Barbara Pettis can still clearly recall the phone call she got on August 24th. A distressed voice informed her that Jaylen was on the other end of the call. Her great-grandniece from South Carolina, Sarah Hasty, was killed.
What Happened ?
“Her ex-boyfriend had shot her five times while pursuing her.” He kept his car running because he was so determined to murder her, according to Pettis. “He leaped from his vehicle. He shot her five times after abusing her and dragging her inside her apartment.”
In relation to the incident, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department detained 31-year-old Kenardo Bates. The shooting was classified as domestic violence by the deputies.
One in four American women report having experienced serious physical abuse from an intimate relationship, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Pettis is a part of this.
Rahimi was charged by a federal grand jury and entered a guilty plea. After the country’s top court set a new legal threshold for gun laws across the board in 2022, he was free to file an appeal.
Levinson notes that other gun regulations that are being considered by the country’s lower courts may be impacted by the Supreme Court’s decision.
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Victim Of Domestic Abuse
By volunteering at a Dallas women’s shelter for victims of domestic abuse, Pettis is transforming her suffering into a purpose. She organizes a weekly gathering for other survivors, providing an open platform for the women staying at the shelter to talk about their experiences.
“People are sitting there making decisions without having an intelligent perspective on what this does,” Pettis asserts. “Those who are enacting legislation have not lived there. I think they ought to visit locations such as these. They ought to sit down and have a conversation with women who have experienced it firsthand and survived, like myself.”
