How many more have to die for laws to change!?

I am so saddened to read that a little boy lost his mom and no one did anything to protect her!
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/08/29/mother-murdered-front-toddler
This comes from Jane Velez Mitchell - please read!!!  Praying for this senseless tragedy and the little boy who will never see his mom again!!!

Domestic Violence

Definition of Domestic Violence:

It is a pattern of controlling behaviors – violence or threats of violence – that one person uses to establish power over an intimate partner in order to control that partner’s actions and activities. Domestic violence is not a disagreement, a marital spat, or an anger management problem. Domestic violence is abusive, disrespectful, and hurtful behaviors that one intimate partner chooses to use against the other partner.
You may be experiencing domestic violence if your partner is doing any of these or other unwanted behaviors:

• Hurting you physically – slapping, hair pulling, strangling, hitting, kicking, grabbing, excessively squeezing or shaking, twisting your arms, burning you, or intentionally injuring you in any way
• Using your children against you
• Calling you names and hurting you emotionally
• Harming your pets
• Acting with extreme jealousy and possessiveness
• Isolating you from family and friends
• Threatening to commit suicide or to kill you
• Controlling your money
• Withholding medical help
• Stalking you
• Demanding sex or unwanted sex practices
• Hiding assistive devices
• Minimizing the destructive behavior
• Threatening to “out” you if you are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or transgendered
• Controlling you with “that certain look in his eyes” or certain gestures
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• Facts are taken from:   http://www.fcadv.org/about/understanding-domestic-violence