Peace and sorrow in the news
A peace march will be held in Little Burgundy on Tuesday afternoon after two recent shootings, one fatal.
There was a vigil held Monday in Park Extension to honour the woman killed last week, presumably by her husband or partner, who’s not yet been located. But the real news in this story is the toothlessness of his restraining order, when not backed up by other forms of social support for the woman and her kids.
David644 11:31 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
I feel bad for this family and obviously hope the piece of shit husband is sleeping with the fishes, as has been suggested. Sadly, it sound like this woman could have gone to a shelter but didn’t, she had and knew of her options, but just didn’t use them. It must be hard to believe a guy would kill his partner.
Man, but the slant of this story. You have to appreciate the hustle of these non-profits trying sell their mission. Make no mistake, here they’re trying to mobilize this tragedy for some standard nonprofit grift, using a hypothetical version of this woman’s end to put their cash plea into the public discussion. Always Be Closing.
I’d also note in passing that to criminal record checks are performed on all lawfully admitted immigrants. That does nothing where there’s no arrest record or in countries where violence against women is legal/normal, but it is a check performed during the process of legal immigration. Seems that if we really care about importing these violent men, that’s something all of us should hold in front of mind.
Kate 13:30 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
I feel like I just turned over a rock, here.
Blame the woman for not looking for help, check.
Imply that the only reason anyone would attend such a gathering is to stimulate donations to a non-profit, check.
Imply that we all need to look suspiciously at immigrants, check.
Nice going to get a trifecta in one comment, David.
David446 13:45 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
I don’t blame this poor woman, far from it. I’m saying that the non-profits are claiming that there’s this big issue that the government needs to pay them to address, namely that immigrants are coming here with violent criminal husbands and that the immigrant women intimate partners need awareness of the resources available to them to escape. These same people, however, admit that the woman in this case was aware of the resources available to her, but didn’t avail herself of them – which, again, is very understandable, as who would believe that it could really happen to you? So, they’re using a tragedy that shows the limits of their effectiveness to demonstrate the need for their services. Always Be Closing.
Anyway, it’s just the modus operandi of these organizations – they need taxpayer and donor money, they use events like this, and they get their message out through the media, as they’re doing here. I’m really just highlighting the mechanics here.
You want substance, it’s in the second part: no matter what you think about these groups or their approach, it’s obvious that we want to screen out all the violent criminal men we can before they get here and injure or kill, and this is something that our immigration system tries to do, and probably should do better. Also, going back to a debate a few days ago, the lack of screening is another very clear and salient reason why illegal immigration is pernicious and should be blocked to the maximum extent possible.
Dan 14:40 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
Just stfu you insufferable twatwaffle.
J 15:01 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
My immigration application had to contain proof that I had no criminal record from my former country’s authorities. Just so you know, I also had to pass a medical exam.
Kate 16:54 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
Lack of a criminal record is a place to start, but is no guarantee of a person’s character.
jeather 18:14 on 2021-07-27 Permalink
As we know, it takes multiple tries to leave an abusive partner, and this period is in fact the most dangerous, so it doesn’t sound like she wasn’t leaving, it sounds like she tried, didn’t get the needed support (we also know that police have a high level of domestic violence), and was murdered by her husband, probably because he figured out she was trying to leave.
ant6n 09:22 on 2021-07-28 Permalink
Criminal background check is part of immigration (permanent residence applicating). It’s she at the federal level so everybody immigrating gets checked.