New Report Released During Domestic Violence Awareness Month Shows Increase in the Number of Women Killed in Texas, Increase in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex with Dallas County having the Highest Per Capita Female Murder Rate in the state at 1:62,752 Fort Worth, Texas – October 6, 2014 – The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) today released a new …
When athletes make hits off the field, we can’t be silent
In the last two weeks, domestic violence dominated sports headlines. Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended for the first two games of this season for dragging his unconscious fiancée from an elevator, or technically, “violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy following his off-season arrest for domestic violence.” After a barrage of media attention, five months after the incident, …
Why joking about domestic violence just isn’t funny
For the second time in seven months, a Texas bar faces criticism on social media for posting a sign that many people find offensive. In both cases the sign read, ““I like my beer like I like my violence — domestic.” The most recent incident happened Saturday night at Scruffy Duffies bar in Plano when, according to a May 26 …