Williams said who's not there are people from the middle and upper class and White communities. He takes issue with coming into lower income communities and arresting abusers, but not doing the same in the aforementioned communities. We also need to deal with the issue of prevention. This does not really reveal the level of the problem that we experience. Willie Daniels, community member, asked what laws can be passed in regards to the imbalance in judicial treatment.
Woman gets beat-up, woman gets counseling, the guy gets nothing.
That should be mandatory, no matter what, if he has struck her, he should have to get counseling. Bransford addressed the question by saying that the burden should be on the city, the county or the accusing entity to prove their case. Howard reminded Forum guests that the goal of the week is to encourage community involvement in domestic abuse and violence prevention.