While the new criminal statute does require an intent to cause emotional harm, it does not require a specific victim, so that anyone who sees it is a potential victim. Consequently the Board of Proctors has asked all ECV chapters to drop the noose from their iconography. That means patches...
In a clearly non-discriminatory 1984 resolution, Suffolk County directed former Police Commissioner Treder to "press criminal enforcement in cases of family violence" and to make arrests if either an order of protection was violated or there was evidence of a criminal offense by one member of a ...