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JewrieIrving t1_ivfa6sr wrote

Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in Left Unmonitored In His Cell, He Etched His Suicide Note Into a Wall On Rikers Island by hau5keeping

It wasn’t a first time offense

>After that, Guallpa began drinking more and attacking his wife, who supported their family through her income from a clothing factory. “I could have called the police like a dozen times, but I never did because I was afraid of what would happen to him,” Guamán told New York Focus and Gothamist in an interview last year. Last August, after another assault, she did call the police.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_ivfczuj wrote

>It wasn’t a first time offense

I didn't claim that he only offended once though.

I was pointing at how he came to commit his first offense, which is important for anyone who cares about root causes.

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