Holder Announces Grants to Prevent Deadly Domestic Violence
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the midst of high-profile domestic violence scandals, including that of ex-Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced grants totalling $2.6 million to go towards preventing deadly domestic violence.
The pilot program will be implemented at four sites in the U.S. to help identify people so violent they could kill their partner. The goal of the program is to anticipate lethal behavior and stop it.
In a video message, Holder said, “This Administration, this Department of Justice – and I personally – will not waver in that effort: to shine a light on violence and abuse.”
Three women die every day in the U.S. at the hands of their partner or ex-partner, a statistic Holder calls shocking.
“We’ve come a long way since the time when these incidents of abuse were considered private household matters but we have a ways to go still,” Holder said.
The pilot program will begin in Pitt County, N.C.; Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Contra Costa County, Calif.; and Brooklyn, N.Y.
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