The home is often a war zone
The most lethal time for women and children in abusive relationships is separation. Restraining orders are easily broken by partners determined to regain control or retaliate. âCoercive controlâ is unlawful in many jurisdictions, but rarely prosecuted.
However, disempowered partners, incensed by losing their status, are dangerous and determined to take back what they think is theirs.
No paperwork will protect victims of those who think they are above the law.
Our laws minimise relationship violence by issuing paper orders, protecting no more than a paper tiger could.
The home is often a war-zone. Police and courts cannot protect victims of these disaffected men with court orders.
Sims described what viewers and Hicks endured as “traumatic and humiliating.
“It’s very difficult to watch bodycam footage like that, especially as we are all reliving the murder of George Floyd,” said Kody Cross, co-founder of the Akron Minority Council. “It’s a traumatic experience even for the viewers in the general.”
“From my perspective, there was an overly excessive use of force, an abuse of power, even some cruelty, in throwing the snow in Mr. Hicks’ face,” Cross added.
In a statement issued on Facebook, Ward 8 Councilman Malik Shammas, who, along with Ward 5 Councilwoman Tara Samples and Ward 1 Councilman Rich Swirsky, had urged the police department to release the body-worn camera footage ahead of Thursday’s news conference, described his concerns.
I can t breathe! Bodycam footage shows Ohio cop shoving handcuffed suspect s face into snow and shoveling handfuls of ice into his mouth until he chokes
Officers responded to a man allegedly threatening a woman with a knife in Akron on the night of February 7 around 2am in the morning
Charles Hicks, 26, was standing on a front porch when bodycam footage begins
Eventually, multiple officers tackle him to the ground and one shoves snow in the mouth of Hicks, which causes him to struggle to breathe
Officer John Turnure resigned from the Akron police force on March 31
Hicks and his lawyer also allege an officer put their knee on Hicks neck, an allegation the acting police chief disputes
Police say footage shared during the news conference shows Turnure s shin not his knee pinning Hicks shoulder, not his neck.
The footage shows an officer identified by supervisors as Turnure repeatedly shoving snow into Hicks open mouth. Afterward, Hicks says, I really can t breathe.
Hicks did not comply with officers; the footage released during the news conference did not show his initial interaction with police.
Ward 5 Councilwoman Tara Samples called the news conference damage control. The bottom line is, just release the footage, she said Thursday morning, before the press conference was scheduled. The allegations made by Mr. Hicks are deeply disturbing, especially in light of the officer s resignation, Ward 8 Councilman Shammas Malik said Thursday morning. We all need to see the body camera footage immediately.