Kijana Mitchell is an Alabama-based advocate for survivors of domestic violence who’s also worked as a 911 dispatcher. She said she’s encountered law enforcement officers who suspect a victim is lying simply because they make the common and complicated decision to return to an abusive relationship.

And she fears this bill could work in the favor of abusers—“master manipulators ”—who will use it to convince victims not to report an assault to skeptical officers.

Yes. This will be turned against victims. No doubt.

@Cypher is also right. We need to severely punish people who abuse the system. But what’s that old adage? “It is better a hundred guilty persons should escape than one innocent person should suffer.”