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Isolated, alone and afraid, rural domestic abuse victims endure
Isolated, alone and afraid, rural domestic abuse victims endure

Living in a small Mississippi River town, Hayden endured her husband’s cruelty, adhering to the belief that domestic abuse is something to be hidden from the broader community and kept within the confines of the household.

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News, Mississippi News, Domestic ViolenceJerry Mitchelldomestic violence, abuse, domestic abuse, Law enforcement, domestic battery, small towns, lack of resources, LGBTQ+, rural mississippi
‘No one cared’: Black women face disproportionate rates of abuse at the hands of their loved ones — and a lack of protection from the system meant to help them
‘No one cared’: Black women face disproportionate rates of abuse at the hands of their loved ones — and a lack of protection from the system meant to help them

Michelle Coleman’s marriage had been rocky and violent, but things seemed better when she and her husband of a decade moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2017. After her new job at a medical unit in a jail, things “got physical,” she said, and she was forced to leave with her two children.

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News, Mississippi News, Domestic ViolenceJerry Mitchelldomestic violence, abuse, domestic abuse, black women, Michelle Coleman, violent marriage, Law enforcement, Vinet Williams Moore, domestic battery, aggravated assault, Sharon Chambers