BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The time in which law enforcement respond to domestic-related calls can sometimes mean the difference between life or death. That’s at the very core of a lawsuit, suing the City of Buffalo and its police department after a woman was murdered by her boyfriend days after texting 911, begging for help.
The urgency and importance of domestic-related calls, and believing the victims, are key-points that domestic violence advocacy groups wanted to drive home after News 4 Investigates reached out asking for reaction to what transpired leading up to Jena MacDiarmid’s murder.
“Hearing this story, and hearing the outcome, makes me even more concerned for the women who call us,” said Sheri Scavone, CEO of WNY Women’s Foundation, an advocacy group that focuses more on elevating women professionally and economically rather than directly providing domestic violence related resources…