A campaign to rethink how the legal system assesses the credibility of a domestic violence survivor’s story.
"I was representing a Latina survivor of domestic violence and the judge downplayed the abuse with offensive racist stereotypes. He told me 'He's just hot tempered because he's Latino. You know what I mean? They have that Latin blood running through them.'"
-Lisa Rivera, NYLAG managing attorney.
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#RethinkCredibility highlights how the legal system’s failure to understand the intersections of racism, poverty, and trauma often results in a denial of justice for domestic violence survivors.
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