Domestic Violence Lobbyist Shoots & Kills Husband
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Ah, the great irony with a foundation of another husband’s lifeless body. Too bad Anthony Rankins didn’t have any of the help that is afforded female victims of domestic violence. Perhaps he would be alive today. The Violence Against Women’s Act is a scourge on society. Our Federal tax dollars, numbering into the multiple billions, are allocated to help one gender against domestic violence - women - to the exclusion of men and boys. While this should be unconstitutional, it continues to fester, sucking the life out of men and boys unable to obtain meaningful help from Federally funded DV shelters (because for all intents and purposes - they simply don’t exist). It also sucks billions in federal tax dollars that already being wasted on an industry that has been shown to be ineffective, has little to no oversight, and cannot even begin to justify their existence.
One of those fighting on Capitol Hill, or at least she was before being taken into custody for murdering her husband of only 5-days - Arelisha Bridges - a registered lobbyist with the group called National Declaration of Domestic Violence Order. Anthony Rankins, presumably extracting himself from a situation that was escalating at the hands of this murderous woman, was gunned down in the street, having been followed there by a nightgown-clad Arelisha Bridges. The same Arelisha Bridges who reportedly is a champion fighting to stop domestic violence against women (only).
From the article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Witnesses told police that Bridges was wearing a nightgown and a shower cap as she argued with Rankins on the sidewalk on North Avenue near West Peachtree Street around 10:45 p.m. Monday.
And moments later, witnesses said, they heard shots. They said she then “calmly walked away.”
A MARTA police officer stopped her as she was getting into her car, perhaps to return to her home nearby on Centennial Olympic Park Drive.
So, it would appear she traveled some distance in order to cold-bloodedly gun down her husband and “calmly walk away.” A representative for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, ironically enough named Kirsten Rambo, was quick to distance Bridges and her organization from the cause, claiming that she hadn’t previously heard of Bridges’ organization.
Too bad for Anthony Rankins. How soon before we hear how oppressive and violent he was and that Arelisha Bridges had no choice but to dress in her finest nightgown and shower-cap, drive across town, and ambush Anthony Rankins right on the street in front of witnesses? I’d say if Arelisha Bridges hasn’t already done it, she will be doing it shortly. After all, dead men don’t make good witnesses. When a husband or boyfriend has been gunned down in cold blood, the stories of untold violence come out of the wood work. I’m sure the defense will spit on Anthony Rankins’ grave soon enough.
We’ve seen it countless times before and we’ll see it countless more times in the future until society begins to accept that women initiate domestic violence at least as often as men… and then actually do something about protecting men and boys equally with women who are actual victims.
March 5th, 2010 at 11:05 am
We need organizations like these to help those trapped in DV situations to escape. They are trapped by fear, economics, or simply no where to go. Some are trapped because they don’t feel worthy of better (it is hard to feel worthy after years of abuse) or other circumstances. We need a safety net to help them escape these tragic and traumatizing situations. I am a DV survivor, it was worse than you can imagine and fear and economics (he even forced me to become pregnant when he realized that I intended to leave him) etc kept me “stuck” there until I found a safety net. It is a fragile net and not easily accessible but it is better than nothing. The story that you quote above, if she was only married 5 days and she hunted him down, in public, does not sound anything like what most DV sufferers face. Her story is not one that we defend.
You are right in the discriminatory aspects of it and I have felt the same. I have seen and been “educated” within the DV organizations recently. I have met many women in these programs and I would say that about 10% of the ones that I met were clearly manipulative/lying and likely abusers themselves (if not THE abuser.) It is a flawed system but people in vulnerable positions as these need SOMEWHERE to go and we all need to know what to look for in an abusive relationship. We need the education that these organizations provide. It is not always obvious, it kinda creeps up on you, or you wake up looking into the eyes of a monster. I have a young son and I do NOT want him to grow up to be like his father (abusing women and children as well as destroying his own life) so we NEED early intervention for kids too — male and female.
We have “anger management” and “domestic violence intervention” for abusers but that sounds stigmatizing to the people (primarily guys) offered these services. We need to help the sufferers of violence (women, men, and especially the kids) as well as the batterers in order to stop the cycle of violence.
I appreciate your post and enjoy your blog. My ex husband has ALL of the symptoms of BPD and some of APD so it is good to know that there are people like you spreading the word about how difficult these people are to deal with and how they affect our kids. Maybe one day we can all make a real difference. I want a BPD scanner so I can avoid getting mixed up with another one. Until then, I may just choose celibacy, lol.
March 5th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Unfortunately, the law is applied in most cases so that it heavily favors women. Divorce, child custody, domestic disputes, discrimination, workplace harrassment, etc.
If law enforcement and the judicial system would take care to fully enforce all requirements of the law equally on both sexes, you would see quite a bit change in marriages, the workplace, and child custody situations.
Hey, that’s what women want, right? Equal treatment?
No. They really don’t. What they want is special treatment.
March 6th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Everything Josh said, except - it’s not ‘women’ who promote special treatment for women only, it’s feminists.
Don’t forget, Hitlary Cliton promoted the VAWA and has made endless sexist, hateful statements against men over the years… yet she forgets it was her who smacked Bill over the head with an ashtray and clawed his face in front of witnesses.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
The problem is that under VAWA we now have mandatory arrest policies, that too often mean regardless of who calls the police, the man is going to jail. And while he’s in jail, the system pushes for the “victim” to obtain a restraining order, which keeps the man out of his own house and away from his children. And all this happened because of an accusation. At this point, there has been NO INVESTIGATION AT ALL. And of course all this is used as “evidence” of his “history of violence” during the divorce and child custody fight that ensues.
