. Chris Brown's case got maximum exposure on Oprah, Ike Turner was vilified in a movie, OJ got all day/every day coverage at his murder trial. Our ability to remember them as examples of "wife beaters" is called the availability heuristic- we develop these associations largely from high profile media events. Since an availability heuristic- the examples of domestic violence we can call to mind-shapes our beliefs and judgments about an issue like domestic violence, the question is raised whether these media examples are representative of typical domestic violence. The answer is that they are not. They mis- represent domestic violence in three ways by making the perpetrators appear to always be black, male and acting alone.
Reality bites- when large sample victim surveys that ask about domestic violence are done, a very different picture emerges. In the first place, domestic violence is not more common in black relationships than white or other racial groups. Perhaps more surprisingly, the stereotype of the male as a bully and the female as hapless victim is not supported by the data. Surveys from 1989 to 2007 keep finding the same thing; the most common form of domestic violence is two -way- both partners assault each other at about the same level of severity. Women are hurt somewhat more but only somewhat- men get hurt too for the obvious reason that everyday weapons get used, knives, frying pans, and boiling water, amongst other things.
Here's another big surprise- "husband battering" (where the woman used severe violence against a non-violent man) is about three times more common as wife battering. A recent large sample survey by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta found this but it had been found before and Canadian surveys by Stats Can also find a relative equality in domestic violence perpetration. The media does treat violence towards men differently- the killing of NFL Quarterback Steve MacNair by his girlfriend was hardly covered at all, same with the death of Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry, the killing of London Ontario Police Detective Dave Lucio by his girlfriend Kelly Johnson (also a police officer) was similarly brushed aside.
The most famous example of media misandry was Wayne Bobbit whose wife castrated him. He became a running joke for late night comedians. Imagine this happening with the genders reversed. Controlled studies find that the same action is viewed differently by research subjects when the genders of the perpetrator and victim are varied. If a man does it (for example- asks his wife where she has been) it abuse or control. If a woman does it it's not. When the first shelter for battered men was set up in New Hampshire , the men reported that when they had called local shelters to ask for help they were told that they were the real batterers. All of these men had been injured. These results are found whether the research subjects are the general public or professional psychologists. When a spousal homicide occurs, the media asks the head of a local shelter why it happens. She will inevitably describe it as another example of violence towards women.
When Marc Lepine killed women in a mass shooting in Montreal , it was presented as an example of male violence towards women. When Denis Lortie shot up the Quebec Assembly the year before, he was simply a madman. The truth is, they were both psychotic. The gender paradigm that shapes our views on domestic violence is pervasive and affects everything from police responses to custody decisions in family court. The problem is the scientific data do not support these beliefs- they were just a political theory that was wrong when it was written and is even more askew in the present. Time for a change!
Professor Don Dutton
University of British Columbia
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"Domestic violence 'research' has been misleading, in that data has been extracted from crime reports and/or 'crime victim surveys – in which men underreport more than women – and have been publicized as indicating domestic violence is a gender issue (male-perpetrator/female-victims). In fact, when larger surveys with representative samples are examined, perpetration of domestic violence perpetration is slightly more common for females..."
Dr Don Dutton
Professor of Psychology
University of British Columbia
12th October 2008
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"Put somewhat differently, 999,992 men and 999,997.7 per million women do not kill their spouse. I would say that is not then a gender issue. If such a miniscule group of either gender kills, then something else beside gender must be involved. Government ministries that repeatedly misrepresent domestic violence statistics to perpetuate their existence do no favours to taxpayers, be they male or female”
Dr Don Dutton UBC
Professor of Psychology
University of British Columbia
13h December 2006
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The National Organization's for Women's (NOW) attack on the Tebow Super Bowl ad as glorifying violence appears odd at first, but it is not unexpected coming from an organization like theirs. It is common, in fact, for liberal feminists groups to help institute mandatory arrest laws and primary aggressor doctrines in the area of domestic violence.
Take for example how the Department of Public Safety's Maine Criminal Justice Academy instructs their police officers on who to arrest in different domestic disputes. It is important to keep in mind the examples are written in a bias fashion in favor of the woman's innocence. All of the other scenarios at the source link show only the man being arrested except for one scenario where neither man nor woman is arrested. Here is an example of one scenario:
4. Predominant Aggressor #1 (Man Coming Over to Visit Kids)
Man said:
“She grabbed me by the neck” (marks on side of neck).
Admitted she grabbed him.
“She tried to push me out the door.”
“He came over to see the kids.”
“It was all behind closed doors.”
