Saying that a killer ‘snapped’ is not an explanation for domestic violence... When Ronald Lee Haskell was accused of killing six members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas this month, I wondered how long it would take for a news report to suggest that the suspect had “snapped.” The scope and horror of the crime — the victims included four children ages 4 to 14 — meant it took a little while for this media narrative to show up. But there it was, two days later, familiar from innumerable stories of domestic violence that end in murder. washingtonpost/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/07/21/saying-that-a-killer-snapped-is-not-an-explanation-for-domestic-violence/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:31:51 +0000
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