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Endorsement of Trump and She saidBehind Abrupt Firing of Veteran law enforcement. they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow Approval of Administration’s D.C. Principal Richard Trogisch sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, COVID-19 Policies The sudden, unexpected
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old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. rights for victim's families removal ofmore a highly-respectof her daughter threatenedDr.her “She's using to intervene on behalf of a vicAnthony Fauci, the her na- own personal ed, principal of D.C.’s toplife, and the life of their tion’s child,leading story,infectious her own dispersonal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessranked School Without she knew something had ease to beexpert, push ment unit coupled with further saysforward,” he did notDavis-Nickens Walls magnet high school, done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement consent to being featured in Richard Trogisch de- Life Protecwith law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens agencies, –a aChild's a new advertisement from said anyone cision which parents first of the situation, she decided to who reads touting Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselthe Trump campaign learned Oct. 7 in a start the Saving Promisethecam“get it.” She the about ing for batterers. president’s handling ofsaid the she “puts letter issued by D.C. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we arePublic ever going to eradicoronavirus pandemic. Instead, [DCPS] officialsviolence, – “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She saidSchools at the cate domestic we must he recently told CNN his words were haswill been look met by growing that won't turn my family end of the day, the book at both sides of the coin. taken out of context. from parents, loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to havedemands a dia- We need to address both the vic“In my nearly five decades of public service, I have teachers and administrators shared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow neveratpublicly endorsedHeights any political candidate. The for was both answers and the ence the District Also present at the event said. commentsViolence attributed to me without my permission Domestic Symposium immediate reinstatement of also like to see Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context on May 7 at the District Heights the veteranprograms educator. designed to raise wife of John Allen Muhammad, from a broad statement I made months ago sentenced about the to six consecMunicipal Center. The sympoA statement from children in who was awareness among effortswas of federal publicbyhealth he in without a sium sponsored the officials,” utive life said terms parole released DCPS, protesters criticized public after and private schools. She the decistatement. Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for hission, role in feels children to be educat- firing to attributed the causeneed for the principal’s The of30-second two battleCenter the city ad, of currently District airing the in Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. an unspecified personnel matter. But Washington ground states, Michigan and Pennsylvania, points to Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “WeDana have Milbank, to stop being Post Columnist in his pascommentary, Trump’s personal experience with the andof uses a the Trauma, Up of Black Women. thevirus founder After with poor questionedsive-aggressive whether the dismissal may chilhave come as quote from Fauci which viewers to believethat helps Marlow hasDr. written a book,leadsan organization the ofdren about after domestic violence,” a means retaliation Trogisch raised concerns that the expertwhich praisesisthe re“Color Mehealth Butterfly,” a president’s survivorscurrent of domestic violence Marlow said. about reopening schools, tentatively slated for Nov. 9, sponse to coronavirus. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to atbreak citing inadequate ventilation systems an elementaWhileviolence. no date isThe cited in the Fauci’s quote domestic book is ad, Dr. “I lived in fear for six years. Six which the cycle of abuse and in her family, ry school he managed where the health of comes by from interview with Fox News in March inspired heran own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is he and is confident policies she particstudents, surmised, couldthe be compromised, and thosewhich of her grandmother, during he praised the White not House an coronavirus easy thing to come outas the is COVID-19 pushing for will start ularly pandemic ragesthat on. her and herefforts daughter. taskmother force’s nonstop to respond toshe the said. pandemic, of,” process. The Washington Informer will continue to monShe saidheevery time she which then further saidreads included numerous Mildred White Muhammaditorsaid “I planastowell takeasthese this situation otherpolicies recent to firings that excerpts from her book, she stillphone people a House meetings and late-night calls. who want to help Congress and implore themof to have occurred within an environment heightened can The not Trump believe campaign the wordshas came domestic violence must change our laws,” Marlow said. not issued a statement in victimanxiety. D.C. counts among other school district in from her. “Color Me Butterfly” into “I will not stop until these poliresponse to Dr. Fauci’s allegations. be careful of how they go the U.S., who, allegedly yielding to pressure to return won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” to in-class instruction, now find themselves at odds Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached with their respective principals and leaders from both “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net parents’ and teachers’ associations who collectively opmy eye first blackened and my “Before you get to 'I'm going pose plans for reopening until proven safety precaulips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI tions have been determined and put in place. Elaine Davis-Nickens, president of the National Hook-Up of Black Women, said there is no The Biden campaign recently released a new round of consistency in the way domestic ads touting the support the former Vice President has reviolence issues are dealt with by ceived from the nation’s leading Black mayors. In the first 30-second ad, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, one of the first surrogates for Joe Biden, is joined by other women including San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The ad begins with Bottoms saying, “Black women have always been on the front lines for social justice.” In the second 30-second ad, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is joined by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin and Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia as each of them implores Black men to get to the polls and to reclaim their power. The 60-second “Mayors” ad began airing on television, radio and digital outlets nationwide Oct.10 and includes 14 Black mayors who’ve voiced their support for the Biden/Harris Democratic ticket. In 2016, 98 percent of Black women voted for Hillary Clinton. However, 14 percent of Black men voted for Donald Trump, according to Pew Research. In the latest average of polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics, Biden has on average a 9.6 percentage point lead over Trump. In the October 3 – 6 FOX News poll, Biden has a 10-point lead over Trump. Twenty-four days remain until Election Day.
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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our laws. I will not stop until these policies are passed.
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