NEW BEDFORD While the pandemic may not have increased domestic violence and teen dating violence, it has made it more visible, Angela Marandola said.
Marandola is the programs manager for the Katie Brown Education Program, a non-profit organization that promotes respectful relationships by teaching relationship violence prevention.
The pandemic has kept teenagers at home, with the exception of hybrid learning, away from friends, but more importantly, significant others. When COVID first hit, my thoughts instantly went to the issue of domestic violence, said Ashley Bendiksen, survivor and abuse prevention national speaker.
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There isn t much concrete information about teen dating violence, as many cases go unreported, said Marandola.
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Publicâs help sought investigating fatal New Bedford crash
By Charlie McKenna Globe Correspondent,Updated April 26, 2021, 2 hours ago
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State Police are asking the public for any information they may have about a fatal crash in New Bedford early Saturday that killed a 19-year-old man after he was ejected from his vehicle, according to the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn.
Cameron Rodrigues, 19, of New Bedford, was killed in the crash after he drove his 2019 Kia Optima down a Route 140 exit ramp, traveling in the grass on the left side of the road before coming to rest against a tree, according to prosecutors.
FALL RIVER Local social justice leaders greeted Derek Chauvin’s murder convictions in the death of George Floyd with relief on Tuesday, but stressed that much work remains to erase the impact of police violence and systemic racism.
“Yesterday was a needed verdict, a good outcome,” said Andrea Sheppard-Lomba, Executive Director of United Interfaith Action of Southeastern MA. “However, it’s just one particular case and it took a tremendous amount of national and international attention and pressure and organizing to get to this one verdict.”
The former Minneapolis police officer s conviction on three counts in Floyd s murder may affect how local police engage with the community, several local activists said.