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In the month of January alone, we’ve seen extraordinary, deadly violence against women and families perpetrated by young men. #ARealCrisis <Thread>
1/ On Saturday, 21-year Dakota Theriot was accused of killing his parents and suspected of murdering another family of 3, including Summer Ernest, believed to be his girlfriend.
npr.org/2019/01/27/689…
2/On Wednesday, 21-year-old Zephen Xaver murdered 5 women execution-style in a bank in Tampa, FL.
washingtonpost.com/national/polic…
3/On 1/14/19, 39-year-old Williams Owens took two women hostage, including his ex-girlfriend in a New Jersey UPS facility. Fortunately, neither women were physically injured.

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4/ On 1/24/18 Kyle Gruver, 27 bludgeoned, stabbed and shot his ex-girlfriend multiple times, before killing himself. Why? because she broke up with him
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5/ And that’s just a sampling.
6/ In many of these cases, law enforcement is quoted as saying “there was no clear motive” Really? We’ve been talking about the connections and motives for years.
7/Our culture teaches boys to feel entitled to girls' attention, affection, and love, which breeds a vicious cycle of misogyny and violence.

damemagazine.com/2018/01/24/gun…
8/ And for every mass shooting on the national news, there are countless smaller gun-related murders the media overlooks perpetrated by angry men who can't bear rejection.

damemagazine.com/2017/10/24/men…
9/Let's stop acting like white male violence is unusual. As the above news reports show, it’s time to treat it like the crisis it is.
damemagazine.com/2017/10/03/now…
10/As some flail about looking for a "reason" for shootings, the real problem goes largely unexplored. What are we going to do about America's angry misogynist problem?

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11/And let’s also not ignore the connection between bigotry and misogyny damemagazine.com/2017/08/15/cha…
12/The majority of mass shootings have connections to #domesticviolence assaults, starting with a man shooting his current or ex wife/girlfriend
damemagazine.com/2018/10/18/is-…
13/General news reports need to start framing these stories the right way. It’s not “no clear connection” or “ no known motive” to this kind of violence. The data tells us otherwise.
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14/ You can help us continue our coverage on domestic violence and gun violence perpetrated on women and the marginalized by supporting us here (make a one-time donation or become a monthly sustainer) /End

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Last night, the @CommerceGov said it would add a citizenship question to the #2020Census. In theory, it’s about getting an accurate count for purposes of the Voting Rights Act. In reality, it’s a racist xenophobic move with severe long-term consequences. commerce.gov/sites/commerce…
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