Woman said:
“He was really really violent.”
“Asked him to leave.”
She was frightened.
Who would you arrest? Man or Woman – MAN: Possible Crimes: Assault, Criminal Threatening. Remember who is predominant aggressor.
Woman – NO because she was defending the home and her children.
Glenn Sacks, National Executive Director at Fathers & Families, explains why Maine's primary aggressor doctrine and mandatory arrest laws will always play against men regardless of who is the attacker:
"The stakes here are high. Because Maine also has a mandatory arrest law in domestic violence cases, instituting the predominant aggressor doctrine will lead to the arrests of many innocent men. Since Maine family courts must consider evidence of domestic violence in determining child custody, an officer's decision on who to arrest can often determine who will get custody of the couple's children after the couple divorces or separates.
Under the predominant aggressor doctrine, when police officers respond to a domestic disturbance call, they are instructed not to focus on who attacked whom and who inflicted the injuries, but instead consider different factors which will almost always weigh against men. These factors include: comparable size; comparable strength; the person allegedly least likely to be afraid; who has access to or control of family resources (i.e., who makes more money); and others. Given these factors, it is very difficult for officers to arrest female offenders."
NOW's complaint that the Tebow pro-life ad promotes domestic violence may seem like an unusual after thought that causes many to simply roll our eyes, but NOW's messages are understood very well in our state and federal legislatures. Legislation like the liberal feminist created Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) continue to perpetuate the myth that all men, by the their nature, are likely to become violent aggressors. In the meantime, American men are paying the price.The National Organization's for Women's (NOW) attack on the Tebow Super Bowl... more
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Warren Sapp, a University of Miami legend and former All-Pro lineman in town to provide TV commentary for the Super Bowl, was arrested by Miami Beach police Saturday after his girlfriend accused him of choking her and throwing her in the couple’s hotel room.
For the Full Story of Warren Sapp Choking His Girlfriend...VIDEO...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/sapp-chokes-gf-ex-football-prodwts-warren-sapp-arrested-for-domestic-battery-busting-the-stereotype/
The alleged attack occurred about 5 a.m., after the couple had been partying at Miami Beach’s Shore Club hotel, 1901 Collins Ave., the police report said.
The woman — police did not identify her — called authorities at noon Saturday. Officers arrived at the hotel and met with the 37-year-old former NFL star before taking him to police headquarters, said police spokesman Detective Juan Sanchez.Warren Sapp, a University of Miami legend and former All-Pro lineman in town to... more
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HAMPTON - After beating him with a frying pan and stabbing him with a kitchen knife, a Rothesay woman avoided jailtime and returned home with her victim/boyfriend.
Judge Henrik Tonning couldn't deny if the male/female roles were reversed, the penalty would likely be harsher.
Instead, he followed the joint recommendation of Crown prosecutor Kelly Winchester and defence lawyer Al Levine by sentencing Mary Lisa Joyce Carrier to a six-month conditional sentence, followed by one year's probation for assault causing bodily harm.
Carrier, 21, sat next to the boyfriend she assaulted and still lives with during her sentencing in Hampton provincial court. When she stood to be sentenced, he stood with her and often put his arm around her.
Winchester explained it was on the night of Nov. 15, 2009 when the Rothesay Regional Police Force was called to a domestic disturbance on Scott Avenue by a witness who said a man was being stabbed outside.
Winchester said an argument began inside the apartment the couple shares, during which time Carrier struck him several times with a frying pan. He grabbed her cell phone and ran outside to call his father to pick him up when she charged after him, taking a kitchen knife with her. She stabbed her boyfriend several times in the right shoulder area, the Crown explained.
She said witnesses heard him yell "don't stab me."
Winchester said after the incident the victim wanted to drop the charges because their relationship is going well and they are seeking counselling together. She said because of the seriousness of the assault, ignoring the incident was not an option.
Carrier is also going to counselling with members of her family, as well as individual counselling. Among the issues is her struggle with anger management, both the Crown and defense said.
There is evidence of drug and alcohol use that contributed to the violence, the Crown added.
Levine said his client works full-time for a fast-food restaurant and said on the night of the attack, she had taken some sleeping pills and alcohol. She has a history of depression and has been on medications in the past to help, and has since been prescribed more effective medications by her family doctor, he pointed out.
"We've learned ways to come together and respect each other more. We're just getting along a lot better than we were," Carrier told the judge, wiping her eyes.
Tonning said domestic violence is a big problem that cannot be tolerated.
