Arrest calls for SWAT#comment-111
The Darke County Special Response Team was needed for assistance in an arrest carried out by Greenville City PD. I was there first-hand to witness the action. It looked like a well planned out plan to make an arrest of an individual on Laurel Street in Greenville.
The suspect came out of his residence without resisting and it was a good ending to another good job by our county and city
MySpace Videos: Frail 'Final Version' by Linda♥
My name is Linda Arellano. I was searching through blogs looking for people who are interested in talking about domestic violence and I came across yours. I made a music video/short film at Cal State University Northridge this semester. It's about a young couple and their daughter. The mother suffers domestic abuse from her husband and their daughter is witness to these attacks.
Here is the link to the video:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2026268038
I would greatly appreciate some feedback or some mention of the video on your blog.
Just a little bit about myself:
I have friends and family who have been and are still in abusive relationships. The reason I made this video is because the subject is very close to my heart and I wanted a way to put this subject on people's minds. Many of us either choose to ignore it or think it's a lost cause but that's not the case. As I saw on your blog, there are many people out there ready and willing to help.Talking about it, sharing and relaying resources are all part of the change we can make.
People often think of domestic violence only in terms of the black eyes and bruises that can be seen. In reality, domestic violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors that abusive men use to control their intimate partners. As adaptive and resilient as they are, women who have been battered nevertheless face a daunting number of barriers to escaping the violence. In addition to the very real threat of harm or death to themselves or their children, victims must contend with the accompanying financial and emotional hardship. They also often weigh cultural and religious values that emphasize keeping families intact and respond to the violence in spite of justice and social service systems that don't always provide adequate safety and support.
People who have never experienced abuse often find it difficult to imagine why women don't leave and how the abuse can continue for years. Relationships almost never start out abusive. It is important to remember that love and intimacy precede the abuse, which can make it difficult to break away. Abusive relationships are not violent all the time. There are periods when a woman is reminded why she fell in love with her partner. Abusers effectively weave together intimacy and abuse to control their partners.
Women who have been battered sometimes express confusion about the recurring nature of the violence they experience in their relationship. It seems to them to be unpredictable and impulsive. Domestic violence, however, is neither random nor haphazard. It is a complex pattern of increasingly frequent and harmful physical, sexual, psychological and other abusive behaviors used to control the victim. The abuser's tactics are devised and carried out precisely to control her.
http://www.mocadsv.org/dv101/
I have a lot of resources for Domestic Violence. It is a large site so some links may be broken
http://www.angelsthatcare.org/domestic_violence_resource_index.html
