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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:18 PM Original message |
Advocates Furious After Topeka, County DA Refuse to Prosecute Domestic Violence Cases |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are no words for this. It is beyond comprehension. The OFFICE OF THE REPEALER at "work". |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. So we're on the road to accepting domestic violence so a few rich assholes |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. In Brownbackistan EVERYTHING is about Roe v. Wade, so women will be brutalized & some will die |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I read "A Handmaid's Tale" in my twenties & was horrified, but also confident |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I want abortion to be as rare as possible, but the TRUTH is the best way for that to happen is for |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Republicans hate women |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whose bodies? OUR!!! bodies!!! |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Make domestic violence a felony, then. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I believe it was but they changed it to save money |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If it was, then it was one of the scant handful of local governments that made it so. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Changed to misdemeanor to save money, and now won't prosecute misdemeanors? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. is there some difference between misdemeanor domestic violence |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Good idea. Tie it to gun ownership and watch the abusers suddenly learn to control themselves. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. It already is, and it hasn't changed a thing. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Really? I was not aware of that. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yep, since 1997 |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. So....abortion is murder, but it's ok to beat and kill children after they're born. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Hey, it's Kansas |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Brownback wasn't kidding c/ "Jesus plus nothing" we REALLY do have an Office of the Repealer. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Can/would such cases be prosecuted as normal assault or battery? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Yes, if they rise to the level of a felony |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'll bet that they call out all their squad cars anytime somebody smokes a joint. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Good question. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hey! Kim Kardashian Humphries just bought a $244K Ferrari! Who cares if towns are bankrupted?? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think the article is trying to make it sound like |
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