I found a case of domestic violence in Gadsden, Alabama. The man, Timothy Marc Barton, got into a heated argument with his girlfriend, Rachel Gilmore while in a moving vehicle. During the argument, Barton pushed Gilmore out of the car while it was moving. Before going back for Gilmore to force her back into the car, Barton drove into the woods to attempt to hide from the police. While he was hiding, Gilmore called the police and her wounds from the incident were treated at the scene. Barton was found shortly after at a house off Marshall Street. He is facing 2nd degree domestic violence charges while having a $25,000 bond.
When it comes to Alabama and it's domestic violence law, domestic violence in the first degree is a Class A felony. This law protects victims described as a former parent, spouse, child, any person who the offender has a child in common, a person who has had a dating or engagement relationship with the offender and someone who the offender used to live with. Aggravated stalking is also part of this law.
In Birmingham, Alabama alone there are eight shelters for women to go to if they need to get away from an abusive relationship/domestic violence. Some of the shelters help the women and their children and others have alcohol and drug rehab centers to help with addictions.
This link alone sends women in need to any city in Alabama that has a shelter/transitional housing for them and it gives the phone numbers and addresses of all the places listed.
http://www.womenshelters.org/sta/alabama
This is a PSA on domestic violence with a woman named Sil Lai and her story dealing with DV. It is also helping advertise a program called Safe Horizons that helps victims of crime and abuse in the U.S. It talks about how she was referred to the program and how it helped her get out of it.
http://www.safehorizon.org/index/get-help-8/for-domestic-violence-35.html?gclid=CK2xwrW9ibUCFQUFnQod5RAAyw
This is another PSA about domestic violence and it shows the physical damage that happens when in an abusive relationship. The video shows overtime how the abuse doesn't stop and how the bruises and cuts get worse and at the end it shows the Domestic Violence Hotline number so that people can get help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3rfk2iFww
