Oct
31
Domestic Violence-sad facts
October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments
African Americans, particularly African-American women, experience violence resulting in death at the hands of family members more often than any other racial group in the U.S. Although from 1976 to 2005, intimate-partner homicides among African Americans declined 69.2%, in 2005 African Americans disproportionately accounted for nearly a third of the intimate-partner homicides that occurred in […]
Oct
31
Domestic Violence: A local story
October 31, 2009 | Comments Off on Domestic Violence: A local story
MAY 8, 2009: JULIUS SCOTT, 74, of Dorchester was stabbed to death allegedly by his girlfriend, Verna Sewell, 64. Sewell allegedly confessed to stabbing Scott after he hit her with a brick. Sewell told police the two were having an argument and struggled over the knife, and “somehow it ended up in his chest.” In […]