Comments on: Tyra Banks’ Stalker Free to Stalk Again http://www.hollywoodheartbreaker.com/2008/03/23/tyra-banks-stalker-free-to-stalk-again/ Breaking News on Broken Hearts Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:38:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dawn V. Martin http://www.hollywoodheartbreaker.com/2008/03/23/tyra-banks-stalker-free-to-stalk-again/comment-page-1/#comment-100980 Dawn V. Martin Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:11:05 +0000 http://www.hollywoodheartbreaker.com/2008/03/23/tyra-banks-stalker-free-to-stalk-again/#comment-100980 D.C. is redefining its criminal “stalking” law to include "cyberstalking." On July 7, 2009, Local Channel 9 news (CBS) aired journalist Gary Nurenberg’s newscast describing D.C.’s proposed “Omnibus Public Safety and Justice Amendment Act of 2009" (Bill 18-151). It included D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson, the Stalking Resource Center and the principal of this firm, Dawn V. Martin, Esquire. http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=88199&catid=187&provider=email. The Law Offices of Dawn V. Martin, LLC applauds the D.C. Council's expansion of the definition of stalking, but has proposed that the D.C. Council complement its new criminal stalking statute with an amendment to D.C. Human Rights Law expressly prohibiting employers from discriminating against their employees if they are victims of stalking -- just as it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gender, etc. New York City Human Rights Law, § 8-101, 8-107.1 provides a model for such a statute, prohibiting employer discrimination against both stalking victims and victims of domestic violence. D.C. is redefining its criminal “stalking” law to include “cyberstalking.” On July 7, 2009, Local Channel 9 news (CBS) aired journalist Gary Nurenberg’s newscast describing D.C.’s proposed “Omnibus Public Safety and Justice Amendment Act of 2009″ (Bill 18-151). It included D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson, the Stalking Resource Center and the principal of this firm, Dawn V. Martin, Esquire.

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The Law Offices of Dawn V. Martin, LLC applauds the D.C. Council’s expansion of the definition of stalking, but has proposed that the D.C. Council complement its new criminal stalking statute with an amendment to D.C. Human Rights Law expressly prohibiting employers from discriminating against their employees if they are victims of stalking — just as it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gender, etc. New York City Human Rights Law, § 8-101, 8-107.1 provides a model for such a statute, prohibiting employer discrimination against both stalking victims and victims of domestic violence.

]]> By: DVMartinEsq http://www.hollywoodheartbreaker.com/2008/03/23/tyra-banks-stalker-free-to-stalk-again/comment-page-1/#comment-86409 DVMartinEsq Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.hollywoodheartbreaker.com/2008/03/23/tyra-banks-stalker-free-to-stalk-again/#comment-86409 January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Stalking horror stories like those of Tyra Banks and Paula Abdul are not limited to celebrities. 78% of stalking victims are women. 54% of female murder victims reported being stalked before they were KILLED! There is no federal statute directly addressing workplace stalking, but the Supreme Court may consider Martin v. Howard University, a workplace stalking/sexual harassment case, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. See www.dvmartinlaw.com/MartinvHowardUniversity. (Martin v. Howard University also involved a homeless man, Leonard Harrison. Harrision targeted African-American female law professors in search of the "physical embodiment" of a female character in a book that he believed should be his "wife.") In addition to the legal issues, we need to provide law enforcement with some real alternatives. Courts can issue restraining orders, but people with mental problems are rarely deterred by them. Paula Goodspeed was clearly a danger to herself and others --primarily, to Paula Abdul. Brady Green was obviously a threat to Tyra Banks. Harrison was an abvious threat to me, when I was a law professor at Howard. Stalkers need to be confined and provided with mental help, for January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Stalking horror stories like those of Tyra Banks and Paula Abdul are not limited to celebrities. 78% of stalking victims are women. 54% of female murder victims reported being stalked before they were KILLED! There is no federal statute directly addressing workplace stalking, but the Supreme Court may consider Martin v. Howard University, a workplace stalking/sexual harassment case, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. See http://www.dvmartinlaw.com/MartinvHowardUniversity. (Martin v. Howard University also involved a homeless man, Leonard Harrison. Harrision targeted African-American female law professors in search of the “physical embodiment” of a female character in a book that he believed should be his “wife.”) In addition to the legal issues, we need to provide law enforcement with some real alternatives. Courts can issue restraining orders, but people with mental problems are rarely deterred by them. Paula Goodspeed was clearly a danger to herself and others –primarily, to Paula Abdul. Brady Green was obviously a threat to Tyra Banks. Harrison was an abvious threat to me, when I was a law professor at Howard. Stalkers need to be confined and provided with mental help, for

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