Violence — whether police or domestic — has no place in America

The writer pointed to statistics on domestic violence and rape that reflect how few perpetrators ever go to prison. “Read up on how consistently police called to domestic violence situations protect the abusers and blame the victims, sometimes even charging them for defending themselves, not merely denying protection, but actively making the problem much worse.” Indeed, I have come across such accounts, but I didn’t have good data on actual police mishandling of domestic violence situations. The reader, however, is correct when she calls attention to bearers of the consequences of sexual abuse and assault.