"Domestic violence is problematic," he said. "This is a situation that's fraught with danger. These situations can, in fact, turn into fatalities."
He said if the role was revered and it was a man who beat his girlfriend with a frying pan and then stabbed her repeatedly, he is "doubtful" the sentence would be as light.
"More likely he would be incarcerated for a significant period of time," Tonning said. "(But) I don't intend to rock the boat today."
He told Carrier to accept the support she has and get help for her issues.
"Everyone needs a little help now and then," Tonning said.
Under the conditional sentence she must abstain from alcohol and non-prescription drugs and take programs recommended by her probation officer.http://Upondel.icio.us
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SANTAQUIN, Utah — Actor Gary Coleman was arrested in Utah on a warrant for failing to appear in court, police said.
The 41-year-old former "Diff'rent Strokes" actor was booked into the Utah County Jail Sunday, said Santaquin police officer Shawn Carter.
He said early Monday that he didn't have details on the warrant or know if Coleman was still being held. He said more information would be released later in the day.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah County Jail records show he was arrested after police received reports of a disturbance at his Santaquin home.
The actor was arrested in Utah in 2008 after a man claimed Coleman tried to run over him in a parking lot when he tried to take a picture with the child star. The case was reportedly been settled out of court.SANTAQUIN, Utah — Actor Gary Coleman was arrested in Utah on a warrant for... more
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A WOMAN who weighed 136kg has pleaded guilty to killing her much smaller boyfriend by sitting on him.
Police in Cleveland said Mia Landingham and Mikal Middleston-Bey, who have three children together, got into an argument in August.
During the altercation Landingham sat on Middleston-Bey, who weighed 54.4kg.
Landingham was sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours community service on Wednesday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, Fox8 reported.
She was immediately released from jail.
Her attorney told said there was a long history of domestic abuse in the relationship. He asked Judge Carolyn Friedland for leniency and pointed out she has no prior criminal record.
Landingham she was sorry for squashing the father of her children.
"I just want to say that I am sincerely sorry about this situation. I wish I could take it back,” she said.
During Landingham's sentencing, her boyfriend's family spoke of the pain she has caused their family.
"I just want to let you know how much you have hurt us by taking Mikal away from us," said Sharon Phillips, the victim's step-mother.
While Middleton-Bey's family hoped Landingham would eventually be able to take part in her children's lives, they were surprised that she got no additional jail time.
"So basically you can say that I can go sit on somebody and get probation?" said one of the victim's sisters.
"I feel there wasn't no justice."
Landingham faced a maximum of five years behind bars.
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Family violence and abuse is a serious and deeply entrenched problem in Australia. It has significant impacts upon the lives of men, women and children. It knows no boundaries of gender, geography, socio-economic status, age, ability, sexual preference, culture, race or religion. Domestic violence (also known as intimate partner violence or IPV), and most elder abuse, child abuse and sexual abuse are all different forms of family violence. Thankfully reducing family violence against women and children has been firmly on the agendas of government for many years. Now is the time to move to the next, more sophisticated stage of tackling the problem: recognising men as victims as well.Family violence and abuse is a serious and deeply entrenched problem in Australia. It... more
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A woman on Dr. Phil show admits lying about domestic violence to jail her husband for 10 months.
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Kentucky sheriffs would have to collect the guns of people with domestic violence orders against them under a bill filed this week in the General Assembly.
The measure, which faces opposition from gun-ownership proponents, is another in a growing number of proposals to strengthen Kentucky's domestic violence laws after the shooting death of state worker Amanda Ross last year, allegedly by former state Rep. Steve Nunn.Kentucky sheriffs would have to collect the guns of people with domestic violence... more
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Thursday, January 7th
Domestic abuse takes a surprising turn. In the past, men have been the ones under fire for being abusive in relationships. Now, as more and more victims of domestic abuse are speaking out, a new trend in the violence is surfacing. We're talking to women who've admitted to hitting, punching, even kicking (in stilettos) their boyfriends and husbands. Tyra also talks to a newlywed bride whose sex life is dwindling because of her husband's weight gain.
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AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Dec. 28) - Who is Rachel Yould? Is she a victim of domestic violence or a schemer who took on two identities to get rich?
Did the 37-year-old ex-beauty queen and academic scholar fraudulently use two Social Security numbers and two names to obtain more than $600,000 in student loans to enrich herself, as federal prosecutors maintain, or was she sexually abused as a child, raped as a young woman and forced into hiding with a new identity?
That depends on whose side of the story you believe.
