Last year’s police officer of the year for Orange County was arrested Friday night, accused of hitting a female acquaintance... [More]There's a particularly poor taste joke that's been around for many years:
Q: What do battered women have in common?
A: (While shaking head and with an disgusted look) They just don't listen.
I bring it up because that attitude seems to apply to so many cases of "Only One" violence resulting in their beating a detainee, yet the same intense social stigma is rarely attached.
I'm no sociologist, but it sure looks like our culture has a dysfunctional relationship with and dependency on its abusers...
[Via Declan]