The Latest Breaking News from domestic violence

Banksy unveils new ‘Valentine’s Day mascara’ mural in Margate

It appears to highlight domestic violence, featuring a woman with a black eye and missing tooth

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2023

Transgender man admits domestic abuse against two women

At the time Charlie Daniel was still a woman and was known as Lisa Nelson.

Daily Record · Feb 13, 2023

Editorial: Court ruling puts abuse victims at risk — and takes gun rights to ridiculous extremes

More than 200 women and men in Texas were killed by their intimate partners in 2021, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence. In an abusive dynamic, leaving an abuser is the most dangerous time for a survivor.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023

With criminals in the ranks, trust in London’s police force sinks

A slew of scandals has eroded confidence in the UK’s biggest police force. Can it recover?

Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2023

Here's some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs 'crime wave' reporting

Content warning: this article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people, and themes of domestic violence.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023

"Terrifying" court let abusers keep guns

Advocates for domestic violence victims were stunned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling

Salon · Feb 9, 2023

Queen Camilla handed sweet note from fan with adorable Princess Charlotte request

Queen Consort Camilla visited a charity supporting domestic abuse survivors in London, where she met a young girl who passed a note to her and asked for it to be given to Princess Charlotte

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2023

Sentencing of Scottish rugby player for domestic abuse delayed

Rufus McLean, 22, admitted pushing, hurling abuse at and tracking his girlfriend.

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Appeals court ruling says alleged domestic abusers have a constitutional right to keep their guns

Advocates for domestic violence victims were stunned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which continued a string of court decisions citing the Second Amendment to erase gun restrictions.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 9, 2023

Editorial: Letting abusers have guns is the inevitable outcome of unbridled 'originalism'

A federal appeals court ruling last week that people under restraining orders for domestic violence cannot be prohibited from having guns was utterly divorced from reality even if it also was utterly predictable. The U.S. Supreme Court, in setting a standard on gun laws that relies on the trendy right-wing…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 9, 2023