Expecting “The System” to Protect You is a Losing Proposition

It seems that especially in the case of Domestic Violence, the system just doesn't care. Disjointed justice system leaves Scott County woman fighting for her life.

Kizzetta McClendon met Tony Boyd in November of 2019, and just four months later, she said, he was trying to kill her.

He has strangled her, shot her in the shoulder, tried to run over her with a car, raped her, and still "The System" keeps releasing him. Why? Because they don't care.

Cops have ignored her. Judges keep reducing bail until he can walk free. Prosecutors are not interested.

Advocates and former police officers who worked in Forest and Scott County say what happened to McClendon does not surprise them.

Stephanie Stockton, a former advocate with the Care Lodge in Meridian, visited Forest Municipal and Scott County Justice Courts as part of her job. Her goal was to make sure domestic violence victims knew there were services out there to help them go through the legal system, which can be confusing and daunting.

Officials from the courts would not coordinate with her and often made things more difficult for victims, she said.

Click thru for the sad details.

No where in the piece does anyone mention self-defense. Not in relation to this case or any other. This is in Mississippi, not New Jersey, but Leftists and Journalists (but I repeat myself) and Police and Prosecutors don't like self-defense no matter what state they are in. Though this may be mostly the Professional Journalist (so called) blocking that topic.

If you have a violent stalker, then you need a plan for your self-defense. I believe in the efficacy of fast-moving lead. You are free to choose another solution. But "relying on the system" should not be your only plan. That system has proven over and over again that it cannot protect you, and really it is not interested in protecting you. And the Supreme Court has said that they have no duty to protect you anyway.