Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Caped crusader was out to protect children


'Bat Woman' caused a stir by climbing water tower

Posted By Andrea Nicholl From The Barrie Examiner

Posted 10 mins ago


A woman dressed as "Bat Woman" who spread her wings and awareness from the top of a Cookstown water tower to promote parental alienation awareness day says she did it to help children.


Paulette MacDonald scaled the tower, outside of the Cookstown Outlet Mall, before 5 a.m. Saturday, but went unnoticed until 11:30 a.m.

The 49-year-old Alliston woman said she had to call to mall patrons below to get the attention of mall security.

"When he looked up at me perched up in the tower his chin hit the ground," MacDonald said, adding that police and firefighters arrived shortly afterwards. "It was the first time that I'd done something like that. I was very scared, but I was more scared for what would happen to the future of our children."

MacDonald wore a black spandex suit and yellow mask as she stood on the tower, hanging a banner promoting PA awareness day. April 25 marks the day that draws attention to children who are used as bargaining tools, and caught in the middle of divorces and custody battles.

"I'm trying to educate all the people who are involved with our children. They need to be aware of this and recognize this as a form of emotional child abuse," MacDonald said. "My whole message on Saturday was that love is for everyone. All children have the right to be loved, and to love both parents."

She began her campaign in fall 2007, after her own fight for custody over her two step-children.


"I'm overwhelmed with the injustice of non-custodial parents in family law," MacDonald said. "We are living the nightmare."

She said that her research and awareness of parental alienation came from her first appointment with a court appointed family counselor, and her exposure to the children caught in the middle.

"They were constantly in the middle of this mess and were forced into emotional turmoil, because of it. We've tried everything in order to protect our children and to remove them from the middle of this conflict."

She said that her two step-children, and her own adult children, think that her protest was amazing, and that her partner is supportive.

"I think it was very successful," she said. "I chose 'Bat Woman because I'm being a crimefighter and bodyguard to all children affected by parental alienation and hostile aggressive parenting."

MacDonald said that she has no regrets, although she's not happy that she was charged with mischief and must appear in court on May 28.
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Andrea Nicholl is the Examiner's intern from Sheridan College.
Article ID# 1543631

Wife assaults Husband and cuts him to pieces

This seems only too typical by many police forces when a female commits Domestic Violence. In this case the assault lead to her husband's death. A similar death occurred in Edmonton and a big Gender Discount was given to this women. It may not even turn up as DV in statistics reports further distorting the picture.MJM


Wife assaults Husband and cuts him to pieces. She is charged. He then dies. So is she charged with murder? No the charges are being dropped because the only witness is dead. Despite the body of physical evidence like photographs, statements, police evidence etc...
So this is what we have: He dies and the only witness is gone so they are now considering dropping charges? As the family says what about all the evidence? Photographic, written. Its all there. And she is free on bail. Now if the situation was reversed and she had died he would have been arrested immediately and charged with murder ! Everyone knows that but.....
Equality for all? In family and criminal justice? Nah.....
From: Jeremy Swanson [mailto:swansonatstorm.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:04 AM
To: Media-CAN-Print-Journalist-Mindelle Jacobs-Edmonton Sun
Subject: Do you think I might be on to something?

Do you think I might be on to something? Not a single print media story on this despite the death? Not one. Just silence .Had she been the victim and he the abuser the newspapers would have been falling over themselves to report the story and continuing the myth of predominant male on female violence.
In addition did you notice that despite the deceased getting a restraining order against his abuser he as the victim still ended up moving out of the house to live with his mother before he eventually died? Is it not supposed to be the case that domestic abusers are supposed to be removed from the home?