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JoAnna Cottle: Mom and three children MURDERED by ex-boyfriend after judge denied protective order. ( Virginia )
MEAWW ^ | Nov 20, 2022 | Kunal Dey

Posted on 11/21/2022 7:07:19 AM PST by george76

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1 posted on 11/21/2022 7:07:19 AM PST by george76
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.....we were able to put him in the area ......" If you're gonna off somebody, don't carry your cell phone.....
2 posted on 11/21/2022 7:10:17 AM PST by Gaffer
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3 posted on 11/21/2022 7:10:17 AM PST by struggle
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Gun grabbers often say you don’t need a gun, you can just get a protective order. Never mind that the protective order won’t necessarily stop a killer, it turns out that you can’t always “just get a protective order”.

In other news, let me guess that the judge will face zero culpability in this woman’s death. “Sorry, I’m a Lord, and I can’t be held accountable for any of my decisions, at least until election day.”


4 posted on 11/21/2022 7:10:51 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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Charge the Judge as an accomplice...no excuse


5 posted on 11/21/2022 7:12:40 AM PST by Conservative4Life (thy merchants were great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Rev18:23)
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That is not a human being. Maybe not even a carbon-based lifeform.


6 posted on 11/21/2022 7:13:52 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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The story makes the judge look bad, but a protective order is basically meaningless in a case like this. It certainly would not have stopped this guy from carrying out his intentions.


7 posted on 11/21/2022 7:16:25 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative )
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The only thing a Protective Order is good for is toilet paper. And that is questionable. When one depends on a Protective Order, one is depending on a broke stick.


8 posted on 11/21/2022 7:16:42 AM PST by sport
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He had so much, a spouse who cared, three healthy, normal,cute children.
So many people would have loved to have a family like that but for whatever reason they can’t have children.


9 posted on 11/21/2022 7:18:56 AM PST by lee martell
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Can anybody explain what’s up with white women hooking up and having children with violent and mentally unstable black criminals?


10 posted on 11/21/2022 7:24:48 AM PST by Four of Six
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I agree with you, but even then one apparently can’t always get a protective order. In other words, the argument the gun grabbers make is utterly demolished in two different ways: (1) no, you can’t always get a protective order, and (2) they don’t actually protect you even if you get one. Therefore, (3) get a gun to protect yourself, and (4) view anyone who wants to prevent you from doing that as essentially wanting you to be murdered.


11 posted on 11/21/2022 7:25:41 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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Just more black-on-white murders. Nothing newsworthy here. /sarc


12 posted on 11/21/2022 7:26:08 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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Unfortunately, I’ve had quite a bit of ‘experience’ with domestic abuse situations (family/friends/& worked for police). Guys intent on doing harm do not respect protective orders (just like criminals don’t respect gun laws). Often, getting a protective order just makes things worse with the offender. At least you can tell police you have a protective order and that gives them a reason to arrest people violating that order ... if you’re not dead already & the offender is still on scene.

Domestic abuse is a lot more complicated than the average person thinks/knows. Trying to extricate yourself, especially with kids, can be very difficult. Getting a protective order and actually ‘leaving’ are the most dangerous times. Someone I knew was going to have her divorce finalized on a Tuesday .... Sunday, her soon-to-be ex ambushed her as she was returning home from church .... beat her almost to death, then shot/killed her. He then called 911 & shot himself while on the phone with them. Another woman known to us was a receptionist at a law firm - her estranged husband/’ex’ showed up at work - asked her to step out of the office to ‘talk’ to him, which she did so as not to have her private matters broadcast to everyone ... he shot her in the head, killing her right there in the parking lot.

The mom/3 kids was a ‘local’ killing for me. Really breaks my heart - glad they at least caught the b@stard and he should rot in jail. A lot of times these guys ‘off’ themselves - a little surprised he didn’t do it. Then, just up the road, we had the UVA shooting a week ago, guy caught not that far away (my county, just the other side of it). It’s a crazy, messed up world ... don’t work for the police any more, but that experience has me walking around with my head on a swivel (high situational awareness).


13 posted on 11/21/2022 7:27:26 AM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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AOC is responsible because she would deny women in this situation the right to self defense.

Protective Orders are useless.

14 posted on 11/21/2022 7:30:13 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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Mom should have bought a gun. Mom should not have married this dude, but probably no one else would mess with her. The kids look sweet, though. Sorry for them.


15 posted on 11/21/2022 7:31:06 AM PST by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts. +Sodomy & Abortion are NOT cornerstones of Civilization! )
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Perhaps he could have controlled his impulses.


16 posted on 11/21/2022 7:33:38 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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That judge should be disbarred as well.


17 posted on 11/21/2022 7:34:07 AM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.”)
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A protective order gives the police the ability to arrest someone if they violate it.. but it won’t stop them from violating it, and you have absolutely no guarantee the police will be around when they do...


18 posted on 11/21/2022 7:37:51 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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If used properly, a protection order becomes an official hunting license.
You just need to make sure you don’t exceed the bag limit.


19 posted on 11/21/2022 7:38:06 AM PST by Mad Dog009 (Don't go searching for a Mermaid Son... if you don't know how to swim)
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No, a PFA won’t stop a criminal... but why the hell would a judge refuse on??

I’d love to find out more about this judge, and this exact situation.


20 posted on 11/21/2022 7:39:21 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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