Yould's defenders say she was victimized twice; first as a child and then by a Social Security Administration program that helps victims of domestic abuse hide from their tormenters by providing new Social Security numbers.
Sheryl Davis via Valerie Harris / AP
Rachel Yould poses with husband Brett Yould and dog Abigail in January 2008.
They say overzealous prosecutors - fired up by Homeland Security's concerns about terrorism and the misuse of Social Security numbers - came after Yould, the 1996 Miss Anchorage winner who has no criminal background.
"This is a persecution," said Irene Weiser, executive director of Stop Family Violence, a national group that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence.
Weiser said about 14,000 people have availed themselves of the Social Security identity program, and while there have been some similar problems, the pursuit of Yould is the worst she's seen.
Prosecutors contend that Yould is a schemer who used a government program intended to help abuse victims to get around limits on government-run student loan programs.
They contend that when the Fulbright and Rhodes scholar who was accepted into Oxford University's doctoral program maxed out several educational loan programs she devised a scheme to get more money using her two identities.
Federal prosecutor Retta-Rae Randall said it wasn't the government that blew Yould's cover by exposing both her maiden and married names on court documents. It was Yould.
"She used both names," Randall said.
What is certain is that Yould is in legal trouble, facing felony charges of mail and wire fraud and making false statements to influence a bank. She is to go on trial next spring.
Yould declined to be interviewed for this story on the advice of her public defender, Richard Curtner, who also declined comment.
Prosecutors say beginning in June 2001, Yould applied for 26 student loans and 21 of those involved some sort of misrepresentation or false information.
They contend that after Yould, then known as Rachel Hall, reached the lifetime cap on several government-run education loan programs she applied for a new Social Security number under the program for victims of domestic abuse. The new number was issued under the name Rachel Yould in July 2003, after she married Brett Yould, also from Anchorage.
Most Americans are provided with one Social Security number for their lifetime, regardless of changes in name.
Prosecutors say Yould lied to lenders to get more loans. Tactics allegedly included falsifying pay stubs for herself and her husband and falsifying documents from Keio University in Japan.
Yould and her husband returned to Anchorage last February. She was indicted the following month. The indictment alleges that Yould used both her names and numbers to obtain more student loans. Prosecutors say she used her former name as her co-signer on a loan for $240,000.
They say that on an application for a Smith Barney investment account, where the $240,000 ended up, Yould said that she worked for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in the United Kingdom and made $525,000 a year. Her association with the institute was as an unpaid research assistant, prosecutors say.
They say she lied about her finances in order to buy a condominium in Anchorage and used a loan disbursement to put $3,789 in escrow.
Yould spokeswoman Valerie Harris said Yould's legal situation is the result of a well-intentioned but ineptly-run government program.
In short, Yould is a victim of bad advice, Harris said.
"A lot of women fall into this trap that Rachel is now experiencing," said Harris, who heads the Save Amelia Campaign, a group that advocates for abuse victims who have received new Social Security numbers and are accused of wrongdoing.
Harris said Yould never sought to have her abuser prosecuted because she was too ashamed and afraid. But, she said, by 2002 and after her abuser repeatedly got information about where her credit card was last used to track her down, and after being issued a temporary restraining order but denied a permanent one, she looked elsewhere for help.
In 2003, she applied to the SSA program for victims of domestic violence and after a review of evidence of abuse was granted a new Social Security number under her married name.
"She was given a new identity, a new Social Security number and a new birth certificate - the whole nine yards," Harris said.
Harris said the agency told her it was not only OK to use both names and numbers, but also "told her she could apply for a loan using her old identity as a co-signer."
All the advice was over the phone, Harris said.
Dorothy Clark, a SSA spokeswoman, said when a domestic abuse victim requests a new Social Security number, a mandatory in-person interview is conducted. The applicant is told that once they are issued a new number they can't use their old number under any circumstances.
Using the old number defeats the whole purpose of the program, Clark said.
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A woman remains seriously ill in hospital after being shot in the head in a violent row in which her former partner and their daughter both died.
Hampshire Police said they believed the four-year-old girl was shot dead by her father, who also shot his 40-year-old ex-partner and then killed himself.
They think the man, 56, carried out the shootings as the woman dropped the girl off at their former home in Aldershot.
The woman was said to be "critically" ill in a London hospital.
Police were called at 1011 GMT on Tuesday to the terraced property in Church Hill, close to the main High Street.
Det Insp Darren Rawlings, of Hampshire Constabulary, said officers had been met with a "very traumatic" scene.A woman remains seriously ill in hospital after being shot in the head in a violent... more
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