Was Imperial Ave An Act Of Domestic Violenence?…Kym Sellers Woman2Woman
The bodies were recovered between Thursday, October 29th and Tuesday Nov. 3rd. Five bodies were found buried in the Imperial Avenue home’s backyard and four bodies along with one skull were found inside of the home.
The identified victims:
- Tonia Carmichael: 52-years-old
- Telacia Fortson: 31-years-old
- Tishana Culver: 31-years-old
- Nancy Cobbs: 43-years-old
- Amelda Hunter: 47-years-old (sister)
- Crystal Dozier: 38-years-old (cousin)
- Michelle Mason: 45-years-old
- Janice Webb: 48-years old
- Kim Yvette Smith: 44-years old
- Leshanda Long: 25-years-old
Listen as Kym Sellers talks to Denise Hunter who lost a sister as well as cousin in the Imperial Ave murders and Kathy Wray Coleman an African-American journalist from Cleveland. A conversation that addresses Imperial Avenue, Domestic Violence and how we can rally together for Domestic Violence Month.
Definition
Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Partners may be married or not married; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or dating.
Examples of abuse include:
- name-calling or putdowns
- keeping a partner from contacting their family or friends
- withholding money
- stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job
- actual or threatened physical harm
- sexual assault
- stalking
- intimidation
Violence can be criminal and includes physical assault (hitting, pushing, shoving, etc.), sexual abuse (unwanted or forced sexual activity), and stalking. Although emotional, psychological and financial abuse are not criminal behaviors, they are forms of abuse and can lead to criminal violence.
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