The first story is a woman assaulting her boyfriend with a baseball bat, and dousing him with lighter fluid and threatening to light him on fire. The second is a boyfriend that choked his girlfriend and automatically the "Domestic Assault" card comes out. In both articles, killing is mentioned, but they word the first article with "threatened to burn him to death" and the second they say “Threatened to kill her".
It's no wonder we can't get accurate stats on female-initiated violence. The news is just too biased. Excerpts:
Story 1:
'A Foley woman was arrested after sheriff's deputies said she doused her live-in boyfriend with lighter fluid and tried to set him on fire.
Jessica Bressie, 30, of the 200 block of Burr Oak, Foley, was charged with first-degree assault and was being held today on $50,000 cash-only bail in the Lincoln County Jail.'
Story 2:
"A 22-year-old Troy man has been arrested for choking his pregnant girlfriend, police said.
Bryant M. Riffle of the 100 block of Carol Drive, was charged with domestic assault. Bail was set at $25,000."
