Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Bravo, RightsforMothers & Claudine Dombrowski! by Anne Caroline Drake

 

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January 31, 2010

Bravo, RightsforMothers & Claudine Dombrowski!

You want justice?  Pack the court room with people wearing purple ribbons.     

Vernetta Cockerham and RitaAnita Linger proved this strategy worked in North Carolina.  PETA proved it worked when a couple of punks savagely killed a stray dog.  Sadly, nobody showed up to pack the same judge’s courtroom when a little girl was allegedly raped by her daddy.  Nobody cared about what happened to that little girl until her daddy killed four Lakewood, WA cops.  A teenager in the same county was similarly not protected from her daddy’s abuse.  Nobody cared about what happened to her until her daddy killed a cop and wounded another.  This brave teenager ended up having to protect the cops during a close-range shoot-out with her daddy.     

Truth be told, the system still doesn’t care about the welfare of those two girls.  Gov. Christine Gregoire is deeply concerned about the welfare of her police officers, but preventing domestic violence isn’t a priority for her.  She doesn’t get that those cops are all dead because domestic violence victims don’t get much real protection in Pierce County, WA.  And, she certainly doesn’t get how much Washington’s failure to make domestic violence a priority is costing the taxpayers.     

Searching for Justice © 2009, Carole May

Bravo, Rights for Mothers!

Pit bull abusers have lots of Internet help available to them on how to manipulate the legal system as an instrument of abuse.  They quickly learn they’ll go to jail for physicial abuse.  In jail, they learn that they can more brutally ~ and legally ~ hurt a mother by taking away her kids.  In a strategy as old as Adam blaming Eve for the apple, they turn the tables on their victims.  Women fiercely trying to protect their kids from brutal fathers find themselves called prostitutes and addicts and mentally unstable.  Many find their professional careers blackballed by false accusations and innuendos.     

Rights for Mothers, however, is a valiant advocate for these women.  Her blog focuses on Parental Alienation Syndrome which all the experts agree is bullshit, but judges around the country keep falling for it.  Why?  They either are abusive behind their own closed doors or they have never been to judicial training to learn about the dynamics of litigation abuse and how to stop it.     

Rights for Mothers has been a champion for women like Julie Levine ~ where is the media ~ why don’t they engage in their First Amendment duty to investigate?  And, Lisa Hutchings ~ who lost her kids to her uber-rich Florida husband with a history of crack abuse.  And, Claudine Dombrowski ~ who lost her kids in Kansas because she was disabled by her ex-husband’s abuse.  Go figure.  It boggles the mind how a judge could find it in the best interest of these kids to be with their brutal fathers rather than with their fiercely protective mothers.     

Bravo, Claudine Dombrowski!

Despite her disabilities, Claudine Dombrowski didn’t go quietly into the night.  She’s breaking down the walls of silence on her blog.  And, she followed in Vernetta Cockerham’s footsteps.  Last week, she and Rights for Mothers packed the courtroom, and Ms. Dombrowski finally got some justice.  The judge opined that she had a First Amendment right to break down the walls of silence.  Are you listening WordPress?

Breaking Down the Walls of Silence:  Power of the Sisterhood and the Press

Let’sGetHonest, who has an insider’s knowledge, blows the whistle on “creaming” by non-profit agencies ~ this is why so many women experiencing domestic violence don’t get help from the system.     

In August, 2009, O Magazine did extensive investigative journalism into Vernetta Cockerham’s story.  Her story, sadly, is the story of many women experiencing domestic violence.     

Denise Richards got justice ~ it took her four very long years.  She was quite fortunate to have the funds to prevail over her ex-husband actor Charlie Sheen, who is a serial pit-bull abuser.  Sandra Boss similarly was able to fund the long fight to hold her ex-husband “Clark Rockefeller” accountable for kidnapping their daughter Snooks.  He’s now serving five years in prison.     

Sadly, most women don’t have that kind of money.  Lisa Hutchings, for example, lost her kids to abusive ex-husbands with money and power twice because she didn’t have the money to put up a viable fight.  Their buddies have engaged in a nasty Internet campaign to discredit her with vicious, anonymous comments to blog posts supporting her.  This strategy is as old as preachers falsely suggesting Mary Magdalene is a prostitute because she was Jesus’ favorite disciple.     

