Numerous women have reported they were raped this year in Cuyahoga County.
Recent headlines have been marred by news of women’s bodies found dead in vacant lots near abandoned buildings. Hundreds of years-old reports of women still missing.
These familiar statistics have names behind them. Those names belong to women who were the victims of violent acts.
Now the NAACP Cleveland Branch, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office and the County Executive have joined forces with a new self-defense program, designed to help women fight back.
Why now? The answer lies in tragic news stories that are becoming more and more frequent.
In July of 2011, a jury convicted Anthony Sowell of killing 11 Cleveland women and burying them in his backyard. In April of 2013, families of three women reported them missing. Police found their bodies but no suspect. May of 2013, three women abducted as teens a decade ago escaped the home of Ariel Castro.
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