Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:43 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,713 posts)
Sheriff said domestic violence is “a private matter, a family matter.” group puts up billboardLast edited Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:43 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) 
Mirkarimi-inspired domestic violence awareness billboard on its way Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's words will be rebutted on a billboard in a week, thanks to an online donation campaign. San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi might spot some familiar comments if he drives through the intersection of 10th and Harrison streets next week. The fundraising effort to put up a domestic violence awareness billboard reached its $4,000 goal Thursday afternoon, which means the billboard should be in place Wednesday, said Kathy Black, director of La Casa de las Madres, a San Francisco shelter for victims of domestic violence. The billboard’s message — “Domestic Violence is NEVER a private matter” — is a reference to Mirkarimi’s comment last month that the alleged domestic violence against his wife, Eliana Lopez, is “a private matter, a family matter.” La Casa raised the money in three days through LoudSauce, a San Francisco crowdfunding platform for buying media space like billboards. http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2012/02/09/mirkarimi-inspired-domestic-violence-awareness-billboard-on-its-way/
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 Sheriff said domestic violence is “a private matter, a family matter.” group puts up billboard (Original post) |
Liberal_in_LA | Feb 2012 | OP |
| fascisthunter | Feb 2012 | #1 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Feb 2012 | #2 | |
| teddy51 | Feb 2012 | #3 | |
| niyad | Feb 2012 | #4 | |
| niyad | Feb 2012 | #5 | |
| niyad | Feb 2012 | #6 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Feb 2012 | #7 | |
| niyad | Feb 2012 | #8 | |
| tblue37 | Feb 2012 | #9 | |
| niyad | Feb 2012 | #10 | |
| provis99 | Feb 2012 | #11 | |
| ProfessionalLeftist | Feb 2012 | #12 |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:44 PM
fascisthunter (28,608 posts)
1. Sounds Like the Sheriff may be a violent Person Himself
Response to fascisthunter (Reply #1)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:46 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,713 posts)
2. The controversy is over his 'alleged' abuse of his wife.
Response to fascisthunter (Reply #1)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:48 PM
teddy51 (3,491 posts)
3. Never thought about it in that light, but yep your probably right. Domestic violence
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:56 PM
6. and this jackass got himself elected SHERIFF in SF?? how in the hell was that possible?
Response to niyad (Reply #6)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 10:01 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,713 posts)
7. alleged dom violence incident happened right before he was sworn in. after the election, I think
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #7)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 10:08 PM
8. yeah, I caught that part--but surely somewhere in the campaign, he must have let that kind of
Response to niyad (Reply #8)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 11:40 PM
tblue37 (11,704 posts)
9. He doesn't need to be recalled. He needs to be
Response to tblue37 (Reply #9)
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 12:11 AM
10. you are absolutely correct--I just hate the idea of him being sheriff while all that is going on
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 12:52 AM
ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)
12. The worst thing we can do is keep an abuser's dirty secrets for them
