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mercuryblues

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19. In the BB she also had

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 14, 2017, 08:52 AM

Feb 2017

a record of his abuse. The police had been there earlier that night and refused to arrest him. I think that case and the Tracy Thurman story helped bring about much needed change in domestic violence laws.

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