I hope those of you walking in the shoes of these brave women will click on the purple words in this post.  You are most definitely not alone, and the litigation abuse you are experiencing is not unique.  We all need to contribute our own talents to break down the walls of silence and demand justice.  When we band together as sisters, we will all be empowered.  And, we will get justice.  Finally.

Posted by Anne Caroline Drake under DV in the News, Protection Circles | Tags: abuse of power, activist, child abuse, child custody, Claudine Dombrowski, Denise Richards, domestic violence, empowerment, family court reform, Gov. Christine Gregoire, Let'sGetHonest, Lisa Hutchings, litigation abuse, O Magazine, parental alienation, Pierce County WA, pit bull abusers, RightsforMothers, Rita Anita Linger, Sandra Boss, Vernetta Cockerham |

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1 comment:

Debbie said...

My name is Debbie Biondi, and my three children and I are victims of domestic violence. My case is in Yadkin County (Vernetta says hello)and my children need all the help they can get to make sure the courts do the right thing stop the abuse! We have been abused for the last 6 years want it to stop! I was originally going to give details of our experience with this man over the years, tell you how I have been choked, knocked down and kicked while our 2 year old watched. How he has mentally & emotionally abused all the children. How he has physically abused them, how he has followed me to work sat in the parking lot and waited for me to get off work and followed me home, then I remembered my audience. I do not need to relive that pain here, these readers are educated and more importantly aware, aware of tactics abusers use, aware of patterns of abusers, know the dangers as I know inside I am facing in the future. I strongly believe that I can give facts and you will see how justice, protection and the right to live is being taken away from these children. FACTS-abuser has convictions for rape, indecent assault, forgery, unauthorized use of a vehicle, disorderly conduct & harrassment, terroristic threats, simple assault, recklessly endangering, burgulary & criminal trespassing, which led to a 10 year sentence and he served all 10 years, and continued to file friviolous lawsuits while he was in prison. Within 1 year of being released we met. In 2007 he was convicted of violating my protection order 3 times and spent time in jail, when released he was granted unsupervised visitation with our 2 year old who could not speak. Within 3 mths he was calling, yes I still had a protection order but was fearful and went back. After a year I felt like I had to try again to protect. So we left, but this time he kept the baby(4 years old)The 4 year old still can not speak well, he has been diagnosed with dyspraxia, a developmental disorder which affects his speech(19 month old level) and ability to deal with his emotions. Since then he has continued to abuse us, at first he just would not allow me or my other to children to see my son. Then came the unthinkable, he falsely accused my older son of sexually abusing "the baby" in court. So judge orders the brothers have no contact, "for the safety of the child" and awards father temporary custody of the baby. Then the next time we go to court he accuses me of physically assaulting "the baby" he even goes to the sheriffs office and tries to have me arrested on these false allegations. Then on one of my exchanges in front of the sheriffs office my abuser pulls away then comes back into the parking alot and verbally attacks me, ranting all kinds of crazy things, scares the crap out of me, I mean right in front of the sheriffs office? Then on the way home my baby tells me (in his words) that his dad has hit him on the back. When we get home I look and there are brusies, I do not return him and judge has DSS intervene. Now this poor little boy has to go to foster care and both myself and DSS discover all these convictions on the father. DSS dismisses all charges and recommends reunification. So now we go back to civil case for custody and in the meantime father has him again. We go to court on March 15, 2010 and we need supporters! By the way my abuser has married someone since we split which also means now there are going to be more victims. I am reaching out for help, what more can I do to protect my children from this abusive man? I read articles on court watch being effective, thats why I give my court date and county. I have made my attorney aware that it is not about the convictions but rather the pattern. By standing up to my abuser I do realize that I put myself in danger and have decided that I will give my life to protect the lives of my children for they are our tomorrow. If you have any suggestions for me, please advise, and questions feel free to ask. Thank you in advance, Debbie Biondi