Court Orders Protection from Domestic Violence
A Walla Walla man is placed under a $1,000 bond after neighbors report he was physically abusing his wife and children.
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Patrick Russell was placed under bonds of $1,000 to keep the peace for a period of six months in Judge Huffman's court this afternoon. According to the evidence of neighbors of the Russells, Mr. Russell's chief diversion and amusement seems to be the whipping of his wife and children. The police arrested Mr. Russell last night for threatening to kill his wife and he spent the night in the county jail. In court this afternoon he said that all he required of his family was obedience, as head of the house.
“In court this afternoon he said that all he required of his family was obedience, as head of the house.”
While the language of the court has shifted away from viewing such violence as a 'diversion,' the systemic challenges of protecting survivors of domestic abuse remain a persistent civic issue in Washington State.
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