R.I.P. Megan - 3 women are murdered each day by a husband/partner in America. This is Megan Montgomery and Jason McIntosh on their wedding day 2/2/18. they are laughing, smiling & holding each other like they never want to let go.
They look like they are completely in love - head over heals for one another.
THIS is the face of domestic violence.
On February 2nd she married "the man of her dreams".
On February 23rd he was arrested for domestic violence that resulted in her being shot in the arm.
21 days after they were married we hear of the first "incident". and I guarantee this wasn't the first time.
Since February, she's done everything she was supposed to do with the legal system...Police reports, court documents, restraining order, etc.
How do you depend on the police/court system, when the one who is abusing you was until earlier this year a police officer?
Megan’s life was taken on December 1st by the man who less than 10 months earlier promised to love her, protect her and keep her safe from all harm.
A man whom she had a restraining order against.
A man whom made death threats and mass violence threats.
A man whom was given the chance to bond out numerous times since February!
This time he won't be allowed to bond out, but this time is too late.
Why was this man out walking around, free to do as he pleased?
How many more women have to be killed for the system to figure out domestic violence is a very real issue?
How many more families have to bury their daughters, granddaughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, and friends for our country to change the laws around domestic violence?
The system failed Megan Montgomery as it does so many women every year.
With her death, a piece of every woman’s dream for a more just society also died
The most dangerous time for women trying to escape their abusers is when the abuser believes he’s lost control. Megan had separated from her soon to be ex-husband, Jason McIntosh, had obtained a restraining order, and was seeking a divorce when, after stalking her and sending her text messages saying “I’ll never let you go,” McIntosh shot her in the back and left her to die in the parking lot at Mountain Brook High School, the heart of one of the safest communities in the nation.
https://www.al.com/…/with-her-death-so-died-a-piece-of-ever…
#StopDV #NoBondForAbusers #WeNeedToMakeAChange #DomesticViolenceAwareness
R.I.P. Megan
Posted by Coral Anika Theill
Author, Advocate, Speaker & Reporter
D.V., Rape & Ritual Abuse Victim/Survivor
Erased & Alienated Mother of 8
Memoir: Bonshea Making Light of the Dark
Website: www coralanikatheill.com
"I choose to not participate in the silence that protects perpetrators and isolates survivors." - Coral Anika Theill, Bonshea Making Light of the Dark, Seasoned Resistance Fighter
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