Domestic violence beyond NFL
Canton Repository: In the 13 days since the world first saw the video of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking his fiancee unconscious, the number of calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline has nearly doubled.
Domestic violence is finally out of the shadows.
The culture of looking the other way extends far beyond the NFL and its 32 member teams. But right now, that’s where the spotlight is falling.
Thankfully, there’s no reversing the massive shift in public awareness about domestic violence that is taking place. But the culture of looking the other way won’t be uprooted if we limit the spotlight only to a few high-profile cases. The NFL, the justice system and society as a whole have failed to bring this kind of violence out of the shadows.