College Campus Sexual Assault Rally

click for more info This is a story about a group of students who are holding a rally in Washington DC to show their displeasure about the way sexual assaults are handled on college campuses. We have been writing about this issue for well over a year now. And it looks like finally things are heating up. You can get the rest...

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Cops Use Stun Device To Subdue Man

click image for more details Red Bluff police officers used a stun gun late Saturday night on a 43- year-old man who was creating a disturbance at Food Maxx. Employees said Lance Elton Ward was inside the business without any apparent purpose and had been asked to leave. Ward became angry and verbally abusive, although employees were able to get Ward outside...

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Pepper Spray Law In MA-Now Legal

“The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on June 7 gave a favorable report to H. 2145, An Act Relative to Non-lethal Self Defense Sprays, from the committee. The bill removes a requirement that a person obtain a license in order to possess pepper spray.Massachusetts is the only state in the nation that requires a person to obtain a license...

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Domestic Violence Tops List Of Crimes

click for more info Domestic assault and battery was the charge Framingham Police issued most frequently last year, after local warrant and outside warrant arrests, according to data from the police. You can read the whole story HERE. Every year, police also respond to hundreds of family matters that don’t rise to the level of a domestic assault. "Those numbers are really...

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VP Biden On Domestic Violence

We have never had much respect for Joe Biden but I reserve the right to change my mind because he and I agree on the importance of this issue-domestic violence. Recently Vice President Biden on Wednesday said his work on domestic violence has been "the single most important cause of my life." The whole article HERE. "Biden said the reason it's so...

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Sexual Assaults On Campus-How To Protect Yourself

click for more details This is a story about how the student newspaper at Swarthmore College revealed shortcomings in the handling of sexual assaults on campus. This is leading the college to take a look and review their sexual assault policies. You can read the whole story HERE "The paper said her story 'reveals serious flaws in the college’s procedures for handling...

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Women's Safety In India A Growing Concern

click for more info Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on the Indian people to protect women from sexual assaults. Police are being criticized in a recent attack on a five year old girl, after allegedly offering the parents of the victim a sum of money to drop the case. You can read the whole story HERE. "This case shows the appalling...

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