{"id":14930,"date":"2013-07-01T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T16:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=14930"},"modified":"2013-07-01T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T16:28:21","slug":"going-to-court-as-a-victim-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=14930","title":{"rendered":"Going to court as a victim of abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine’s Modern Love column, “The View From the Victim Room,” <\/a>was powerful for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n

Courtney Queeney, the author, was badly beaten by a boyfriend. Her story is terrifically written, deeply perceptive, gripping and emotionally resonant.<\/p>\n

After calling the Chicago police, Queeney goes to Domestic Violence Court for a protective order. She describes her experiences with the Chicago police and in court (where there’s a “victim room” of her title, a room she never had to be in) \u2014 quite different from what most of us would expect to hear from an abused woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine’s Modern Love column, “The View From the Victim Room,” was powerful for a number of reasons. Courtney Queeney, the author, was badly beaten by a boyfriend. Her story is terrifically written, deeply perceptive, gripping and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[436],"class_list":["post-14930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-law-and-the-courts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t