That’s a lot of mileage out of one lie.
And if you think that doesn’t happen every day in American, you are hopelessly naive. I even know of lawyers who have advised their (female) client to make a false allegation to slant things more in their favor.
The DV and divorce industry should not be intertwined. And both need to be scraped and started over on - not just reformed.
If the last 30 years have taught us anything, it’s that the feminist-biased DV industry is a failed experiment. No one gets true help under the Duluth model, just indoctrination.
March 10th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Ugh. I get so sick and tired of the double-standard. In everything gender related, it seems.
I learned in court yesterday that PAS really does exist, and that it is child abuse. And, it does not require any evidence to prove it, either.
As long as it’s a woman, accusing a man.
Yeah, the kids do not want to be around their mother. It couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that sainted Mom, The Golden Uterus has done anything wrong. Oh no. It must be that the MAN has done something wrong.
And the judge wasn’t listening anything the man had to say in his defense.
Nope - he’s got a male appendage, therefore, he’s an abuser. Period. He is a child abuser. He alienated his children against their dear sainted mother. The bastard.
Except, he didn’t.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:05 am
no my step brother was not an abuser and all you people have some nerve commenting and writing about something you have no clue about
March 24th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
IMAN… based upon what we know, we know he wasn’t. The article and comments support the fact that we believe she was a nutcase who killed in cold blood… an innocent man.
March 24th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
As predicted… “she was abused.”
What a joke…
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/attorney-says-woman-who-378037.html
March 27th, 2010 at 10:20 am
I HAPPEN TO BE FREINDS WITH ANTHONY RANKINS AND WOMEN BEATER WAS SOMETHING I KNOW HE WASNT. I CAN ALMOST SEE HIM NOW TRYING EVERYTHING TO AVOID PUTTING HIS HANDS ON A WOMEN!… IM SURE NO MATTER HOW SERIOUS THE SITUATION HE LAUGHED IT OFF JUST NOT TO REALLY GET UPSET AND OUT OF CHARACTER!….. SOMETHING I DO MYSELF!…. IT DOESNT HELP THE SITUATION BECAUSE THE WOMEN PROBABLY TOOK IT AS HE WAS LAUGHING AT HER AND GOT MORE IRRATE!…. THE DOUBLE STANDARDS NEED TO STOP, IM IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER WOMEN AND BELEIVE ME WOMEN ARE VERY ABUSIVE AND ARE VERY WELL JUST AS MUCH TO BLAME FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS MEN!…..
March 28th, 2010 at 6:13 am
I believe my girlfriend has BPD, NPD, or both. Six months ago she punched me in the balls as hard as she could when she was drunk and we were arguing. My only reaction after picking myself up off the floor was to get out of the house and sleep at my friend’s house. I went to the police station the next day because she was prone to destroying my stuff and bolt locking me out of my own house. They arrested her for domestic abuse but of course she lied and told them that I caused bruises to her arms (she bruises easily and probably did it to herself when she realized she had a warrant). Now because of her lies, despite the fact that the officer I spoke to saw the spate of hateful and manipulative text messages she sent me, if the police are called again I will get arrested. How is that fair? Over time she has only gotten worse. It started with locking me out, then moved on to breaking my stuff, then on to assaulting me. I worry worse will happen in the future and now the police are no help. If anything they will make my life worse for being abused. Things need to change.
March 28th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Change the locks on your door, go get a restraining order, and don’t let her anywhere near your property. She’s a menace. Treat her like one.
July 19th, 2010 at 12:25 am
I guess I can be happy that all that happened to me was false allegations, a little jail time and a painfully expensive divorce!
The ‘industry’ better wake up and quick! This has to be the poster child for the truth, that this is not a gender specific crime.
July 19th, 2010 at 10:16 am
If you trust an american woman today,god help you-
July 19th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
ALL of the systems in this country are tainted and corrupted. The name of the game is MONEY and those lawyers, counselors, mediators will work you both until that money well is dry.
We live in a narcissistic sociopathic SOCIETY-pathological personalities abound. Beware of ever getting hooked up with one. Instant loser the minute you do.
Women are most likely to be murdered by their man when they are _________________.
fill in that blank yet? Answer is: PREGNANT
so regardless of those who cry ‘feminist agenda’ the reality of the situation is-for every woman that kills her man there are a ten times the cases of men killing their women and children.
But after going through a psychotic nightmare of a divorce from a classic pathological man-all I can say is it is a miracle I am alive, recovering and determined to never hook up with another pathological man again. Had many pathological women involved in my case too-he had no problems finding a gang of pathological women pretending to feel sorry for him and using them against me and then they used him their selves. Hideous how many truly low people there are out there.
Here’s one tip I realized that will reveal whether you’re involved with a pathological. Tell them “NO” as soon and as often as you can before you get entrenched with them. See how they handle that “N” word. Very revealing.
July 19th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Hey, been there… hate to break it to you, but that Q&A you posed has been debunked as pure, unbridled fiction more times than I care to direct you to.
That “pregnancy” statistic is absolutely, unequivocally FALSE.