Family violence needs cop response, get feds out of food programs and other commentary

Damien Hurstel, 19, appears for arraignment in Staten Island Criminal Court on Friday morning where he plead not guilt to all charges through his attorney Mark Fonte. LP Media

Crime beat: Family Violence Needs Cop Response

The case where “19-year-old Damien Hurstel of Staten Island [is charged with having] murdered and decapitated his mother’s boyfriend” is “just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to family violence,” thunders Naomi Schaefer Riley at City Journal . “Intimate partner violence: rose 29% in NYC last year”; it’s made up nearly 40% “of felony assault cases in the Big Apple” since 2020. The activist campaign to “decriminalize domestic violence” complicates efforts to prosecute offenders. Family violence is a key indicator for “child abuse, and for violence outside the hom