Absurd

1/03/2009

I was just reading an article about a man who allegedly killed and beheaded his wife. (Well, she wasn’t “allegedly killed”; she’s dead. He allegedly did it.) According to the article the man had a history of domestic violence against his wife and she had a protective order placed against her. This is the absurdity, according to the article:

The order didn’t prohibit Muzzammil Hassan from living with his wife, but did order that he “restrain from assault, stalking, harassment, aggravated harassment, menacing, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, intimidation, threats or any criminal offense” against Aasiya Hassan, the couples’ two younger children—Danyal and Rania—or Muzzammil’s two older children from his first marriage—Sonia and Michael.

The emphasis is mine because you aren’t allowed to do any of those things anyway! I don’t need and no one should have a court order that states that one must refrain from:

  • assault,
  • stalking,
  • harassment and aggravated harassment,
  • menacing,
  • reckless endangerment,
  • disorderly conduct,
  • intimidation,
  • threats or,
  • any criminal offense.

We ALL have court orders against such things. It’s called The Law. (Now that I think about it, maybe we should be mandated in marriage vows.)

Anyway, the guy’s wife is dead. He probably did it. The judge who issued the protective order is an idiot and should be disbarred, and maybe even charged as an accessory before the fact.

There are 3 comments in this article:

  1. 1/03/2009tammyr say:

    I’ve spent years working in the domestic violence community. Judges do that all the time, men ignore them all the time. Protective orders are only worth the paper they are written on if offenders have no respect for the law. And as for the “law”-although things are improving dramatically, there are still parts of this country where the law does NOT apply to what happens within the confines of a home-and specifically within a marriage. In many states domestic violence is still prosecuted only if the victim chooses to press charges-otherwise the state does not get involved.

  2. 9/03/2009Barbra say:

    Gentle reminder:
    Not every man had Nan to contend with while raised up.
    Not everyone had Pop to try and impress.

    While I appreciate
    your wild-eyed wonderment of physical abuse
    It left me feeling empty

  3. 2/04/2009CitizenX say:

    You twittered there would be an update.
    I have allowed plenty of time.

    So I guess the ju jitsu creative never saw fruition too?

    Paying attention.

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