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New Maine DV Law Targets Primary Aggressors
Submitted by Roy on Tue, 2007-08-07 22:03
A new Maine law adopts "primary aggressor" (guess which gender qualifies?)and "past course of conduct" criteria to beef up DV prosecutions and penalties. Excerpt:
'According to state officials, Maine is among the first states to pass legislation that distinguishes domestic violence from other sorts of crimes.
The new law comes on the heels of another piece of legislation relating to domestic violence, signed in June. Designed to shield victims from legal recourse if they take defensive action, LD 1039 instructs the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Board of Trustees to develop a program that would allow law enforcement officials to identify the predominant aggressor in instances of domestic violence.
The governor also announced that STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program, a grant established in 2005 to aid independent and government agencies develop violence prevention programs, had awarded $800,000 to the Maine Department of Public Safety.'
These new provisions make it virtually impossible for a cop to arrest a female perpetrator of DV without risking his/her career ... And, speaking too loudly to a woman will constitute "DV reckless conduct!"
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Please Stop Blowing BS Up My Skirt!
Everything down the crapper?
Well no, there is a tiny window of opportunity but approximately 0.00000000% of the 1,321,574 people residing in the state have a clue what it is.
As a gift from the West (left) coast to the men and women of Maine… DEMAND that NO trooper enforces the new law until they have had training, and in that training THEY LEARN IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS TO INGORE THE SIZE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMBATANTS AS A WEAPON OF ALMOST ANY KIND TRUPMPS SIZE!!!
They also must learn 50% of the perpetrators are women and those women are far more adapt at deflecting the accusation than what the trooper will be able to detect in ONE MILLION YEARS, even when looking at the situation first hand!
Therefore if the gender arrest ratio is not about 50-50, additional training is MANDATORY!
Ok, this will increase the odds the law will get the right person, but political concerns will still more wrongly put an innocent man in the squad car, leaving the violent mom, madder than ever, alone unsupervised with the kids...
However, to depict this as “Maine is among the first states to pass legislation that distinguishes domestic violence from other sorts of crimes” is pure CROCK! They are one of the very, very last to grab a ride on this endowment gravy train.
DanH